1006 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



66 the arm, and is made of twisted red cedar-bark; | and the anklets go 

 four times around the leg, and are made of twisted red cedar-bark. | 

 That will be the way of \our dancer, son-in-law ^maxwa (II 1). | 

 And this will be the cedar-bark of the fire-dancer. The neck-ring is 



70 mixed with white, | and the head-ring is not thick. The || arm-rings 

 go around the wrist twice, and also the anklets. | The name of the fire- 

 dancer will be Gwadzes. I And this will be the cedar-bark of the shaman- 

 dancer. His neck-ring | and head-ring will be medium-sized, and he 

 will have a small ring of twisted cedar-bark | around the WTist and 



75 around the legs, and they wiU go around four times. || Tlie name of the 

 shaman-dancer will be Hayalak'ilaLEla. And this j is the way of the 

 cedar-bark of the rich-woman dancer. She has a big neck-ring mixed 

 with white, | and at three places there are strips hanging down 

 of cedar-bark mixed wliite and red, in this way: | 

 Her head-ring will also be red and white — two rings, 

 one on top of the other. | The one below will be 



80 smaller than the upper one. The || wrist-rings and 

 leg-rings of red cedar-bark will be white in the 

 middle, and they will pass around four times; | and 

 her name will /-\_^^^a y^ ^^ Q!ominowa- 

 gasElal ; and I the ^^^^^^ sacred room of the cannibal-dancer 

 will be painted m FF-rl ■ with a moon painting; and | the box 

 containing the m^ ' ' M winter-dance obi(>cts wiU ])e painted 

 in this way: f^^^^\\ The sacred room will stand at the | 

 left - hand side, ^^^ inside the door of your house, son-in- 



66 lai>e maemoplEue^staLe qeqEx'sIdzexas xilplsnak" L!agEkwa. 

 Wa, heEm gwiihiasLEsa hamatslaLaos, nEgump, ^maxwii. Wii, 

 g'a^mes gwalaats LlagEkwasa nonltse^stalale, ytxs ^mElmaqElaes 

 qEnxawa^ye LE^wis qEx'Ema^ye k'!es lex" LlagEkwa. Wa, la mae- 



70 malp!ene^sta^ma xilplEnakwe LlagEk" qeqEX'ts!anes LE^wis qeqEX'- 

 sidza^ye. Wa, he^mis LegErasa nonltse^stalale Gwadzes. Wa, 

 g'a^mes gwalaats LlagEkwasa paxalalale, yixs helagutae qEnxawa^yas 

 LE^wis qEX'Ema^ye LliigEkwa. Wii, la wIIeu x ilp!Enakwa L!agEkwe 

 qeqEx-ts lanes LE^wis qeqEx'sidza^ye. Wa, la maemoplene^sta. Wa, 



75 g'a^mes LegEmltseg'axa paxalalale Hayalak'ilaLEla. Wii, g'a^mes gwa- 

 laasLEs L!agEx"ltsa cj!iiminagase, yixs LEkwae ^niElmaqEles qEnxa- 

 wa^ye. Wii, lii yiiduxwidale qiilEna^yas ^mElmoy&g'a gwiileg'a. (Jig.) 

 Wii, laxae ma^tslaqe qExuma^yas LlagEkwa ^mslmoya. Wa, laLe 

 wllagawa^ya baniiLEliises ck'Iaye. Wii, hiLC ^niElmoyilwe qec{EX"- 



80 tslana^ye LE^wis qeqEx'sidzeLa LliigEkwaxa maemopIene^staLa 

 LESLEkwa. Wii, he^rais LegEmltse QIominowagasElale. Wii, g"a- 

 ^mes mawilLEsa hamats!eg'ada ^mEkuladzillak'. Wii, lii hiindzawa 

 k'lawatslegildasliiq, g'agwiileg'a ijlg.). Wa, laLe hel k' !5gweLa ma- 

 wila gEmxotstalilas ilwlLEliis tlEX'iliises g'okwos, nEgump, ^maxwa.- 



