1026 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 33 



1 Sisini. !e^, and tlic\' gave the seal house-dish to the | TsetsEineleqShi, 

 and they gave the Dzonoqlwa house-dish to the | numaymTEmhEm- 

 IeIs; and after the house-dishes had been put down, | they took 

 tlie small dishes, put into them viburnum-berries from the remaining ll 

 5 two boxes of viburnum-])erries, and they placed these in front of the | 

 people of low rank. When everything was distributed, they took 

 the I boxes of oil and put them down next to the door. | Tlien they 

 gave one box of oil to the holder of the first seat | of each nuniaym; 



10 and when this had been given out, they II divided the rest of the oil 

 among the people of low rank. After | everything had been distrib- 

 uted, the numaym of Nanagwas (III 1) sang, | and the sister of 

 Nanagwas (III 1), l laqwag'ilayugwa (III 2), danced. Now | the 

 name of her who had been l laqwag' ilayugwa (III 2) was MEhias 

 (III 2) ; I and Nanagwas (III 1) also changed his name, and his name 



15 was II ^maxtiyahdze (III 1). After he had given his feast, he | 

 showed the copper Causing-Quarrels, and he asked some of the | 

 chiefs of the four numayms to buy it. Then LElak'Enx'^id, | chief of 

 the numaym TsetsEmeleqala, bought the copper | Causing-Quarrels 



20 for four slaves, eighty || skin blankets, two hundred and forty cedar- 

 bark blankets, | and four large canoes. It was | double what had 

 been paid by Kwax" ilanokume^ (II 7) when he bought the copper for 



1 ^memotasa SislnLlae. Wa, la^lae k"ax"^Itsa megwate l5qfilll laxa 

 TsetsEmeleqala. Wii, hVlae k'ax'^itsa dzonoqlwa ioqulil laxa 'nE- 

 ^memotasa TEmltEmlEls. Wa, gipEm^lawise ^wilg-alileda loElqiill- 

 laxs laa^l ax^etsE^weda l6q!wa, qa^s tsetsIalasE^wesa tlEJse g'ayol 

 5 laxa ma^tsEme kMlmyaxLa tiElsa, qa^s la k"ax'dzamolIlEm laxa bE- 

 gfllida^ye. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^wilxtoxs laa^l ax^etsE^weda dedEn- 

 gwats!e Lle^na, qa*s g'axe ^mEx^alilEm lax max"stalllasa tiEx'ila. 

 Wa, la k'ax'^idayoweda ^nal'nEmsgEme dEngwats!e L!e-na lax LeLaxfl- 

 ^ma^yasa ^naPuE^memase. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^wilxtoxs laa^l tsetsE- 



10 x"s^alasE^weda waokwe qa loqidasa bEgulida^ye. Wa, g'il^Em-lawise 

 ^wiixtoxs laa^l dEnx^ide ^uE^memotas Niinagwase. Wii, heEm^lawis 

 la yLx^widaats wiiqlwas Nanagwase Llaqwag'ilayugwa. Wii, laEm 

 LlayoxLiixes LegEme L!iiqwag"ilaj'ugwa. LaEm^ae LegadEs MElnase. 

 Wii, lasm^laxaiiwise LlayoxLiiye Niinagwase. Wii, laEm^lae LegadEs 



15 ^miixiiyalidze. Wii, laEm^lae gwal laxes k!welats!ena^yaxs laa^I 

 nelElilasa L!aqwa, yix Dfintlalayo. Wii, laEm^lae q !6sas hix g'lg'E- 

 gama^yasa mosgEmakluse ^naFnE^memasa. Wii, he^latla LElak'En- 

 x''Ide g'lgiima^yasa ^nE^memotasa TsetsEmeleqiila k'lLx-wIdxa Llaqwa 

 DEnt!illayuwasa mokwe q!fiq!Ek"owa; he^misa ma^lgunaltsokwe 



20 q!iiq!En6l ^naEnx'flna^ya; he^misa ham5x"s6k'ala tsIets'.EX'as k'loba- 

 wasa; wii, he^misa motslaqe iiwil xwiixwaklflna. Wii, laEm ^wPla la 

 pak'ile k"ilwayS,s Kwax"ilanokiima'yaxa Llaqwa qaes nEgilmpe 



