1034 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 3S 



75 thanked him. || This was the first nonlEni. It is different from the 

 dances of tlie | Nak !wax' da^x", and came from the Koskimo. It was 

 obtained through marriage | byQ'umx'od (III 1) from Qwax'ila (II 9). 

 Then they spoke secretly to the | Nak!waxda^x" about the nonlEm 

 and the other dances, for none of them knew | how they were used by 



80 the Koskimo. Then Q!umx'od (III 1) told || his wife T!agwisilayugwa 

 (III 8) what his tribe said, | and immediately T lagwisilayugwa (III 8) 

 told her father Qwax'ila (II 9). Therefore | Qwaxila (II 9) called 

 the Koskimo into his house; and | when they were all inside, 

 Qwax'ila (II 9) arose and | spoke. He said, "Now look, son-in-law 



85 Qlumx'od (III 1) ! II Now all the Koskimo have come in to take care 

 of the I supernatural power of the nonlEm. Now lock at it, 

 Naklwax'da^x"!" | Thus he said. Then the sound of whisthng 

 appeared on the roof of the house. He had not | spoken a long time 

 before he stopped. Then | the nephew of Qlumx'od (III 1) and 



90 three others disappeared. The name of the nephew of || Qlumx'od 

 was K' lesoj^ak' ilis ' (IV 10); and when they had all | disappeared, the 

 Koskimo sang the four songs | of the nonlEm. They stayed awa}^ for 

 four days. | Then they caught K' lesoyak'ilis (IV 10) and the other 

 three. | K' lesoj-ak' ilis (IV 10) was now Mosquito-Dancer, and || 



95 G' ixg' aqElag' ilis was his name now. Another one was Land-Otter- 

 Dancer, and I his name was HawtilElalEme^. He was a substitute 



75 he^'mae ales g'U laLa nonlEme, LE^we oguqala lelaedEs laxa 

 Naklwax'da^xwe, g-ax'^id laxa Gosg'imoxwe. Wa, laEm gEg-ada- 

 uEme Q!Qmx"odaq lax Qwax'ila. Wa, la-lae wunwunosa qleqlEj-oda 

 Niiklwax'da^xwasa nonlEme LE^wis lelaaide, qaxs k' lesae q laLElax 

 gwayi^lalasasa Gosgimoxwaxs aaxsilaaq. Wa, la^lae nele Q'.iimx'o- 



80 daxes gEUEme T !agwisilayugwas waldEmases g'okiilote. Wii, 

 hex'^idaEm^lawise nelii T!agwisilayugwaxes ompe Qwax'ila, lag'italas 

 Lcltslode Qwax'ilaxa Gosg'imoxwe qa g-axes ^wFlaeLEla lax g'okwas. 

 Wa, g'U^Em^lawise g'ax ^wIlaeLExs laa^l i-ax^ullle Qwaxila, qa^s 

 yacjlEg'a^e, qa^s ^neke: '' Widag"a doqwahiLEx, nEgump Q!umx'oda, 



85 g'ax^Emxaax" 'wPlaeLalg'a Gosg'imoxwiik' nanawax"silalxw6 ^na- 

 walaxwaxs nonlEmii. Walag'iLa doqwahxLEx Naklwax'da^xwa," 

 ^nex'-laexs g-axaase tsokwasa dzets!ala lax ogwasasa gokwe. K"!es- 

 ^latle alaEm gedzaqwaxs laa4 q!weHeda. Wii, laEm^ae x'is^ede 

 Lole^yas Qlumx'ode, he^misa yudukwe ogiVla laq. Hbeu^eI Lole^s 



90 Qlumx'odeda Legadiis K' lesoyakilise. Wii, g'lFEm^iiwise ^naxwa 

 x"ls^edExs liia^l dEnx^idayuweda mSsgEme nonlEmk" !ala q lEmq lEm- 

 dEma, yisa Gosg'imoxwe. Wa, la^lae mop lEuxwa^'se ^naliisa x'isaliixs 

 laaH k'imyasE^wa yix K'lesoyakllise LE-wa ogii-la hiq, xa yudukwe. 

 Wa, laEm^ae q!Eq!elElale K'lesoyak'ilise. Wa, laEm^Iae LegadEs 



95 G'ixg'aqElag'ilise. Wii, UVlae hawiilElala ^nEmokwe. Wii, hVlae 

 LegadEs HawalElalEma^ye. Wa, laEm^lae niEx^stale LelElgEmlilasa- 



1 See p. 1075. 



