948 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [etii. ann. 3b 



heating was ended, | tliey sang three songs with slow time beating. 

 5 And II when they had finished singing the four songs of Hamsbe,^, | he 

 went into the sacred room. Then the house never disappeared. | 

 And now Llaqwag'ila was invited in to go and see the inside [ of the 

 sacred room. Then he was asked to lie down | inside of the sacred 



10 room that night. For four || nights they tamed the hamshamts !es. 

 Then | Hamsbe^ was really tamed after this. Tlien the old man, 

 the I speaker of the house, said to his tribe the Spirits (for | the 

 liiimshamts !es was Bax"bakwalanuk", as he was called | by the 

 Kwag'ui; and he is called by the Eivers Inlet people Bax"bakwa- 



15 lanux"slwe^) || that L!aqwag'ila would go home when day came, | 

 with his supernatural treasure, the house named ^nEmsgEmsElai.Elas, 

 and the | great dance hamshamts !es. "Now you will go home, 

 Llaqwag'ila, | when it is nearly daylight, for your house is not far 

 away." | Thus he said. Immediately Llaqwag'ila arose from the 



20 place where he was sitting, l! and went out of the door of the large 

 liouse, and he walked down the | river. And he had not been walk- 

 ing long when he came j to the house of his father. Wlien he tried 

 to go into the house of his | father, he saw a large house coming to 

 the ground | bj' the side of the house of his father ^maxiiyalidze. 



25 I. laqwag'ila || immediately went in to his supernatural treasure, the 



laa^lase dsnx^etsa nEqaxEla qlEmdsmaxa yudux"sEme. Wa, 

 5 gll'mese gwal dEnxElasa mosgEme qlEmqiEmdEms Hamsba^ye lae 

 lats!alil laxes lEme^latsle. Wa, laEm'lae hewaxa xls^ideda g'okwe 

 qaxs lE^mae Llaqwag'ila Le^lalaso^ qa^s la L!ek!waqa doqwax 6ts!a- 

 lllasa lEme^lats!e. Wa, laEm^lae axk"!rdas6^ qa^s he^me kulg'allla 

 6ts!awasa lEme^lats !axa ganoLe. Wa, laEm^lawise mop!Enxwa^sa 



10 ganoLas yalaxa hfimshamts!Ese. Wa, laEm alakMala la yal^ida, ylx 

 Hamsba^ye laxeq. Wa, laEm^lawiseda q!ulyakwe bEgwaiiEmxa 

 yayaq lEntEmelasa g'okwe nelaxes g'okiilota haayalilagase (yixs 

 he^mae Bax"bakwalanuk", yixa hamshamts !Ese, yexs he^mae i.eqE- 

 layosa g'alasa Kwagulaq, yix gwE^yasa AwikMenoxwe Bax"bakwa- 



15 lanux"siwe^), ylxs lE^mae lal na^nax"Le l laqwag'ilaxa laLa ^na^na- 

 kulal LE-wis Logwa^ya g'okwe LegadEs ^uEmsgEmsElaLElase LE^wa 

 ^walase ladaxa hamshamts lEse. "Wa, hagil la na^nax"L6}, Llaqwa- 

 g-ilaxwa lax Elaq ^nax^ida qaxs kMesaex qwesalos g'okwaqos," 

 ^nex'Oae. Wa, hex'^da^Em^lawise Llaqwag'ila Lax^ulil laxes k!wae- 



20 ^lase qa^s lit lawEls lax tiEX'ilasa ^walase g'okwa. Wa, la^lae c[asat6- 

 SEla laxa ^wa. Wa, ^wila^x"dze^lae geg'ils qasaxs g'axae g'ax^aLEla 

 lax g'okwases ompe. Wa, laEm^lawise wax* lalaeL!a lax g'dkwases 

 onipaxs lae dox^waLElaxa ^walase g'okwaxs g"ax^mae g'ox^fds lax 

 apsalasas g'okwas ompase ^maxiiyalidze. Wa, A.Em^lawise Llaqwa- 



25 g'ila hex'^idaEm la qas^ida qa^s lil laeL laxes Logwa^ya ^walase 



