888 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL lETH.iNN.n5 



62 law MElnasEme-'. | And my great lord MElnedzas grew | quicklj- to 

 be called chief. Then my lord MElnedzas grew up | and married 



65 ^nalasgEm, the princess of Q !omox''sala, || chief of the numaym 

 G'exsEm of the ancestors of the l !aL lasiqwala. | And then my lord 

 MElnedzas, and his wife ^nalasgEm, | had a son. And my lord 

 Q!omox"sala | gave as a marriage gift twenty sea-otter blankets, | 



70 ten black-bear skin blankets, six || slaves, four canoes, and one hun- 

 dred and twenty | cedar-bark blankets; and he also gave as a mar- 

 riage gift forty I seals as food to go with it, and the sea-otter-house- 

 dish, I the killer house-dish, and the wolf house-dish, and also the | 



75 seal house-dish, and the name QIumx'Elag'ilis to be || the name of the 

 child of MElnedzas, for the potlatch to be given at the time of the 

 marriage; | and he also gave him the name Kwakux'alas for a feast 

 name, | when he was to give a feast with the forty seals which were 

 given as a marriage gift | to him by his father-in-law Q!6mox"sala. 

 And then my lord | Q !umx' slag' ilis gave away the marriage gift to 

 ho ancestors of the ll l !aL lasiqwSla, and also the ancestors of my 

 .hbc, the Nak!wax'da^x"; | and my lord Kwakiix' <\las gave with the 

 property | forty seals in the house-dishes. Now, there were two | 

 names given in marriage — Qlumx'Elag'ihs, and the feast name | 

 Kwakux'alas. || 



62 layola ada^ya MElnedzadzeyola q!waq!waxEyak-as lak-asEq qak'ats 

 hal6L!exe g-igamexxa. Wa, lak'ase ada^ya MElnedzase UEXLaax'^ida 

 lakasae gEg'adEx--idk'ats 'nalasgEme kMedelas Q!omox"sala yik-asEx 



65 gugama^yasa ^nE^memotasa G'exsEmasa g'alk'asasa L!aL!asiqwala. 

 Wa, lak-ase ada^ya MElnedzas Lokwases gEUEme ada^ya ^nalasgEme 

 xungwadEx'idk-atse babagiimk-ase. Wa, lak'ase ada^ya Q!omox"- 

 sala wawalqalase ma^sokwe q!eq!asasgEm ^naEnx^iina^ya Lokwase 

 la^stowe LlEnLlEntsEm ^naEnx^una^ya Lokwase q!EL!okwe q!aq!E- 



70 k'owa Lokwase motslaqe xwaxwak!una Lokwase ma^ltsogug'Eyowe 

 k'lekMobawasa. Wa, hek-as^mes wawadzolEmse mosgEmg'ustowe 

 niegwata ha^mayaaxsa^ya. Wa, hek-as^mesa q!asa loqulila Lokwasa 

 max-'enoxwe loqulila Lokwasa aLauEme loqiiliia; wa, hek'as^'mesa 

 megwate loqulila. Wa, hek-as-'mesa LegEme QIumx-ElagHise qa 



75 LegEmse xiinokwas MElnedzase qak'ases p!Ets!eneLasa wawalqiilayo. 

 Wii, lak-ase LegEmg-ELxLalax Kwakux-alase qak'as LegEms qak'aso 

 k!welas-idk-atse mosgEmg-ustawe megwataxa wawalqalayuwe la- 

 k"asEq, yik'atses nEgiimpe Q!omox"sala. Wa, lak'as^mese ada^ya 

 Q!umxElagilidzey5la ^max-'widk'atse wawalqalayo lak'asxe g'alase 



80 L!aL lasiqwala Lokwase g'alk'asasEn g-okiilota Nak!waxda-'xwe. Wa, 

 lak'as^me yaqwag'lllla lak-asae ada-'ya Kwakux-alase ada^ya loxts !6d- 

 k-atse mosgEmg-ustawe megwata. Wa, lak'as-me ma^ltsEmg-aaLE- 

 le LegEmgElxLa'ye yik-asEx Q!umx-Elag-ilise Lokwase klweladzEx- 

 Layok'ase Kwakux-alase. 



