1056 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Iktu. ann. 35 



53 he said, and sat down; and when | he sat down in tlie canoe, the 

 uncle of TslEndEgEmg'i^lak" (IV 3), | Qasnomalas (III 14), came out 



55 and stood in front of the house of Q!umx"6d (IV 4). || He spoke, and 

 said, "Is that 3'ou, Gwa^sEla ? | Have you come to get in marriage the 

 princess of my chief | Q IQmx'od (IV 4) ? Now, take care, Gwa^sEla !" 

 Thus he said, and | turned towards tlae door of the house of Q lumx'od 

 (IV 4), and said, | "Sham-fight!" As soon as lie had said "Sham- 



GO fight!" the || chiefs of the Nak !wax' da^x" came out, bent forward and 

 carrj'ing short | poles representing speai-s, and went against the 

 Gwa^Ela, who were still sitting in their | marriage canoes; and when 

 the chiefs had come out | of the house, then the young men came. 

 They did not carry anything. | They went right down to the beach; 



G5 and when they had gone down, 1| the chief of the Gwa^sEla, L!as6tl- 

 walis (III 11), arose, and spoke | to his tribe. He said, "Don't sit in 

 this way, Gwa^ssla! | Go and meet the great tribe!'' and he said, | 

 "Waya'!'' and when he said "Waya'!," aU the young men | stood 



70 up in their canoes, |1 jumped into the water, and went to meet 

 the young men of the Nak!wax'da^x". Then | they took hold of 

 one another; and while they were fighting, | Ts!EndEgEmg'i^lak" 

 (IV 3) went up to the top of the climbing-board, and | sat down on a 

 platform at the top of the board. They | had not seen when she 



53 k!wag'aalExsExs g'axaas g'axEWElse qluleyas Ts!EndEgEmgi^lakwe 

 yix Qasnomalase, qa^s Lax-wElse lax L!asana^yasa g'okwas Q!iim- 



55 x'ode. Wa, la yaq!Eg'a4a. Wa, la ^nek^a: "So^maa Gwa-'sE- 

 lasa gagak' !aswa laxg'a k" !edelg-asg"In g'lgamek' laxg"a kMedelgas 

 Q!umx"6dewa? Wa, weg'illax'Qs yaL!aLEx, Gwa^sEl," a^me ^neksxs 

 lae gwegEmx'^id lax t!ex"llas gokwas Q!iimx'6daxs lae ^nek'a: 

 "Amaqaye'." Wa, g'iPmese q!iilbe amaqaxaena-yasexs g'axae 



60 sesaxesale g-Igigftma^yasa Nak!waxda-xwe dedalaxa ts!E}ts!ox"stowe 

 dzomeg'ala sEsayak' !alas laxa Gwa^sElaxs k!udzExsalae laxes gaga- 

 k'!aats!e xwaxwak!una. Wa, g'iFmese ^wi^EWElseda g-igigama^ye 

 laxa g"okwaxs g'axae g'axawElseda ^naxwa ha^yal^a k' leasLal da- 

 ax"s, qa^s la hayints lesEla laxa LlEma^ise. Wa, g"il^mese ^wi4Ents!e- 



65 sExs lae Lax^wulExse g'lgama^yasa Gwa^sEle L!as6tiwalise, qa^syaqlE- 



g-a^exes g'okillote. Wa, la ^neka: "Gwallas he gwale, Gwa^sEl, 



. weg'adza tiita^valaxwa ^walasex lelqw^laLa-'ye," ^nek'Exs lae ^ne- 



k'a: "Waya!" Wa, g'iFmese wayaxaxs lae ^nEmag'IlExseda ha- 



^yal^a q!wagitExs laxes yae^yats!e xwaxwakiiinaxs lae ^naxwaEm 



70 dExumsta, qa^s tata^wfllex ha^yal^asa Nak!wax-da-xwe. Wa, la^me 

 dadEgox^wida. Wa, he^mis ales yala dadEgalas lae Ts!EndEgEmg-i- 

 ^lakwe ekMe'^sta lax ek-!Eba^yasa Laese naxEdzo saokwa, qa^s la 

 k!wadzodxa LalaLEla lax aLotba^yasxa ga gwaleg-a. ' Wa, la^me 

 hewaxa g-ayanole lax-dEmas lag'osta laq, qaxs lE^mae alax'^Id la 



1 See figure on p. 1054. 



