1004 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



22 and spoke. He said, | "I came to you, great numaym WiokwItEm, 

 Awik' !enox" ! | My chief, ^maxwa (II 1) here, came to marry your 

 princess, | Llaqwag'ila (I 2), l laqwag' ilayugwa (II 2). Thus he 



25 said. Then they paid the marriage money || of sewed blankets; and 

 after they liad paid the marriage money, | they hearil the whistles of 

 the cannibal-dancer in the house of Llaqwag'ila (12), | and also the 

 whistles of the fire-dancer and of the rich-woman dancer, and the | 

 sacred song of the shaman-dancer. When each of these had sounded 



30 four times, | Llaqwag'ila (I 2) came out of his house || carrying a 

 handful of eagle-down. He sang I his sacred song, and he used the 

 eagle-down like a rattle. He | stood in front of his house wearing 

 around his neck a large neck-ring of | red cedar-bark. Wien he 

 stopped singing, he spoke, and said, | "Come, son-in-law ^maxwa 



35 (II 1), come into this house, || which will be your house ! The winter 

 dances have already been started for you, | because j'ou have come 

 to marry my princess, l laqwag' ilayugwa (II 2)." Thus he said. | 

 Then ^maxwa arose in his marriage | canoe. There were four of 

 these; and he told his crew to | obey the words of his father-in-law; 



40 and when he said this, || he jumped into the water with his crew; and 

 they went up the beach, | following his father-in-law l laqwag" ila (I 2) , 

 who was waiting for them. Tlicn | Llaqwag'ila (I 2) entered the 

 house first, and ^maxwa (II 1) followed him, | and liis whole crew went 



22 "G'ax^mEn g'ax^aLEla, ^walas ^UE^mem WiokwitEm, yul Awik'!e- 

 nox", g'axg'ln g'lgameg^eg'a ^maxwak' gagak'Iaxox k!edelaq!os, 

 L'.aqwagil, laxox Llaqwag'ilayugwax," ^nex'^laexs laa^l qadzel-ida 



25 yisa q !aq !Enote ^naEnx^iina^ya. Wa, g'il^Em'lawise gwal qadzeLaxs 

 laa^lase hek'!Ek'!ale mEdzesasa hamatsia lux g'okwas Llaqwag'ila 

 Lo^laeda msdzesasa nonltse-stalale LE^wa q!aminagase. Wa, liVlae 

 yalaqlwala^lae paxalalalas. Wa, g'tPEm^lawise moplEndzaqweda 

 ^naxwa laxes ^nal^nEmx-^idalaena-yaxs g'axaa^l lawElse Llaqwag'ila 



30 la^laxes g'okwe, q IwetsEmexa qEmxwasa kwekwe. Wii, la^ae ya- 

 lagiitEwe^lases yalax^LEne laxes yatElaena^yasa qEmxwa. Wa, la^lae 

 Lax^uls lax LlasanaS'ases g'okwe. Wa, laEm-iae qEnxalaxa LEkwe 

 LlagEkwa. Wii, g'iFEm^lawise qlweHidExs laa'l yiiqlEga^a. Wa, 

 la^lae ^nek'a: "Gelag'a, nEgump ^maxwa, qa^s g'axlag'aos g'axeL 



,3,5 laxg'as g'ox"lg'os. LaEmk'^naxwa qIayatElTlg'a ^nax'^nEwalagwll- 

 g'asc[aes g'a^xena^yosgagak' laxEnk' ledele Llaqwag'ilayugwa," ^nex'- 

 ^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^maxwa Lax^wulExs laxes gagak" laatsle- 

 ye -xwaxwaklunaxa motslaqe. Wa, la^lae axk'lalaxes kiwerae, qa^s 

 nanageg'e^mex waklEmases nEgiimpe. AEm-lae ^nek'Exs lae 



40 dEx"sta laxa ^wape LE^wis kiwemaxs laa^l hox^wusdesa, qa^s 

 la Ifig'ixes nEgumpe Llaqwag'ilaxs csEla-'maaq. Wii, lieEm^hiwise 

 Lliiqwag'ila g'iilaeL hlxes g'okwe. Wii, lil^lae makile ^miixwiiq. 

 Wii, g'ax^lae ^wFlaeLe kiwemaseq. Wii, la^lae Llaqwag'ila ilxk'lalax 



