1010 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



60 and he went into his sacred room. The | rich-woman dancer and 



■ the shaman-dancer also went back into the sacred room. They had 



not I stayed there a long time before the cannibal-dancer uttered the 



cannibal crj'. Immediately | the song-leaders began to smg, and 



the cannibal-dancer came out of his | sacred room wearing a bear- 



55 skin. He had around his neck a |1 thick ring of red cedar-bark 

 called k' losEnxawe; and | after the song-leaders fimshed singing 

 four songs, he went | into his sacred room, and the shaman-dancer 

 always kept near him. | When they had gone into the sacred room, 

 the rich-woman dancer uttered her crj". | She cried in this way: 



60 "Hahi hai, hai, hai; hahi, hai!" || Thus she cried while the song- 

 leaders were singing her song. She | wore around the neck a ring of 

 cedar-bark mixed white and red, and she | danced, accompanying 

 the four songs. After the last | song, she went into her sacred room; 

 and the fire-dancer cried, "We, we, we!" | Then the song-leaders 



65 sang his H song, and he came and danced for a httle while. | He 

 danced and put out the fire in the middle of the house, | and the 

 song-leaders just sang two of his songs | in the dark. After his 

 songs I he went back into the sacred room. Then the fixe was built 



70 up again; || and when it blazed up, Llaqwag'Ua (I 2) spoke, | and 

 said, "Have you seen the privileges which I have given to you, | son-in- 



50 Wa, la^lae hetsIalilEla laxa mawile. Wa, laEm^lae ogwaqa lats!a- 

 lileda q!fi.minagase LE^wa paxSlalale laxa mawile. Wa, k'!es^lat!a 

 galaxs laa^l hamtslEg'a^eda hamatsla. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise 

 dfinx^ededa nenagade. Wa, g'ax4ae lalts lallleda hamatsla laxes 1e- 

 me^latslexa mawile, ^nEX^unalaxa Lla^ye. Wa, laEm^lae qEnxilaxa 



55 LEkwe L!agEx"xa LegadaskMosEnxawaLlagEkwa. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise 

 gwal dEnxEleda nenagadasa mosgEme q lEmq !EmdEmsexs lae lats !alll 

 laxes lEme^latsIe LE^wa p^xftlalale, qaxs q!ap!ex"sa^mae LE^we. Wa, 

 g-ll^Em^lawise latslalll laxes lEme^latsIaxs laa^lase hek^Ega^leda 

 q laminagase laxes gwek' lalasaxs hahi hai, hai, hai ; hahi hai, 



60 ^nex'^aexs laa^lase dEnx^ededa nen&gadas q lEmdEmas. Wa, laEm- 

 4axae qEnxalaxa ^niElmaqEla L!agEkwa. Wa, g'ax^Em^lae yixwasa 

 mosgEme qlEmqiEmdEms. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise q!ulbeda ElxLa^ye 

 qlEmdEmsexs laa^l lats!alil laxa lEme4ats!e. Wa, la^ae wewewe- 

 xeda nonltse^stalale. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise dEnx^ededa nenaga- 



65 das qlEmdEmas. Wa, g'ax^Em^lae yawas^id ylx^wida. Wa, he- 

 ^lat!a la ypwenesexs laa^l k" lElx^edxa laqawalilasa g'okwe. Wa, 

 fi,Em^lawise wul^Em la dEnxEleda nen&.gadasa ma^tsEme qlEmqiEm- 

 dEms laxa plEdEkila. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise qlQlbe qlEmdEmasexs 

 laa^l latslalll laxa lEme^latsle. Wa, la^lae x'axiqlEX'-ItsE^weda Ie- 



70 gwlle. Wa, g"Il^Em^lawise x'lqostaxs laa^l yaqlEg'a'le Llaqwag'ila. 

 Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Lammas ^wPla doqGlaxEn k' les^ogiilxLa^ye laL, 



