890 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 33 



L liiqwag' ilayugwa were one hundred mountain-goat blankets, | 



10 twenty lynx blankets, Hand forty black-bear blankets; and| two 

 hundred mountain-goat horn spoons were the anchor-line for the 

 six I canoes in which L!aqwag'ilayugwa was seated; and the | name 

 given in marriage, K" ladalagilis, was to be the name of the prince 

 of my lord | Qlumx'Elag ilis. Then the marriage gift was given 



15 awajr to the ancestors of the || QaqEwadiliqala, and to the ancestors 

 of the Naklwax'da^x", by | my lord K' ladalagilis. Now, my lord 

 K' ladalag ilis grew up to be a man; | and he married Gwex'sesElas, 

 princess of the | head chief of the great numayni HaE3alik'awe of 



20 the I Haxwamis, who lived in Ai^alxa. || K' ladalagilis and his wife 

 had not been married long, when they had a son. | And then the great 

 chief I Klwamaxalas got ready and bought the great | copper Crane 

 for the mast of his canoe; and he was going to give the marriage gift 

 to his son-in-law | Lord K' ladalag'iUs, and eight shovel-nosed 



25 canoes |1 for his princess Gwex'sesElas to sit in, and | forty lynx 

 blankets to be worn by his princess | Gwex"sesElas, and twenty 

 grizzly-bear blankets, | and twenty black-bear blankets, and two 

 hundred | mountain-goat blankets; and also this cause of my 



30 pride, || seven slaves, to bail out the water from the canoes | of 



8 k'ledclase Llaqwag'ilaj'ugwe lak-lEude -me^niElxLosgEm ^naEnx^iina- 

 ^ya L5kwase ma-ltsokwS ^wahvsxasgEm ^uaEnx'ilna^ya. Wa.hek'as- 



10 ^mesa mox"sokwe LlEULlEutsEm ^naEnx-ilna^ya. Wa, hek"as^mes 

 ma^lp lEnyag'e ts lets lololaq k^ak^Ets lEnaq , mogwanEwesa q !el lEts !aqe 

 t!et!Egun k!waxsalats!es L!aqwag"ilayugwa. Wa, hek'as-mes LegEm- 

 g"ElxLa^ye K' ladalag ilise q'ak'as LegEmsa LEWElgEma^yas QIunix'Ela- 

 g'lHse ada^ya. AVii, lak'as-Uie -raax-widayowa qotenayuwe laxa g'alasa 



15 QaqEwadiliqala Lokwase galase Naklwax'da^xwe yikats K'ladala- 

 gilise ada^ya. Wii, liik'ase nEXLaax'^id bEgwanEme KMadalagilisc 

 ada^ya lak'ase gEgadEx'^Idk'ats Gwex'sesEhise kMedelk'asas xaraa- 

 gEma^ye gigamekatse ^walase 'iiE^memot HaEyaUk'awesa Haxwa- 

 mise, yik'asExs hek'asae g"okule Abalxa. Wa, k"!esk"ase giila ha^ya- 



20 SEk'ale KMadalagilis ada^ya Lokwase gEUEme lak'asae xflngwadEx'- 

 ^idk'atse babagurne. Wa, hex'^idk'as-mesa ^walase gigama^ya 

 Klwamaxalas xwanal-idk"asa, wa, lak'as-me k'ilx^widk'asxa ^walase 

 L!aqwa AdEmgiile qak'ats Lak'Eya^ya laxes qote^neLaxes nEgumpe 

 K'ladalagilise ada-ya. -Wa, hekas-'mesa ma'lgunalts!aqe g'ig'ala 



25 qak'as k!waxsalats!ek"atses kMedele Gwex'sesElase. Wa, hekas- 

 ^mesa m6x"sokwe ^walasx'asgEm ^naEnx'ima^yaaxses k'!edelase 

 GwexsesElase Lokwasa ma^ltsokwe gigilasgEm ^naEnx^una'ya l6- 

 kwasa mal-tsokwe LlEnLlEntsEm ^naEnx^una^ya Lokwasa ma^plEn- 

 yag'e ^me^niElxLosgEm ^naEiix^una'ya. Wii, hek'as'mesg'in ^yala- 



30 qalayok" yik'asxg'a iiLEbokilk' q!aq!Ek*owa qak'as tsIalElgEsga 



