998 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



97 his grandfather Ewanux"dze (V 13). | Lalep'.alas (VII 3) was 

 helped by the two men with four hundred blankets; and after he 

 had been helped | with the blankets, GwE^yimdze (VI 2) sent out 

 Lalep'.alas (VII 3) to | call the speakers who were to be their 

 1000 guests to come quickly. |1 Lalep'.alas (VII 3) went at once to call 

 them, and they all came immediately. ] Then GwE^ymidze (VI 2) 

 instructed them what to say outside of the | house; and after he 

 had instructed them, they went out of the house | and stood there. 

 They said, "Now, | Qlomoya^ye, ^walas Kwag'ul, Q!omk-!ut!Es, you 

 5 will see (the dance of) Qlexxala (VI 9), the child' of || Hameselai 

 (VII 3)," for HamesElal (VII 3) had his mother QlExxala (VI 9) 

 for his dancer. | It was not long before the three tribes of the 

 Kwag-ul came in. | When they were all inside, GwE^yimdze (VI 2), 

 arose | and spoke. He said, "Now you will stop nammg my prince 

 Laleplalas (VII 3) | for his name is changed, and he will now be || 



10 named HamesElal (VII 3). Now he will take the seat of the past 

 HamesElal (V 3), | who held the second seat in my numajan Sen- 

 LlEm." I Thus he said to all the Kwag-ul. Then they all agreed to 

 what he said. | After he had finished his speech, he gave away the 



15 four hundred | blankets; and when he had done so, || they went out. 

 Now he had seven names, beginning with the first | name obtained 

 at the time ofhis birth from his mother, Q!ex"Lala (VI 9). It was not 

 long before his | grandfather Ewanux"dze died (V 13), and at once 



97 g-iwalayosa ma-'lokwax Lalep!alase. Wa, gil-'mese gwalallla g-iwa- 

 layowe p!ElxElasgEmaxs lae ^yalaqe GwE^yimdzas Lalep.'alase, qa 

 liis Le^lalaxa a^yllkwaxs Le^'lanEmae, qa gaxes lullabala. Wa, hex'^i- 

 1000 da^mese la Laleplalase Le^lalaq. Wa, hex-'ida'mese g-axda^xwa. 

 Wa, laEmxae Lexs^'ale GwE^yimdze qa wfddEms hix LlasaniVyases 

 gokwe. Wa, gll^mese gwal Lexs^alaqexs lae hoquwEls laxa g'okwe, 

 qa^s qlwag-aElse. Wa, la ^nek'a: "LaEms x-ItsIaxilaLOLai' Q!omo- 

 ya^yai', ^walas Kwag-ulai', Q'.omk' '.utlEsai' lax Qlex'Lala xunokwas 

 5 HamesElale, qaxs he^mae senates abEmpe QlexLala, yLx HamesE- 

 lale." Wa, kMest!a galaxs gaxae -wFlaei,eda yiidux"sEmakwe Kwa- 

 kuo-ula. Wa, g'iPmese ^wi^laeLExs lae he^me GwE^yimdze Lax^iilila, 

 qa^s yaqlEga^e. Wa, la ^nek'a: "LaEms gwal LeqElalts Lalepla- 

 lase laxg-in LEwulgamek', qaxs la^mek' LlayoxLa, qaxs la-mek- 

 10 LegadElts HamesElale. Wa, la^messk- Ird lax Laxwa^'ya HamesE- 

 lalwula, yixs ^na^nEmokwalgiwalae laxEn ^nE^'memota SenLlEme," 

 ^nekexa -naxwa Kwakugula. Wa, aEmxaawise ^naxwa ex-akax wal- 

 dEmas. Wa, gil'mese gwale waldEmasexs lae yax^wltsa hamop Ieu- 

 yag'lgawe plElxElasgEma. Wa, g'll^mese gwal yaqwaxs lae ^wFla 

 1 5 hoquwElsa. Wa, laEm aLEbosgEme LeLEgEmas giigiLEla laxes g-i^le- 

 na^ye mayoLEmses abEmpe Qlex'Lala. Wii, k'!est!a galaxs lae lE^'le 

 gagEmpase Ewanux"dzex-de. Wa, hex'^ida^meseQIex-Lala^nex', qa 



> The dancer is here called the child of the host. 



