942 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ikiu. ann. 36 



75 and I shall talk about Lliiqwag'ila who walked straight |1 up the 

 river K" lodagala when ilay was not near yet in the ] morning. He 

 went up the small river, and his body became warm | when it was 

 day. Then he sat down on the side of the bank | of the small river. 

 Then he took oil his blanket, and | he sat down in the water. And 



80 he sprinkled his body with water. || Four times he sprinkled himself 

 with water on each side of the neck. | Then he heard in the distance 

 (the cr}^, "Wip, wip, wip!" Thus said what was heard by him. | 

 Then Llaq wag' ila guessed what it was — j a bird or a quadruped — 

 that was heard by him crying. L!aqwag'ila just | sat in the water. 



85 Then it was as tiiough he was dreaming |1 of the cry, " Wip, wip, 

 wip!" that he had heard at the upper end of the little river. | Then 

 he was like waking up from his sleep: and he walked out of | the 

 water and sat down where he had left his bear blanket. | Then he 

 was a little afraid of what he had heard. He had not been | sitting 



90 for a long time, before he made up his mind to go || home. Then he 

 arose, and suddenly he heard something saying, | not aloud, 

 "iJaqwag'ila go up the river. You wi'l | obtain a supernatural 

 treasure. It would be well for you to ])athe again in this river | that 

 aU the human smell may come off your body." Thus said what 



95 was heard bj^ | him. Immediately he took off his bear-skin !l lilanket 



75 qayamalax was K"!6dagalaxa k'!es^Em ex^ala qa^s ^nax'^idexa 

 gafda. Wa, kMes-Em^lawise ^uElg'Ila laxa ^wabida^we lae tslE^lx- 

 ^wlde oklwina^yasexa la^me ^nala. Wa, la-lae kIwag'aElsa lax ogwa- 

 ga^yasa ^wabida^we. Wa, la^lae xEnx'^idxes ^nEx^una'ye qa^s la 

 k!wa^sta laxa ^wape qa-'s xosltledesa ^wape faxes oklwina^ye. Wa., 



80 heEm^lawis ales moplEna xos^itsa ^wape laxes ^wax'sanolxawa-ye 

 laa^Iase wuLElaxa qwesaxsdala wip wip wip, ^nex'^lae wuLElas. 

 Wa, laEni'lawise Lliiqwagila sEn^yastotsa lax gwex'sdEmase Lo- 

 ts!ek!we l6^ g'ilg'aemasa wiiLElas hek'Iala. Wa, laEm aEm la 

 kIwastElse Llaqwag'ila laxa 'wape. LaEm'lae he gwex's asm mexE- 



85 lases wuLa'laena^yaxa wip wip wipxEla lax -'uEldzasa ^wabida-'we. 

 Wa, la^lae he gwexs ts!ak"!EgE^nakulasox mexax. Wa, la^lae hVsta 

 laxa ^wape qa^s la kIwag'aEls lax x"ilq!Edzasases ^nEX'una^ya Lla^ya. 

 Wa, laEm-'lae kali^'lilla naqa-'yases la wuLEla. Wa, he-1at!a la ge^s 

 kiwasa. Wa, laEm^lae ale-sta naqa^yas qa^s g'axlag'i aEm na^nak" 



90 laxes g'okwe. Wa, laEm^lawise Lax^ulsa laa^lase waLax-aLElaxa 

 k"!esa hasEla ^nek^a, " HayostaEma Llaqwag'ila laxwa ^wax laxg'as 

 Logwelg'os. W^a, het!as egase xwelaqaEm la^stEX''ld laxwa ^wax 

 qa ^wilawesa bEx"'p!alax laxs 6k!wina^yaqos," ^nex'^lae wiiLElas 

 Llaqwag'ila. Wa, hex'^idaEm^Iawise xwelaqa x'ElxElsaxes LlEn- 



95 tsEme ^nEx^una-ya qa^s lii klwa'sta Ifixa 'wa. Wa, laEm^lawise 



