878 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



77 Qlek'lEiiala reported to Amax'ag'ila tliat ^nax'nag'Em (XVII 3) | 

 had a sou. After he had told the news, | Chief Amax'fig'ila (XVI 3) 



80 invited his tribe, || the ancestors of the LlaLlasiqwiihx, to come into 

 his liouse. And as soon | as they were all in, Amax'iigila arose, 

 and I reported the news that had been brought by the Gwa^sEla 

 visitoi-s, that his | princess ^nax'nag'Em (XVII 3) liad a son. "And 

 therefore I have invited j'ou in, | tribe! that you may treat me as 



85 your chief. Give me your property, 1| people, that I may give a 

 marriage gift to my son-in-law A^maxulal (XVII 2)." | Thus said 

 iVinax'ag'ila (XVI 3) to his tribe. As soon as he | stopped speaking, 

 they spread a mat in the rear of the | house of Amax"ag'ila (XVI 3), 

 and the sea-hunters of the | ancestors of the i. !aL !asiqwala went out. 



90 It was not long before tliey came back, |I some bringing four sea- 

 otter skins, others three, others | two. They spread them on the 

 mat on the floor. | There were forty-two sea-otter skins on the 

 floor. I After they had done so, the chiefs of the | ancestors of the 

 L !aL lasiqwala went out. They were not out long, before they came 



95 back, || bringing in four slaves and four | large canoes. After they 

 had done so, tlie conmion people went out; | and they did not stay 

 away long, before they came back, | bringing one hundred and 

 twenty cedar-bark blankets; and when | they finished, Amax'^g'ila 



77 ts!EkMill-'Idg QlekMEnalax Amax'&g'ilas ^nax'nag'Emaxs lE^mae 

 xungwadasa babagume. Wil, g'lpEm^lawise gwal ts!Ek'!alElaxs 

 hiaEl hex-'ida^ma g'lgania^'ye Amax'ag'ihx Lelts!od hxxes g-Qlg-ikii- 



SO lota g'aliisa L!aL!asiqwahx qa g'axes ^wi'laeL lax g'okwas. Wix, gU- 

 ^Em^lawise g'ax ^wFlaeLExs laaEl Lax^ulile Amax'ag'ila qa^s ts!Ek'!a- 

 1-ides ts!Ek'!alEmasa bagunse Gwa^sEla, yixs lE'mac xungwadEs 

 k' ledele ^nax-nag'Emasa babagume. "Wix, he-'mesEu lagiia Lelts!od6l 

 g'okulot qa^s wag'iLos g'ag'exselal g'axEn. Wii, laEnis plEdzeLal 



85 g\"ixEn, g^okiilot, qEu wiiwalqillayoxEn uEgumpae A-ma.xrdala," 

 ^nex'^lae Amax'ag'ilaxes g'olg-Ekiilote. Wa, gll-'Em-'hlwise q!we- 

 I'ed yaq!Ent!alaxs laaEl LEpIalilEma le^wa^ye laxa naqoLewalilas 

 g-6kwas Aniax'ag'ila. Wii, he^latla g'il hoquwElse es^'ilcwinoxwasa 

 g'alasa LlaLlasiqwiila. Wii, k'!cs'lat!a giilaxs g'axae aechxaqa daleda 



90 waokwaxa mowe q!eq!asa loxs yuduxwae daiikwasa waokwe loxs 

 ma^lae daakwasa waokwe. Wii, laEm^lae LEbEdzodiilas hlxa LEbele 

 te^wa^ya. Wii, lae siiyakMaxsokulasa ma^la q!eq!iisa la iixela. Wii, 

 g'il^Em^lawisc gwalExs laaEl ogwaqa hoqiiwElse g'Igigama'yasa 

 g-iiliisa L!aL lasiqwala. Wii, k'!es-Em^laxaiiwise giilaxs g'iixae aeda- 



95 aqa mox"^laeda q!aq!Ek-owe g-ixxeLEms. Wix, heEui'lawisa motslaqe 

 awa xwiixwak!iina. Wii, g'll^Em^lawise gwiilExs laaEl ^wl^la hoqii- 

 wElseda bebEgideda^ye. Wii, k- les^Em-laxaiiwise giihxxs g-iixae aedaa- 

 qa. Wii, lii'iac ma^ltsogiiglyowa k' !ek' !obawase g-iixeEEms. Wa, g'll- 

 ^Em^lawise gwal-alilExs lae ^nek'e Amax"ag"ila qa^s la^me LE-wis 



