1046 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [kth, ann. 35 



38 had caLkul out the iiaines of all those who hved in the one house, | one 

 of the young men said, "On behalf of MEnlesid (IV 4)." They || 



40 continued saying this until they had gone into all the houses of the 

 four I numayms. The guests did not come quickly, | because they 

 were afraid of the many seals that were to be given in the feast, for | 

 often those who are not accustomed to eat seal-blubber vomit. | It 



45 took the men a long time to call again and to get the II four numayms 

 to go in. I First of aU came the head numaym, the G'exsEm. [ They 

 went in and sat down in the rear of the house; and when ah were 

 inside, | the second numaym, the SisEnL!e^, came in, and they sat 

 down I at the right-hand side- of the house; and after they were all 



50 in, the II TsetsEmeleqala came in and sat down | towards the rear, 

 on the left-hand side of the house ; and finally the | numaym TEml- 

 tEmlfils came and sat down next to the | numaym TsetsEmeleqala. 

 When the four | numayms of the Nak !wax'da^x" were inside, they 



55 were told to smg their feasting-songs. || Then the first to sing their 

 song were the head | numaym G' exsEm ; and after they were through, | 

 the numaym Siseue !e^ sang their song; and when they were through, | 

 the numaym TsetsEmeleqala sang their song; and | when they had 



60 ended their song, || the numaym TEmltEmlsls sang their song; | and 



38 ^mese ^wPla LCLEqElax LCEEgEmasa g'Skiila laxa ^nEmsgEmse g'okwa 

 lae ^nek-(5da ^nEmokwe laxa h<¥yal-'a "qa MEnlesidaasai'." Wa, he- 



40 X'sa^mese gwek"!ala ^wa^wllxtots !axa g'ig^okwasa mosgEmakluse 

 ^nal^nE^memasa. Wa, la k"!es gEyol g-ax hogwiLeda Le-lauEme 

 cjaxs alae liikMEua^ya q!enEme megwata, yixs k!weladzEmae, cjaxs 

 qlunalae hoxsiwaya yag'ilwate lax qlEsaxa xudzasa megwate. Wa, 

 het!a la ala gegilseda ha-yal'a etse-staxs g'axae lal loxmaleda ^nfd- 



45 ^uF/memaxs g'axae mox-'widasExs g'tlxae hogwiLEla. Wii, liiEm 

 g'alaeLe ^mEkilma^yas -nal'nE^memats !ena^yasxa G'exsEme, qa^s 

 la k!ils^rdll laxa ogwiwalllasa g^Skwe. Wa, g'll^mese ^wI-iaeLExs 

 g'axae hogwiLeda maklla -iiE-memotasa SisinLla^ye, qa^s lii k!us-alil 

 laxa hetk" lodEnegwilasa g'okwe. Wa, g"iPmese ^wFlaeLExs g'axaas 



50 hogwiLe ^nE^memotasa TsetsEmeleqala, qa^s la klus^alJl laxa ^nsl- 

 k' !odoyahlasa gEmxanegwilasa gokwe. Wa, g'axe ElxLa-ya -'ue- 

 ^memotasa TEmltEmlElse, qa^s la kiwabaliiax k liidzelasasa ^nE^me- 

 motasa TsetsEmeleqala. Wii, gil-mese ^wi^laeLeda mosgEmakluse 

 -'nal-uE'mematsa Nak!wax'da-xwaxs lac wiixaso^ cja^s k!\velale dsn- 



55 xEla. Wa, heEmxaawis g'il k!welg'a^l dEnx^ededa ^mEkuma^ye 

 ^nE^memotasa G'exsEme. Wii, gil-mese q !iilbe dEnxalay^s lae 

 k!welg-a-l dEnx-ededa ^nE^memotasa SisinL!a^ye. Wa, giPmese 

 qltilbe dEnxalayas lae k!welg'a^l dEnx-ededa ^nE^memotasa Tse- 

 tsEmeleqala. Wa, g-iPmese q!ulbe dEnxalayas lae k!welg'a4 (Ieu- 



60 x^ededa ^UE^memotasa TEmltEmlElse. Wa, giPmese q'.ulbe dEn- 



