904 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth.ann.3» 



71 of the lioiise; ami after he had finished givmg his potlatch, | the 

 house trembled as in an earthquake, | and there was a rumbling 

 sound while the house was shaking. | It did not shake long, then 

 everything was quiet. | Four times the house shook. Then it 



75 stopped. II The Kwakiutl did not know what they had heard, for no 

 one I knew what caused the sound. After | the rumbling around the 

 house had been heard four times, it sounded as though many | men 

 shouted, "Hamamamama!" and they shouted four times, j 

 " Hamamamama ! " (the ghost-cry) ; and after the cry had been heard 



80 four times, || Q!ex'sesElas (V 4) came out of the rear of the house, 

 went around the fire | in the middle of the house, and when she came 

 to the door, | YaqEyalisEm (V 6) opened the door of the house. 

 Then | Q!ex"sesElas (V4) ranout; and when she was out of the door, | 

 it sounded as though many men were shouting, "Hamamamama!" || 



85 outside of the house; and when they stopped crymg "Hamama- 

 mama!" I YaqEyalisEm (V 6) stood up and spoke. He said, | "O 

 tribe! this is the supernatural power which came from where | I got 

 my wife. Now my princess has been taken away by a supernatural 

 power of the | l !aL !asiqwala. These are the ghosts that have come 



90 and have taken my princess || Q!ex'sesElas (V 4). Now wash your- 

 selves with hemlock-branches, tribes, and let us | try to catch 

 Q!ex'sesElas (V 4) in the morning. You | all shall wash yourselves. 



71 laa^l dEmlex^wIde awPstas g'okwas. La^lae he gwex'sa nenena, 

 Wii, laEm hekMala nEqElg'a^miisaqexs laa^l dEmlexule awi^stElsas 

 g'okwas. Wa, k!esnaxwa^lat!a geg'ilsExs lanaxwae sElt!eda. Wii, 

 liVlae mop iEndzaqwa dEndcx^wide awFstElsas g'okwasexs lae gwiila. 



75 Wii, ilEm^lawise Kwakugule q !riq !Eyaxst6llltses wuLEle, qaxs k'iea- 

 sae ^nEmok" q !alax hegilas gwek' !ig-a^le. Wa, g'iPEm^awise mo- 

 p!Endzaqwa dEmlex^wide awi^stiisa g'okwaxs laa^lase q!ek'!alabebE- 

 gwanEnia ^nEmadzaqwii hamamamamaxa, la^laxae mop!Endzaqwa 

 hamamamamamama. Wii, g-il^Em^lawise mop !Endzaqwaxs g'axa- 



80 a^lase peLEle Q!ex'sesElase g'ax^wiiltliilTl; qa^s la lii^stalTlElax liiqa- 

 walllasa g'5kwe. Wii, g'lpEm^liiwise lii^staliExs liia4 axstode YiujE- 

 yalisEmiixa t!EX"lliises g'okwe. Wii, hcEm^lawis la dzElx^wfddzats 

 Q!exsesElase. Wii, gtl^Em^liiwise lawEls Laxa t!Exil;ixs hia^lase 

 ^UEmiidzaqwa hamamamamaxeda q!ek"!jila bebEgwiinEm laxa L!ii- 



85 sana^yasa g'okwe. Wa, g'ipEm^liiwise q!wel^ideda hamamamaxaxs 

 laa^l Lax^idile YaqEyalisEma, qa^s yaqJEg'a^le. Wii, Iti^lae ^nek'a: 

 "Wa, g'olgukulot! Wii, yuEm ^nawalak" g'iiya^niikula laxEu 

 gEg'adaasox. Wa, la^me laLauEmEn k'!edelasa ^nawalakwasa iJa- 

 L!asiqwala. Wa, hesm leslalenoxweda g^iixa ax^edxEn kMedchie 



90 Q!ex'sesElasa. Wii, wegilla q!c(|Elax-^i(lLEx h\ax" gX)lgukulot, qEns 

 ^wii^wildzE^wa^meLEns laloL liiLEx Q !ex'sesElasax gaalaLa. Wii , laEms 

 ^niixwaEm g'igiltalalxwa ganuLex, i.E^wis gEgEUEmaos, LE^wis siisE- 



