1076 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. sb 



46 Now I shall talk about my wife's uncle, Qasuomalas (III 14) ;' | for 

 that is his shaman's name, for it is said that | Qasnomulas was the name 

 among people of olden times for a great shaman ; and when he had a 



50 son, I or even a daugliter, the child was at once II washed in water to 

 be purified, for they wished that when he grew up | he should be a 

 shaman, for they wished the child to have the name Qasnomalas. | 

 Qasnomalas the shaman never had a child, | and the name of 

 Qasnomalas is past, because he just died this summer | while he was 

 fishing at Rivers Inlet. Il 



55 Now I shall talk about his name as chief of the | numaym 

 TEmltEmlEls of the Naklwax'da^x" on his father's side | which was 

 YaqoLas (III 14) ,for YaqoLas (1 5) was the father of P lasElal. | Lalep la- 

 las was an only child | , — that is the mother of P !asElal — , and her 

 father was ] LElak'Enx"^id, head chief of the numaym ^walas. Then 



60 Lalep lalas made a potlatch || for her son P lasElal. Then she gave 

 him the name | G'exse^stalisEmaS'e. Now he was the head chief 

 of the numaym ^walas. | Now he obtained the name G' exse^stali- 

 sEma^ye from his mother's side; | for some chiefs of the tribes and 

 their wives do that way. The chief and his j wife both gave a pot- 



65 latch, and their son had |1 one name from the father's side and one 

 name | from the mother's side. This is done by couples who do not 



^0 Wii, hi^mesEn gwagwex's-fdal lax ci!ule^yasEn gEUEme Qasnomalas, 

 yixs Legadaas laxes paxalaene-ye qaxs Legadaa^laes gilg^allsasa Le- 

 gEmox Qasnomalasexa ^walase paxala. Wii, g'il'mese xungwa- 

 dEX'^itsa brdjagume LE^wa wax^^Em ts!ats!adagEma lae hexidaEm 



50 g'igiltala laxa 'wape qa's q!eqElexs lae helakMox^wida qaxs ^nek'ae 

 qa^s paxalax'^ide qaxs ^nek'ae qa^s laLexa LegEme lax Qasnomalase. 

 Wa, la^lae hewaxa wiyoLeda siisEm^nakulasa Qasnomalasaxa paxala. 

 Wa, g'axox LegEms Qasnomalasde qaxs al^maa wik' !Ex'Idxwa he- 

 Enxex laxes k^eLasa Awlk' lenoxwe. 



55 Wa. la-mesEn gwiigwexs-alal lax LegEmas laxes g'lgania^yaasa 

 ^iiE^memotasa TEmltEmlElsasa Nak!wax-da''xwe laxes ask'!ote Ya- 

 qoLase qaxs he^mae om])s PlasElale YaqoLase. Wa, la^lae ^nEmo- 

 x^um xfmokwe Lalep !ahise, yix abEmpas PlasElalases ompc LEla- 

 k'Eiix'Ide, yixs Laxuma^yaasa ^uE^memotasa Hvalase. Wa, la p!E- 



60 s-lde Lalep lalase qaes xunokwe P!asElale. Wa, laEm^lae Lex^edss 

 G"exse^stalIsEma^ye laq. Wa, laEm Laxumesa ^uE^memotasa ^wajase. 

 Wa,laEm g-ayauEmaxa LegEme G"exse-stalJsEma'ye laxes tibask'!ote 

 qaxs he-mae gweg'ilatsa waokwe g-ig-Egftmesa lelqwalaLa^ye LE^wis 

 ii-EnEme; S,-mae ^nEmax"^Id p!Eseda g"igama^ye LE^vis gEnsme qa 



65 AiEmsgEmes LegEmases xunokwe laxes ask^Iote. Wa, laxae Legad 

 laxes &bask"!ote. Wa, heEm he gweg'ila ha^yasEk'alaxa yax'stosaq 



I See p. 1063, line 20. 



