898 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



winagEme^, and the | speaker-dance, and the name of the speaker- 



40 dancer was to be Made-to-be-Speaker; || and this is the number of 

 privileges given in marriage by | Gwex'sesElasEme^ (III 13) to his son- 

 in-law Pothxtch-Dancer (IV 19); and also | the name Potlatch-Dancer 

 (IV 19) was given by his father-in-law | Gwex'sesElasEme^(III 13), and 

 his winter name was ^wldzeq Iwalaso^. | Gwex'sesElasEme^ (III 13) 



45 and liis tribe the Lawetsles Uved at ALEgEmala; || and Potlatch- 

 Dancer (IV 19) and his tribe, the Kwakiutl, Uved at | Qalogwis; and 

 that is where Gwex'sesElasEme^ (III 13) and | his tribe came from, 

 going to Qalogwis, when he took his privileges to his son-in-law, and 

 also I much food. And after they had stayed for four days, | the 



50 Lawetsles went home to ALEgEmala. Immediately || Potlatch- 

 Dancer (IV 19) invited his numaym the Laalax's^Endayo and | two of 

 the head men of aU the numayms — the | Maamtag'ila, G'exsEm, 

 Kukwakliim, and SenLlsm, | — and the Laalax's^Endayo were also 

 called in, and | their feUow-numaym, the Elgunwe^. When they 



55 were all in, |1 Potlatch-Dancer (IV 19) spoke, and he told them that 

 he was going to give a winter dance | with the food given to him 

 by liis father-in-law, and that he would | show the four kinds of 

 winter dances given to him by his father-in-law. | Then aU the chiefs 

 of the numayms told him | to go on, and at once his children dis- 



40 q lEntElale ; wa, hcEm^lawis LegEmltsa hayaq lEntElale Yaq lEntE- 

 yeg'i^lakwe. Wa, heEm^lae ^waxax'^Idale k" les^ogulxLa^j^as Gwex'- 

 sesElasEma^ye laxes nEgumpe PlasElale. Wii, lie^misLaLe la 

 LegEms PlasElale yMax LegEmg"ElxLa^yases nEgumpe Gwex'sesE- 

 lasEma-ye. Wii, laEm^lae LegadEs ^wIdzeq!walasE^we,^ ylxs hiiaEl 



45 g'okule Gwex'sesElasEma^ye Lo^laes g'okidota Lawets.'ese ALEgEmala. 

 Wa, la^lae hcEm^l g'okule PlasElale LE^wis g'okfllota Kwag-ule 

 Qalogwise. Wii, heEm^liiwis g'ax"^ide Gwex"sesElasEma^yc LE^wes 

 gokulotaxs g'ilxaaEl lilx Qiilogwise k'!es^6odxes nEgumpe LE^wa 

 qleuEme he^maomasa. Wa, g'lPEm^lawise moplEnxwa^sa ^niila 



50 laaEl nil^nakweda Liiwets !ese liix ALEgEm&la. Wii, hex'^idaEm'liiwise 

 PliisElale Letts lodxes ^nE^memotaxa Laalax's^Endayowe LE^wa mae- 

 ma^lokwe lax LeLaxuma^yasa ^nal^UEmsgEmak Iflse ^naPnEmemasaxa 

 Maamtag'ila LE^wa G'exsEme LE^wa Ktikwilkl&me LE-wa SenL!E- 

 me. Wii, lieEm^lawisa Liiiilax's^Eudayaxs ^wPlaeLEla^maa^l LE^wis 



55 ^HEmsgEmak Iiisa Elgun^wa^ye. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise ^wPlaeLExs laalas 

 yaq!Eg"a^le PlasElale. Wii, laEm^lae nelaxs lE^maaEl yiiwix'^ilaltsa 

 g-iixe wawadzolEmq ylses nEgumpe. Wii, heEm^liiwis, qa^s wiig'il 

 yawenEninox"ltsa mox^wedala k" !ek' !es-o k" les^ogillxLeses nEgumpe 

 liiq. Wii, hex'^idaEm^liiwisa ^naxwa g'Ig'Egamesa ^niil^nE^memase 

 wiixalaq, qa wiig"ilas. Hex-^idaEm ^naxwa xls^ede siisEmasexa 



' Winter dance name. 



