940 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (eth. ann. 3» 



30 Matag'ila; | and after he had eaten, Matag'ila spoke, || and said, "O 

 brother: let me tell yon why 1 come to your I house. 1 came to marry 

 your princess." I Thus he said. Then Odze^stalis replied, and | 

 said, "O brother! [go on, brother!] I take you in." Thus he said. 

 Then j Matag'ila married Aomoi, the princess of Odze^stalis, the 



35 first II chief of the numa\Tn Mama] eleqiiim of the Mamaleleqaia. | Then 

 Odze^stalis gave in marriage the name ^maxiiyalidzc to his son-in- 

 law I Matag'ila; and now Matag'ila had the name ^maxQyaUdze 

 after this. I ^maxuyalidze staid four days with his wife | Aojuol at 



40 Mahnano. Then he got ready in tlie morning and II walked across, 

 going home to his house at K' lodagala. j ^maxuyalidze and his wife 

 Aomol had not been living as husband and wife for a long time | 

 before they had a son. Immediately ^maxuvalidze ] said tliat he 

 would walk across until lie came to Matraauo, the v-illage of his | 

 fatlier-in-law Odze^stalis. As soon as ^maxuyalidze entered the ll 



45 house, he reported that he had a son. | And immcdiaf cly Odze^stahs 

 said to his wife iJaqwag'ilayugwa, | "Let my grandson have the 

 name L!aqwag'ila." Tlius ho said. | Then Odze^stalis gave this 

 name L!a(iwag'ila in marriage to his | son-in-law ^maxfiyalidze as a 



50 name for his child. Then ^maxiiyalidzc went home || to his house in 



Wii, g'iPEm^lawise gwal LJExwa laa^lase yaqlEg'a^le Matag'ila. Wii, 



30 la^lae ^nek'a: " 'ya, ^nEmwEyot, weg'ax'in nelasg'in g'a^xenck' laxos 

 g'okiilasex. Wii, he'niEn gTi^xenexg'in gagak'!ek' laxs k'!ede- 

 laqos," ^nex"^lae. Wii, lii-lae Odzc'stiilise na^naxmeq. Wa, la^lae 

 ^nek"a: " Weg'a ^uEmwEyot, la^mEn daeLOL" ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^me 

 Miitagila gEg'adEs Aomole, jix kMedelas Odze^stiilis, ylx g'ilg'alise 



35 g'lgame^sa ^uE'^memotasa Mamaleleq !a,raasa Mamaleleqiila. Wa, 

 la^me Odze^staHse LegEing'ilxLalax ^maxuyiilidzc laxes UEgiimpe 

 Matag'ila. Wii, laEm i.egade Miitagiliis ^maxiiyalidzc liixeq. 

 Wii, mop!Enxwa^s lae ^niiliis helii ^mii.xuyalidze LE^wis gEnEnie 

 Aomole lax Miilmano. Wa, liix^da^x^-lae xwanaHidaxa gaala qa-s 



40 lii ts!eqwa. La^lae nii^nakwa laxes g'okwe lax K" !6dagiila. Wii, 

 kMes'lat!a giila ha^yasEk'ale ^miixuyalidze le^wIs gEnEme Aomolaxs 

 lae xiingwadEX'-'itsa babagume. Wii, liex'-'idaEm^lawise ^maxiiya- 

 lidze g'iix tsleqwa qa^s g^iixe liix Malmano liix g'okulasases ue- 

 gumpe Odze-'stiilise. Wii, glPEm^lawise laeLe ^maxviyalidze laxa 



45 g'okwe lae liex'^idaEm ts!Ek'!ril-'idExs JE^mae xttngwadEsa babagume. 

 Wii, liex-'idaEm-'hlwise Odze-'stalise ^nek^a laxes gEuEme L!iiqwag"i- 

 layugwa: " Weg'illax'I LegadLEn ts!ox"LEmasL!iiqwag"ila," ^nex"^lae. 

 Wa, laEm^lawise Odze^stiilise LegEmgilxLaJaxox L!iiqwagilax liixes 

 nEgumpe ^maxtiyalidze qa LegEms xiinokwas. Wii, laEm^lae nii^na- 



50 kwe ^maxttyalidze laxes g'okwe lax KModagiila. Wa, laEm^lae 



