920 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth axn. 35 



10 had never seen its ways; || and therefore she thanked the chiefs for 

 coming with the | song-leaders; and Chiton (V 7) also said to them, 

 "Now go I and call our tribe when it gets dark. | You, Yox"yagwas, 

 shall say, when yon go and stand in the | doorwaj^s of the houses of 



15 the tribesmen, 'Now, || shamans, let us try to pacify our friend 

 Supernatural-Power-coming-up (V 4), the | ghost-dancer!' [for now 

 hername was changed] and after that your | friends shall say: 'Now, I 

 beg you to pacify our friend | Supernatural-Power-coming-up (Vi), 

 this great one obtained by magic;' and | your friends shall say after 



20 you, 'Now, Y5x"yagwas, I engage your || secular child here, 

 to try to capture our friend | Supernatural-Power-coming-up, so 

 that she may turn her mind toward us and become secular.' Thus 

 they will say; and | then your other friends will say after this, 

 together with you: | ' Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead ! Hurry up ! We 

 shall call only once.' " | Thus said Chiton (V 7) as she gave instruc- 



25 tions to them. ' ' Now || you will only speak the way I told you ; and | 

 do not forget that one must ask the unmitiated children of the 

 chiefs, I because they are the ones who wiU restore the ghost-dancer, | 

 Supernatural-Power-coming-up (V 7)." Thus she said. | 



30 As soon as it grew dark, the chiefs dressed || themselves and called 

 m the Wliale Society ; and when | they had dressed themselves, they 



10 Wfi, he^mis lagitas molasa g-Ig-Eg&ma^yaxs g-axae hogwTLEla LE^wa 

 nenagade. Wii, LVlaxae ^nek'e Qlanasacj: laEms lal qats!a- 

 xstalalxEns g-olg-iikiilotax, ylxs laLe p lEdEx-tlsLsi. Wa, g'a- 

 ^mets waldEmLOseg-a Yox"yagwas, qas5 lal qlwastalll laxox 

 t'.etlExilaxsox gig'okwaxsEn g-6lg-iikiilotax: ' La^mEus nanaqa- 



15 maLai' pepaxalai' laxEns ^nEmokwe ^nawalak-ustalisai"" (laxa IeIo- 

 ialale gwE^yos, qaxs lE-mae LlayoxLa.) "Wil, laLox ^neg-abE^wcLos 

 'nsmSkwaqos: 'LaEms lal wax^idEl nanaqamalxEns ^uEmokwai' 

 ^nawalak-ustalisa ^ne^uEmokwa laxwa ^walasex Logwala.' Wa, la- 

 Lox ^neg-abEwcLos ^nEmokwaqos: 'La^mEn heloLai' baxuts!Edza- 



20 yaq!osai' Yox"yagwasai', qa's laLos laloLlalxEns =nEm5kwai' 

 «nawalak-usta,lisa, qa gwasos^ides baxQs^Ida, ^uex-Le.' Wa, he^mis 

 lal ^neo-aba'yaasltsos waokwaqos ^ne'uEmokwa laxos ^UEmadzaku- 

 laeneEmi.ex: 'Wii, wa, wa, halag-ililtsai' ^nEmp!Eiigilts!axstalaEm- 

 LEnu^x" ' " ^nex-^lae Q!anasaxs laa^l Lexs^lax-da^xwEq: "Wa, laEms 



25 ^uEmEml gwek-!alasLEn la waldEmx-da^xoL. Wii, he^'mis qa^s 

 k-!easa6s LlEleweso, qa's helasE'^wos hix bebaxutslEdzE^yasa g'lg'E- 

 gtima^ye, qaxs he^mae n^qEmx"'Idamaslxwa lElolalalex li\xox ^nawa- 

 lak-ustiillsex," ^nex-'lae. 



Wii, gil'Em'^lawise plEdEX'^ldExs laa^las 'naxwa qlwiilax'^ideda 



30 g-ig-ig&ma^ye, ylxs he«mae lEgtixLalax gwegilyime. Wii, gih'Em- 

 ^lawise gwal qlwiilax'axs liia^l hoquwEls Laxa lobEkwe. Wii, g^^-iibEl- 



