1062 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



After tliis had been done, they put | small dishes, one in front of each 

 85 four men (they call it || "La^taak"" when there is one dish for every | 

 man, and one dish for every chief and for | every prince). When 

 they all had been pnt down, | L!asotiwalis (III 11) told them to go 

 ahead and eat, and they all | began to eat; and after they were 

 90 through, || L!as5tiwahs (III 11) told them that now he had changed 

 the name of his prince Sesaxalas (IV 8), and that | his name would 

 be Kwax'ilanokume^ (IV 8), and that the name of his dancer would 

 be I MElned. Thus he said, and turned to his numaym the | 

 Qlomk' !ut!ES, and said, "Don't sit in this way, numayni Q!omk' !u- 

 tlES, I but go and get the marriage mat of TslEndE^Emg'i^lak" 

 95 (IV 3), the || hundred and twenty blankets, so that we may wipe off 

 the mouths of our chiefs; | otherwise their mouths will be oih"." 

 Thus he said, and stopped speaking. | Immediately the young men 

 went and took the blankets ashore out of | the canoe. They brought 

 them in, and put them down inside of the door of the house. | Then 

 300 Llasotiwahs (III 11) spoke again, and said to his l| numaym Qlomk" !u- 

 tlEs, "Now let us wipe of? the mouths of our chiefs | with these 

 hundred and twenty blankets, the marriage mat of the princess of | 

 Q!umx"od (IV 4)." Thus he said, and turned his face to the guests, 

 and I said, holding one pair of blankets, "Now 1 will wipe off your 

 mouth, I Chief Sewid." Then a young man belonging to the || 



83 ma^yase X'Ux^ede. Wa, g'iPmese gwalExs lae k-ax"dzam6lFlEma 

 loElqlwa laxa ^nal^uEmokwe bebEgwauEma. HeEm LegadEs 



85 La^staakwe, yixs ^nat^uExulasE^waeda loElqlwasa ^nal^uEmokwe 

 bebEgwauEma, LE^wa g'ig'igama^yaxs ^nal^nExulaaxa loElqiilile 

 LE^wis LOLaElgama^ye. Wa, g'il^mese ^wllg'alilaxs lae waxasos 

 Llasotiwalise, qa h3,mx'^ides. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ^naxwa h3m- 

 x'^ida. Wa, gil^mese gwalExs lae neie Llasotiwalisaxs 



90 lE^mae LlayoxLes Lftwulgama^ye Sesaxalase, qaxs lE^mae Lega- 

 dEs Kwax'ilanokuma^ye. Wa, he^mis LegEmas senatase, yix MElne- 

 de, ^nek'Exs lae gwegEmx'^id laxes ^nE^memota Qlomk" !ut!Ese. 

 Wa, la ^nek'a: "Gwatlas he gwaele, '^nE^memot, Qlomk' !ut!Es, 

 qa^s laos ax'edEx le^waxsa^yas Ts lEndEgEmg'i^lakuk'xa ma^ltsogil- 



95 g'iyowa p IslxElasgEma, qsns diiyaxstEndayoxEns g'Tgig^ma^ye, 

 aLa XEULElalax qleqiEldzExstalalax," ^nek'Exs lae qlweHda. Wa, 

 hex'^ida^meseda ha'yal^a la ax^wQltodxa p lElxElasgEme laxa 

 xwakliina, qa^s g"axe Sx^alilas lax awlLElasa tlExilasa g'okwe. 

 Wa, lii Llasotiwahse edzaqwa yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la ^nek'a laxes 

 300 nE^memota Qlomk' lutlEse: "La'mEns dayaxstEndElxEns g'ig'Egft- 

 ma^ye ylsg'a ma^ltsogflg'Iyok" plElxElasgEm le^waxsesa k'ledelaxs 

 QlQmx'oda," ^nek'Exs lae gwegEmx'^Id laxa klwele. Wa, la ^ne- 

 k'a: "LaEm dalaxa ^nEmxsa p lElxElasgEma. La^mEn dayaxstEnd- 

 Lol g'Igamayai Sewide." Wa, lit Lax^iilileda liel^a g'aj^ol lax ^ue- 



