974 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Iktii. axn. 35 



present the scat of her father to her 1 husband ^maxwa (V 1), 

 and she gave as a marriage present the house called Q!aats!e || 



85 to ^maxwa (V 1). Then Msled (V S) gave birth to another child 

 (VI 6), 1 and this yoiuigest cliild was named Lebas (VI 6). | 

 Now there were five boys and one girl. | Two wuiters after ^ma- 

 xiiyalidze (IV 5) had died, | ^maxwa (V 1) said that he wanted 



90 to invite his tribe, the Kwag-ul, || to come to a potlatch at 

 Memkumlis, and he called in his | numaym the WlwomasgEm to 

 come into his house | Qlaats'.e. When they were all in, | ^maxwa 

 (V 1) at once stood up and spoke. | He said, "O numaym Wi- 



95 womasgEm ! I call you || that you may know what my desire is. 

 I wish you to ] go and invite* the Kwag'ul for me." Thus he 

 said; and when | he stopped speaking, one of his speakers arose, | 

 and said that they would go at once and launch the inviting- | 

 500 canoe; and his numaym said that he shoidd go ahead || quickly. 

 Then they arose at once and 1 went out of the house of their 

 chief. They prepared themselves; and when | the food was ready 

 that they were going t > take, they launched the inviting- | canoe 

 and went aboard. They started off. | ^niaxwa (V 1) and his wife 

 5 Msled (V 8) did not go. The messengers arrived || and invited 



la-'wiinEme ^maxwa. Wa, la'lac g-okiilxLalaxa g'okwe i.egadEs Q!af- 



85 ts!e laxaax ^maxwa. Wa, laEnr'laxae xungwada yix Mslede. Wa, 



laEm^lae Lex^edElas Lebase laxes ale xunokwa. Wa, laEm^lae sEk' !o- 



kwa bebEgwanEme sasEms. Wii, la^lae ^uEmokwa ts!ats!adagE- 



ma. Wii, he'lat!a la ma^lEuxe ts!a^wunxas la Ie'Ic 'maxiiyalidze- 



x"daxs laa^l ^nek"e ^maxwa, qa-s LelElexes gokulotaxa Kwakug'ule, 



90 qa g'axes p!ekus lax Memkumlise. Wii, la^lae Leltslodxes la 



^uE-memotaxa WiwomasgEme, qa gaxes ^wFlaeLEla liix gokwase 



Q!aats!e. Wii, g'ax^Em^Iawise ^wrta hogwiLa. Wii, g'U^Em^lawise 



g'iix ^wI-laeLExs laa^lhex-'ida^me ^miixwa La.x'ulila qa^las yfiqlEga^le. 



Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "HedEn Le-lallloL, ^uE-memot WlwomasgEm, 



95 qa^s qlalaosaxg'a gwiilaasg'asg'hi naqek', qaxg'in ^nek'ik-, qa^s 



lax"da^xwaos LelElaxa Kwakfigula qaEu,'' ^nex"'lae. Wii, g iHEni- 



^awise q!wel-idExs laa'l Liix-ullla gayule lax a^j-ilkwiis. Wii, 



la^lae ^nex" qa^s hex'^ida^me la LElstEudxes Lcltsayuwats !eLe xwii- 



k!ima. Wii, lil^lae ^uiixwaEm ^neke 'nE'memotas, (ja witges aEm 



500 hali'^liila. Wit, aEm^liiwise hex'^idaEm qlwagillla, qa^s lii'l hoqu- 



wElsa lax gokwases g'lgama^ye, qa^s lii xwanaKda. Wii, g-H^Em^la- 



wise gwiix'gullle g iwfdkwasexs liia'l LEl'stEndxes LeltsayowatsleLe 



xwiikluna, qa^s hox^walExse. Wii, laxda^x"-Em^lae lilex-wida. Wii, 



laEm^lae k' !es la ^maxwa le^wIs gEUEme MElede. Wii, la^lae lag-aeda 



5 Leltsayo, qa^s Lelalak" !Eg'a^texa Kwiigule. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lilwise 



