896 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ietu. ann. 35 



97 (III2)thepriiicessof ^max'mEwesegEme^ (II 1), | chief of the numaym 

 DzEndzEnx'q !ayo. | She was half Bellabella, and first slie had for her 

 liusband f or a while the chief of the | QlomoyiVye, Yaqok!walag'ths 

 100 (III 6). Yaqoklwalag'tlis (III 6) || was killed by the Haida G'idExan. 

 Therefore | K'anelk-as (III 2) married Hek lutEii (III 11). They had 

 not been married a long time before | they had a daughter, and | he 

 called lier CaUing-Woman (IV 17) when he gave away property for the 

 child; I and Hek!iitEa (III 11) changed his name, for he had received 

 5 in marriage from ^max'mEwesagEme^ (II 1) || the name Yax'LEn (III 11) 

 for Hek!uten. Now | his name was Yax'LEn (III 11), for CaUing- 

 Woman (IV 17) descended | from ^max'mEwesagEme^ (II 1), chief of 

 the DzEndzEnx'qlayo, | the numaym of the Walas Kwakiutl — he 

 who had been married among the Bellabella. | It was not very long 



10 before K'anelk'as (III 2) had another || daughter (IV 18). Then at 

 once Yax'LEn (III 11) gave away property to the ancestors of the | 

 Kwakiutl; and he took a name belonging to his numaym, the | 

 Maamtagila, and he named his child LElelElg' awe^ (IV 18). | Now, 

 when his two daughters were grown up, i then CaUmg- Woman (IV 17) 



15 took for her husband Copper-Dancer (IV 19), head chief || of the 

 numaym Laalax's^Endayo, and the dance xwexwe | was given to 

 him by Yax'LEn (III 11), and the name Hek!utEn(IV 19). Then she 

 also 1 had a daughter (V 4) and Copper-Dancer (TV 19) called her | 



97 ma^ye, yix g'lgama^yasa ^nE-memeda DzEndzEnx'qIayowe, yixa 

 Heldzaq"k' !6tEme, yJxs Itix'de yawas-Id laHvadEs g'lgama^yasa 

 Qlomoj^a^ye lax Yaqoklwalagilise. Wa, la^lae kwexEkwe Yaqo- 

 100 k!walagllisasa Haida, yis G'EdExS,ne. Wa, heEm^lawis lag'ila la 

 la^wadEX'Mde Kanelk'asas Hek!utEne. Wil, la-lae k'!es gala la 

 ha^yasEk'alaxs lae xfingwadEX'^itsa ts!ats!adagEme. Wii, la^lae 

 Lex^edEs Laqulayugwa laqexs lae plEs^Id qaes xilnokwe. Wa, 

 laEm^laxae L!ayoxLeyeHek!utEne qa^axs LegEmg'ElxLalae^max'mE- 

 5 wesagEma^yas Yax'LEne la lax HeklutEne. Wa, laEm^lawise 

 LegadEs Yax'LEne. Wa, heEm-lawise Laqulayugwa g'aya^nakiila 

 lax ^maxniEwesagEma^yexa g'lg^ma^yasa DzEndzEnxq !ayowe 

 ^nE^memasa ^walase Kwag'ulaxa lax'de gEg'ad laxa Ileldza^qwe. 

 Wa, k' les^Em-laxaawise galaxs lae et!ed mayol^ide K'anelk'asasa 



10 ts!ats!adagEme. Wa, la ^lae hex'^ida^'me Yax'LEne p!Es-edxa g-ala 

 Kwag'uia. Wa, laEm^lae ax'ed h"ix LexLEgEmelases ^nE^memotaxa 

 Maamtagila. Wa, laEm^lae LElelElg'awex'Le xQnokwas. Wa, 

 laEmHae ma^lox"me sasEmas. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise eexEntaxs lae 

 la^wadEx"'ide Laqulayugwiis L!aqwalale, yix xamagEma^ye g'iga- 



15 mesa ^uE^memeda Laalax'sEndayowe. Wa, laEm^ae layoweda xwe- 

 xwe laq yls Yax'LEne, le^wIs LegEme HeklutEne. Wa, la^lae et!ed 

 xungwadEX'^itsa ts!ats!adagEme. Wa, laHae Lex-ede Llaqwalalas 



