1044 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ans. 35 



93 whole I seal is given to the head cliief of each numaym, for | they 

 only cut off the head; that is, when many seals are given at a feast. | 



95 I just wanted to talk about this. || Now, the twenty seals that they 

 had cut up were being cooked, | and ninety seals were left raw. It 

 was almost evening when they | finished cuttmg up the twenty seals, 

 and in the evening also those | who had gone after fire-wood came 

 home. When they arrived on the beach, | the 5'oung men of the 

 900 numaym ^walas went down || and carried up the fire-wood into the 

 house of I Qlumx'od (IV 4); and when the fire-wood was all inside, 

 they took baskets, | went down to the beach, and picked up stones, 

 and I they carried up the baskets with stones into the house of 

 Qlumx'od (IV 4). | Wlicn they thought they had enough, they made 

 5 a cross-pile of fire-wood in the || middle of the host's house; and when 

 it was high enough, | they piled stones on it, so that they were ready 

 when they wanted to put fu-e to it. | In the morning, when da^^ came, 

 another man of the | uumaj-m ^walas took boxes and | placed them 



10 between the door and the fire. II After doing so, he drew water and 

 poured it | into the boxes. When (the boxes) M^ere half fuU, there 

 was enough water in them. | After this they took red-pme wood | 

 and made tongs, as many as there were J boxes. Then they asked 



92 gwate k'ax'^idayaxa xamagEma'ye g'lg^mesa ^nE^mema, yixs lex'a- 

 ^mae lawoylwe xEweqwas laqexs qleuEmae klweladzEmasa g'igS- 

 ma^ye megwata. A^mEn ^nex" qEn gwagwex'sEX'^ide laq. Wa, 

 95 heEm L!5pLa ma^ltsEmg"ustawe megwat la sakwasE^wa. Wa, la 

 k'lilxxa na'uEmsoklwa megwata. Wii, la^mese Elaq dzaqwaxs lae 

 gwala sakwiixa ma^ltsEmg'ustawe megwata. Wa, laEmxaawise 

 dzaqwaxs g'axae na^nakwa Sneqaxa lEqwa. Wa, g'iPEm g'ax^alisa 

 aneqaxa lEqwaxs lae ^wi^Ents !eseda ha^yal^asa ^nE-memotasa ^walase, 

 900 qa^s la wawig'alaxa q!exale lEqwa, qa^s la haeLElas lax g'okwas 

 Q lumx'ode. Wa, gil-mese ^wFlaeLeda lEqwaxs lae ax^edxa laElxa^ye, 

 qa^s la hocjuntsles laxa LlEma^ise, qa^s la xEqwaxa t!esEme, qa^s 

 liixat! kMogwiLElaxa t!etsE!ala laElxe lax g'okwas Qlumx'ode. Wii, 

 g'iPmese k'otaq laEm helalaxs lae hawanaqostalaxa lEqwa lax 

 5 awagawalllasa k Iweladzats !eLe g'okwa. Wa, g^il^mese helalaxs lae 

 xEqiiyindalasa tIesEme laq, qa gwallles qo tsenabotsoLEx g-aleLas 

 ^nax"-idLEx gaalaLa. Wii, laxae ogu^laEm bsgwanEm g'ayol 

 liixa ^nE^memotasa ^wiilasa ax^edxa k" !ik' !imyaxLa qii^s g'axe 

 mEx^iililalas lax &wiigawa^yasa t!EX"lla LE^wa lEgwile. Wa, 

 10 g'lFmese gwalExs lae fcsex'^itsE^weda ^wiipe, qa-s la guxtslalayo 

 laxa k' !ik' limyaxLa. Wa, g'il^mese bEnk" !oits !exs lae hela- 

 ts'.Eweda ^wape. Wa, giPmese gwalExs lae &x^etsE^weda wfinagiile, 

 qa^s k' !ipLalag'ilasE^we, ytxs he^mae waxa k' !IpLiilae ^waxasgEma- 

 sasa k* !lk" '.ImyaxLa. Wa, g'iHmese gwalExs lae helasE^weda nk- 



