1024 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 36 



56 and this | Dzonoq !\va house-dish — and also the Dz5noq !wa ladle | 

 and the grizzly-bear ladle; and the name of your dancer will be | 

 MElnas ; and your own name, son-in-law Niinagwas (III 1 ) , will be | 

 ^maxOyalidze (III 1)." Thus said Kwax" ilanokiime^ (II 7). Imme- 



60 diately || the father of Nanagwas (III 1), Sesaxalas (II 1), arose and 

 thanked him for | what he had said; and when he stopped speaking, 

 Kwax'ilanokume^ (II 7) | asked his son-in-law Nanagwas (III 1) to 

 stay in his house for four days, | until the twenty boxes of oil, | and 



65 the ten boxes of viburnum berries, and the four house-dishes, || and 

 the two ladles, and the great copper | Causing-Quarrels, should be 

 ready, for he had to buy the copper from its owner, ^nEmokulag'i- 

 Udze, I chief of the numa5'-m Mamaleleqiam. Immediately | the 

 Nak !wax' da^x" took the load out of their canoes | in order to wait 



70 until Kwax'ilanokiime^ (II 7) had bought the copper. Il After they 

 had stayed there for three days at ^memkumUs, | the copper Causing- 

 Quarrels was bought from ^nEmokulag'iUdze. | Two slaves, and 

 forty I sewed blankets, one hundred and twenty | new cedar-bark 



75 blankets, and two canoes, were paid. || These were the price of the 

 copper Causing-Quarrels among the people of olden times. | The next 

 day, when day came, the Nak !wax' da^x" loaded their canoes | with 

 oil, viburnum-berries, and house-dishes, | and ladles; and when 



56 dzonoq !wak' loqfillla; wa, he^misa dzonoq liixLala tsexxa; wa 

 he^misa nEnxLala tsexLa; wa, he^mis LegEmltses senatLaose 

 MElnase. Wa, he^misLas LegEmLos UEgump, Nanagwase, ^ma- 

 xuyalidze," ^nex'^lae Kwax'iUmokilma^ye. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 



60 wise ompas Nanagwase, yix Sesaxalase Lax^filll qa^s monies 

 waldEmas. Wa, g'U^Em'lawise q!wel-idExs laa-lae Kwax'ilanoku- 

 ma^j^e axk'!alaxes nEgurap Nanagwas qa moplEn.xwa^ses ^nalas hele 

 g-okwas, qa ^wi^les gwax^gullle ma4tsEmg-usta dedsngwatsle Lle'na 

 LE^wa nEqasgEme t!et!Elyats!e k' !ik" !EmyaxLa, LE^wa loElqQllIe 



65 mEwexxa, LE^wa ma^lEXLa tsetsexLa; wa, he'misa ^walase L!aqwa, 

 yLx DEutlalayuwe, yixs k"ilxweLaq lax L!agwadase ^nEmokulagilidze 

 yix g'lgama^yasa ^nE^memotasa Mamaleleq !Eme. Wa, hex'^idaEm- 

 Hawisa Nak'.wax'da^xwe moltodxes mEmwalalaxes yae^yatsle. Wa, 

 laEm^lae esEla qa k'ilx^wldes Kwax"ilan6kiima^yaxa L!aqwa. Wa, 



70 he^latla la yudux"p lEnxwase -nalas la g'is la'lax ^memkumlisa Na- 

 k'.wax'da^xwaxs laa^l k'ilx^witsE^we DEnt!alayuwe lax ^nEmokulag'I- 

 lidza. HeEm k'iloma ma^lokwe q!aq!Ek'owa; hcEm-lawisa m6x"so- 

 kwe q!aq!Enola ^naEnx^'una^ya. HeEm^lawisa ma^ltsogug-iyowe 

 ts!ets!EX"as k" !ek' lobawasa. HeEm^lawisa ma^ltslaqe xwaxwak!una. 



75 Wa, heEm ^waxa^xwatsa L!aqwe DEntlalayo laxa g'ale bEgwauEma. 

 Wa, g'ipEm^lawise ^nax'^idxa la lEnsa laa^l moxsElax'^ideda Na- 

 klwax'da^xwaxa Lle^na LE^wa tiElse laxes yae^yats!e LE^wa loElqu- 

 llle LE^wa tsetsexLa. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^wilxsa laxa xwaxwaklOniixs 



