972 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



43 and to invite the four numayms | on account of ^maxwaqlolEla 

 (VI 2), the son of ^maxwa (VI). He said to his speaker, 

 "You will saj^ so." | Immediately the speaker went out of the|| 



45 house of Chief ^maxiilag'ilis (IV 3), and he shouted, | inviting 

 them; and when he stopped, he came again | into the house to 

 clear it out; and after that had been done, | the four numayms 

 came in. Now | ^maxulag'ilis (IV 3) told them that the name of 



50 his grandson would be || ^maxwaq!olEla (VI 2), which was given 

 in marriage by ^maxiiyalidze (IV 5) to his son-in-law ^maxwa 

 (V 1) I Thus he said; and then he gave away dressed skins and 

 many | cedar-bark blankets; and then they had another son, and | 

 the same was done by ^maxuyalidze (IV 5) ; and he gave him the 

 name [ M&mx-si (VI 3) for the child borne by MEled (V 8). Then || 



55 MEled (V 8) gave birth to another boy, and ^maxiiyalidze (IV 5) 

 gave him another name, | MEledzas, (VI 4) for the name of the 

 new-born child; and she | gave birth to a daughter, and ^maxii- 

 yalidze (IV 5) gave her the name | «max"mEwIdzEmga (VI 5) as 

 a name for the new-born child; and when | MEled (V 8) was 

 again with child, her father, ^maxuyalidze, (IV 5) was taken ill.|| 



60 Then ^maxwa (V 1) told his father, ^maxiilag-ilis (IV 3), | to go 

 quickly and see him at Memkumlis, and also MEled (V 8) went 

 from I Qalogwis. When they arrived, the people went to meet 



42 lax Llasana-yases g'okwe qa LelElasexa m5sgEmakwe ^nal-nE^mc- 

 ma, qa ^maxwaq lolElaxa xuuokwas ^maxwa. "^nex'LEs," ^nex"- 

 ^laexes Elkwa. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise la lawElseda Elkwa lax 



45 g'okwases g'igama^ye ^maxulagilise. Wit, laEm-lawise hasElaxs 

 lae LelEla. Wit, g-ib"Em4awise q'.wel-edExs g-axaaEl xwelageLa 

 laxa g'okwe, qa^s ex^wldeq. Wa, g'il-Em-lawise gwala g'ilxa- 

 a^las hogwiLeda m5sgEraakwe ^nal^nE^'mema. Wa, laEmiawise 

 ^maxulag'ihse nelaqexs lE-mae LegadEs ts!ox"LEmas ^maxwaqlo- 



50 lEla, yixs LegEmg'ElxLa^yaas ^maxuyahdze laxes nEgvlmpe ^maxwa, 

 ^nex'^laexs laa^l yax^wltsa alagime i.o^laeda q!enEme k'!o- 

 bawasa. Wii, la^lae et!ed xungwada ytsa babagume. Wii, heEm- 

 -laxaawise gwex'^id^lae ^maxtiyalidze. Wii, laEmHae LegEmg'ElxLala 

 lax Mitmx'a qa LegEms ale mayoEEms MElede. Wii, la-'lae etlede 



55 MElede mayoHtsa babagume lii^axae ^maxuyalidze LegEmg-Elx- 

 Lalax MEledzase qa LegEmsa ale miiyoLEma. Wii, la-lae et!ed ma- 

 yol'itsats!ats!adagEme. Wii, lii^laxae ^miixiiyalidze LegEmg'ElxLiilax 

 ^max"mEwidzEmga qa LegEmsa file mayoLEma. Wa, heEm-liiwis ales 

 bEwex^wId et!ede MEledax laa^lts!EX'q!EX"^ides ompe ^maxiiyahdze- 



60 yola. Wii, hex'^idasm'^lawise ^maxwa iixk' !iilaxes ompe 'maxiilag-ilise, 

 qa^s lii iiltsErae doqwaq liix Memkumlise, Lo^me MElede g'iix'^Id lax 

 Qalogwise. Wa, la^Iae lag-aaxs laaM lalalasE^wa. Wii, hiEm-lae 



