924 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. as 



96 Powor-cominr^-up (V 4) was standing, so that it was this way.' When 

 everything had been | done, the head of Supernatural-Fower- 

 coming-up (V 4) remained outside the hole. Then | the members of 

 the Wliale Society took hold of the lasso as it was going | down into 

 700 the ground; but they were not strong enough to hold it, and || the 

 end of the rope nearly went down, for a | strong man was sitting at 

 the end of the hole, just behind the | cross-poles and the upright in 

 the hole, one of the | strongest men of the ghost-dancers of the 

 Kwakiutl. There | are two of them in the hole — he and Supcr- 

 5 natural-Powor-coming-up (V 4) — and they pull the 1| lasso over the 

 crosspiece inside the hole, where it is tied with the oily split | kelp. 

 When the end of the lasso had nearly gone into the hole, | HSLelid 

 (V 6) spoke, and said, "Tie down the | end of the magical rope, that 

 I may engage some one!" Thus he said. Then he | asked an un- 



10 initiated poor man to come and H take hold of the lasso. Immediately 

 the I son of one man of theLaalax's^Endayo numajon took | hold of 

 the lasso and pulled at it, and he pulled part of it out of the floor. | 

 When the rope stopped coming, the boy stood still, | and then his 



15 father gave cedar-bark blankets to the Ma&mtag'ila. || He gave one to 

 each. After he had given them aw a}', | he called his son to sit 

 down. Then HoLeUd (V 6) named | another uninitiated poor man 



96 Lax"ts!Ewats ^nawalak'ustalisexa g"a gwaleg'a.' Wa, g'iPEm^lawIse 

 gwalEXs laa^lase tiEbEtowe ^nawalak'ustalise. Wa, laEm^lae ^na- 

 xwaEm^l la dak'lEua^ya gwegiiylmaxa x'imayowe dEUEmaxs laa^l 

 ts!Enx"bEtalilEla. Wa, laEm^lae wilLeda gweguyime uanexalaq, qaxs 

 700 lE-'maa^l Elaq qlulbeda dEUEme, qaxs a^mae la k!wats!&weda laklwe- 

 mase bEgwauEm laxa aLEbelts!awasa ^labEgwelkwc lax awap!a^yasa 

 dzenqa^yasa dzoxiinie lax 6ts!awasa ^labEgwelkwe. Wii, hcEm g'a- 

 yola l&k!wemase bEgwanEm laxa lEloialalasa Kwag'ule. Wa, laEm 

 ma^lox"ts!a i.o^ ^nawalak'ust&lise. Wii, hex'^ida^x"mes nexsalaxa 

 5 X'imayowe dEUEm laxa dzengelexa la 3'lLEx"sa qlEledzala LEbEk" 

 ^wa^wada. Wa, gil^mese Elaq qlulbeda x'imayowe dEUEmxs laa^lase 

 HoLelide yaqlEg'a^la. AVa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Wega yll^alilaxox oba- 

 'yaxsa nawalakwex dEUEma, qEu helx'^Idag'e," ^nex'^laexs lae g'a- 

 yaxsdEndalax baxiits lEdza^yasa wiwosilagabEgwanEm,qa las g'U da- 



10 k'!Endxa x'imayowe dEUEina. Wa, hex'^idaEm^liiwise la^lae xii- 

 nokwasa gayole laxa ^uE^memiisa Laalax'SE^ndayowe, qa^s lii^l da- 

 k'llndxa x'imayowe dEUEma, qa^s nex'edeq. Wa, klwayolk'as^latla 

 laq. Wa, g'il^mese wala tslEnkwe dEUEmas laa^l Lax-ullleda g'lna- 

 nEme. Wii, he^mis la yilx'widaats ompasexa Maanitagihisa k' !oba- 



15 wase. Wii, laEm^lae ^wIlxtodEq. Wii, g'U^Em-'hiwise gwal j-aqwaxs 

 laa^l Le^liilaxes xunokwe, qa liis k!wflg'allla. Wii, la^laxae LecjE- 

 llle HoLelidax biixutslEdza-'yasawIwosElagasa ^UE'memiisaSenLlEme. 



>Soe tUrd figure on p. 907. 



