1090 ETHNOLOGY OF TIIK KWAKIUTL [etii. ann. 36 



57 that tribe was Elgiinwe^ beginning that day. Thus said | Lalax'- 

 s^Endayo to ^walas Kwax'ilanokunieS and now the name of the 

 tribe | of NEnologEme^ and his children was Elgiinwe^ Now 1 

 L!esp!egaak"gave away property to his guests. And then iJesp !e- 



60 gaak" || said that he would change his name, and he said his name 

 would be I G'exk'Enis. He did not get the name G'exk'Enis from 

 any place. 1 He only thought that he was a chief, because he invited 

 the tribe from | K' !aq !a. But they can not wipe off their ancestors: | 

 his father l !ol !otsa and his mother Tsele had been slaves. This is 



65 called by the II Indians "not-noble stock," because theyare slaves on 

 both sides, those whose tribal name is | Elgiinwe^ It is a great dis- 

 grace to the numaym Elgunwe^ that | both were slaves — the father of 

 Gexk'Enis and his mother — | and also that^walas Kwax'ilanokiime-' 

 gave away NEuSlogEmc-' | that is iJoiJotsa, to Lalax's^Endayo. || 



70 Now G'exk'Enis and his younger brother BawEle | were grown up, 

 and also their sister Alak'ilayugwa. Now he tried in vain | to marry 

 the princess of DzEnx'q!ayo, whose name was ^maxula^1lg^va. | 

 Now DzEnx'qIayo had also changed his name DzEnx'qIayo; | and he 



75 had the name Hayalk'EngEme^ He laughed, and || said, "Don't try 

 too much G'exk'Enis. Evidently you believe | that you are a chief, 

 G'exk'Enis, that you askfor your wife DzEnx'qIayugwa." |Thus said 

 Hayalk'EngEmeS and called him his slave. Then | G'exk'Enis 



57 Lahix's^Eiulayo lax ^walas Kwax'ilanokuma^ye. Wa, la^me lEguxi-a- 

 hax Elgunwa^ye NEnologEma^ye LE^wis sasEme. Wii, la^lae yax- 

 ^wiilc L'.esp'.egaakwaxes Lelslakwe. Wii, la^me ^nek'e L!esp!egaa- 



60 kwe qa^s LlayoxLexes LegEme. Wii, laEm-'lae ^nex' qa^s Legacies 

 G'exk'Enis. Wa, laEm k'!eas g'aj'OLatsexes LegEme G'exk'F.nise, 

 yixs a^mae k'ota lasm g'lgama^ya qaes LelElaena^yaxa g'okula lax 

 K'laq'.a. Wii, la k'leas gwex'^idaas deg'lLEle qlaqlEk'aes g'llg'ali- 

 sexes ompe L'.oLlotsa LE^wis abErape Tsele. Wii, heEm gwE^yiisa 



65 bakWme kMeas awanaya ogMa lax qIaqlEgunose, ylxa la lEguxLiilax 

 Elgunwa^ye. Wa, laEm ^wtilas q'.Emiisa ^nE^memotasa Elgunvva^ya, 

 yixs maledala, yixs qliiqiEk'Jie ompas G'exkEnis LE^vis tibEmpe. 

 Wa, he^mise ^walas Kwax'ilanokuina^yaxs lae g'ex^its NEnologE- 

 ma^ye, yix L'.oL'.otsa lax Lalax's^Endayowe. 



70 Wii, laEm^hxwise q '.illsq lidyakwe G' exk-Enise LE^wis ts !a^5'^e BawEle. 

 Wa, he^misLes wEq'.we Alak'ilayugwa. Wa, laEm^lae wax' ^nek' 

 qa^s gEg'ades k' '.edelas DzEnx'q'.ayaxa Legadii las ^maxulayugwa. 

 Wii, ixEm^ltiwise DzEnx'q!ayaxa lE-'miixat! LliiyoxLii DzEnx'q!a- 

 yowe. LaEm^lae LegadEs Hayalk'EngEme, daHda. Wii, la^lae 



75 ^nek'a: "Gwaldzas XEnL'.ala (i'exk'Enisa lE-maaxEnqos oq'.us^Em la 

 g-iganur'ya G'exk'Enisa, yudzax-e gEUEmse yux DzEnx'qIayugwax," 

 ^nex'^lae HayalkEngEma^ye Lex^edxes qiak'owe. Wa, laEni^lae 

 G'exk'Enise q'.aL^aLElaqexs q'.aq'.Ek'aes g'ig'aolnuk" laxeq qaxs we- 



