1042 ETHNOLOGY OF THli KWAKIUTL Iktii. ANN. 35 



46 The hunters went out | in the evening in eight canoes. | They stayed 

 away for three days. Then they came back home. | They had one 



50 hundred and ten seals in their || eight canoes. The hair of the seals 

 was already singed off, | and they were cut open. Then LEk'Emaxod 

 (III 9) I gave them as a marriage gift to his son-in-law Q!umx"od 

 (IV 4), and also the feast name | MEiilesid (IV 4). "That is all 

 now," said LEkEmaxod (III 9) | to Q!umx"od (IV 4). "Now, get 



55 ready to go home, || son-in-law, with your wife." Thus said Chief 

 LEk'Emaxod (III 9). | Then the Naklwax'da^x" got ready in the | 

 evening; and in the morning, when day came, they loaded their | 

 canoes, and put aboard the four house-dishes and the hundred | and 



60 ten seals; and the Nak!wax'da^x" went aboard || theu- canoes. 

 When they were aU aboard, | Qlumx'od (IV 4) and his wife, Omaeli- 

 ^lak" (IV 7), and the sLx slaves walked down | the beach and went 

 aboard Qlumxod's canoe; | and as soon as they had sat down, the 

 Nak !wax' da^x" started paddhng. | In the evening they arrived at 



65 their village. || There they unloaded the fom- house-dishes and the | 

 hundred and ten seals, and carried them into the house of Q lumx'od 

 (IV 4). I As soon as everything was out of the canoe, Q!umx"od 

 (IV 4) I called his numaym, the ^walas, into his house | to discuss 



46 gwatlax qlenEmamegwata. Wa, hcx'^ida^meselax'da^xwedahanhan- 

 iJenoxwaxa la dzfiqwaxa ma4gunalts !aqas yae^3'ats!a h;inhanL!e- 

 noxwe. Wa, yudux"p!Enxwa^se ^nfdasexs g'axae na^nakweda han- 

 hanL'.enoxwe 'nEmx"s6gug'iyot!a yanEmas haga megwata laxes 



50 ma%unalts!aq!ena^yes yae^yats'.e laxes gwalslae tslEiikwa me- 

 gwate. Wa, laxae gwalElaEm yImElkwa. Wa, la^me Lek'Emaxode 

 wawalqalas laxes nEgiimpe Q!umx'6de. Wa, he^misa niEnlEXLa- 

 3'0 LegEma, yix MEiilesidaas. "Wii, laEm ^wFla laxeq," ^nek^e Lsk'E- 

 maxodiix Q!umx'6de. "Wag'a xwiinaPldEx qa^s lalag'aos nii'na- 



55 kwa, nEgump, le^wos gEnsmaqos;" ^nek'eda g-Igama^ye LEk"Ema- 

 xode. Wa, hi'X'^ida^mese ^naxwa xwanal'ideda Nak!wax"da^xwaxa 

 dzaqwa. Wii, g'iPmese ^nax'^idxa gaaliixs lae ^naxwa moxsaxes 

 yae^yats!e. Wa, g'ax^ma mEwexLa loelqullla LE^wa mEmx'sogii- 

 g'iyuwe megwata. Wa, la^me ^naxwa hox^walExseda Naklwax'- 



60 da^xwe laxes yae^yatsle. Wa, gtPmese ^wilxsaxs g"&xae Q!um- 

 x'ode LE^wis gEUEme OmaeMakwe LE^wa q!EL!okwe q!aq!Ek*6 ho- 

 qunts!esala qa^s lax'da^xwe hox^walExs lax yaH^atsIas Q!umx'6de. 

 Wa, g'iPmese k!us^alExsExs lae ^uEmax'^id sex^wideda Naklwax'- 

 da^xwe. Wa, la^mese dzaqwaxs lae lag'aa laxes g"6kQlase. Wa, 



65 hi'X'^ida^mese moltoyoweda mEwexLa loElqulila LE^wa ^nEmx'so- 

 gugiyowe megwata, qa-s lit niEweLElayo lax g'okwas Q'.unix'ode. 

 Wa, gll^mese ^wl4olta liix ya^yatslas lae hex'^ida^me Q!Qmx"ode 

 Le^lalaxes ^nE^memota ^walase, qa g'axes ^wFlaeLEla lilx g'okwas, 



