992 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 36 



72 dishes were full, | they put the double-headed serpent dish in 

 front of the QlomoytVye. Then | the speaker of GwE^yundze (VI 2) 

 said, "This double-headed serpent dish is for you, Qlomoya^ye!" 

 and they | put the killer-whale dish in front of the ^walas 



75 Kwag'ul, and || the speaker said, "This killer-whale dish is for 

 you, ^walas Kwag"ul!" | and they put the seal-dish in front of 

 the Q!6mk'!ut!Es, and | the speaker said, "This seal-dish is for 

 you, Q!omk"!ut!Es!" Then they put | the whale-dish in front of 

 the Maamtag"ila and G'exsEm and Kukwaklum, | and the 

 speaker said, "This dish is for you, Maamtag-ila, G'exsEm, || 



80 Kukwaklum! You will eat out of it, you who sit there to help us, — 

 and you, Laalax's^Endayo !" | Thus he said. Then he took the large 

 ladles and gave one to the | other speaker of GwE^yimdze (VI 2). 

 Then he told the guests to begin | eating; and he spoke, turning his 

 face towards the numaym SenLlEm, | and said, " Now bring out the 



85 oil, so that I may give the second coiu-se to my || guests." Then he 

 took the boxes with oil and | put them down in front of the fire. 

 The I two speakers dipped the ladles into the oil, and gave | one of 

 them to the chief of the MaSmtag^ila. Then the speaker said, | 



90 "Now, sip this, AwaxElag'llis!" Then || the other speaker said 

 to the chief of the G"exsEm, "Now you | sip this, Chief YaqEwid!" 

 Immediately the chiefs | arose, took the ladles, and drank the oil; 



72 lae k-ax^dzamoli^lEmeda sIsEyuLe laxa Qlomoya^ye. Wa, la ^neke^ 

 Elkwas GwE^ytmdze: "Loqulas, Qlomoya^ye sisEyuL." Wa, la 

 kaxdzamoli^lEuieda max^enoxwe laxa ^walase Kwag'ula. Wa, laxae 



75 ^nek'eda Elkwe: " Loqulas ^walas Kwag'ul max^enox"." Wa, la 

 kax'dzamolilEmeda megwate laxa Q!omk"!ut!Ese. Wa, la ^nekeda 

 Elkwe: "Loqulas Q!5mk!ut!Ese megwat." Wa, lak'ax'dzamoli^lE- 

 meda gwE^ylme laxa Maamtagila LE^wa GexsEme LE^wa Kukwa- 

 k!urae. Wa, la ^nek'eda Elkwe: "Loqulas Maamtag'ila, GexsEm, 



SO Kukwaklum, ^wFlastaEniLEsex kiwamelaex lo^s Laalax's^Endayo," 

 ^nekExs lae ax^edxa ma-lExLa tsexLa, qa^s tslEwesa ^uEmexLa laxa 

 ^UEmox" Elkwas GwE^ylmdze. Wa, lii waxaxa kiwele, qa wag'es 

 hamx'^ida, ^nek'Exs lae gwegEmx^^id laxes ^nE^memotaxa SenLlEme. 

 Wa, ^neka: "Weg'a, hanolt lalilaxwa Lle^nax, qEn helegindexEns 



85 Le^lanEme," ^nek'Exs lae Ex^etsE^weda dedEngwatsIe Lle^na, qa^s 

 gaxe mEX-'ali^lEm laxa obexxala^lilasa lEgwIle. Wii, hex'^ida^mesa 

 ma^l5kwe a^yilk" tse^stasa tsetsexLa laxa tle^na, qa^s la tieqwasa 

 ^nEmexLa lax g'lgama^yasa Ma&mtag-ila. Wa, la ^nekeda Elkwa: 

 "LaEms xiimtledLai' gTgama^yai' AwaxElagilisai'." Wa, la 



90 ^nek"eda ^nEmokwe Elkwa lax g-igama^yasa G'exsEme: "LaEms 

 XiimtledLai' g-Igfima^yai', YaqEwidai'." Wa, hex'^ida^mesa glgEga- 

 ma^ye Lax^fllila, qa^s dadalexa tsexLa, qa^s nax^idexa Lle^na, la 



