1008 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (bth.asn. :c. 



7 First the hox"hok" head-mask came out, | next came the crookeil- 

 beak head-mask, and next | the raven head-mask came out and 



10 finally the II gElogudzEwis head-mask. Each one went back into the 

 sacred room after having gone | around the &re once. | Then the 

 cannibal-dancer came out naked and ran out of the house; | and it 

 was not long before he came hack carrying in his arms | a corpse; and 



15 when | he came into the door of the house, the shaman-dancer jj and 

 the rich-woman dancer sang their sacred songs and came out of the | 

 sacred room — first the woman-shaman dancer came out, and | last 

 the rich-woman dancer. The rich-woman dancer went straight up | 

 to the cannibal-dancer and took the corpse out of his arms. Then | 



20 she went once around the fire in the middle, and sat down || outside 

 of the sacred room with painted front. She | pinched pieces of flesh 

 off the corpse and tasted them. The cannibal-dancer was still | 

 sitting near the door, and the woman shaman was still | standing in 

 the same place at the door of the sacred room. After | the rich- 

 woman dancer had four times swallowed pieces of the corpse, the 



25 cannibal-dancer arose || and went around the right-hand side of the 

 lire and went up | to the rich-woman dancer. He took the corpse 

 on liis arms and sat down | at the left-hand side of the fire in the 

 middle of the house. Then he began to eat it. | He had not been 

 eating long when the rich-woman dancer arose and | sat down in 



7 Wa, hcEm^lawis g'alolt !allleda hox"hokwIwa^ye hamslwa^ya. Wa, 

 g'ax^lae makileda gElokwiwa^ye hamsiweq. Wa, g'fix-lae et- 

 ^wult lalileda gwaxwiwa^ye hamsiweq. Wa, g"ax^lae ElxLa^yeda 



10 gElogudzEwese hamsiweq. Wa, g^ipEm^lawise ^uEmp lEue^stahl 

 laxa laqawalllaxs laa^l ^wPla latslallt laxa lEme^latsle. Wa, g"ax- 

 ^lae laltslalileda hamatsia laxes xanalaena^ye, qa^s la dzElx-EWElsa. 

 Wii, k'!es-lat!a giilaxs g'axae q!EliLElaxa lalenoxwe. Wii, gipEm- 

 ^lawise g'axeL laxa t !EX"ilasa g'okwaxs laa^l ^yalaqwa^laeda paxalalale 



15 LE^wa bEgwanEme q!aminagasa, qa^s g"axe g"ax^wults!alll laxa 

 lEme^lats!e, yixshe^maa^l g'alolts!alileda tslEdaqe paxalalala. Wii, 

 la-lae ElxLa^ya q!aminagase. Wii, he^nakulaEm-lawiseda q!amin&- 

 gase laxa hamatsia, qa^s qlElEXLEyexa lS,lenoxwe laq. Wa, he^lat!a 

 la ^nEmp lEne-stalll lii-stalllElaxa laqawalllaxs laa^l kiwag'alileda 



20 qlaminagase lax L!asalllasa iEme-lats!e, ylxa mawile. Wa, la^lae 

 epod laxa lalenoxwe, qa^s plEx^ede laq. Wa, laEm^laLa hex'saEm 

 kiwaela hamats!eda iiExwala laxa tiEx'tla. Wii, lil hex'silEm 

 LaHvIleda paxalalale tslEdaqe tiEx-iliisa mawiie. Wii, g"il^Em^lawise 

 mop lEnq lEseda qlaminagase liixa lalenoxwaxs laa^l Liix^ulileda 



25 hiimatsla, qa^s la helk' lEwetstalllElaxa laqawalllaxs lae he-nakiila 

 laxa qlaminagase, cja^s qlElEXLEyexa lalenoxwe, qa^s le klwag'alli 

 lax gEmxanalilasa laqawallle. Wii, laEm^lae hamx"^idEq. Wii, 

 k" les^Em^lawise geg'ililExs laa^lase qlaminagase Lax-iilll, qa^s lii-1 



