1104 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 36 



37 ^inaxuviilisEine^ for his griindcliild. Only once | did the niiniaym 

 Laxsil obtain a name from their relatives; for | their other names 

 were invented: therefore they have only one | true name ^maxQ- 



40 yalisEme'. They have no privileges, because || nobody allowed the 

 sons (of the Laxsa) to marry the princesses of the | chiefs of the 

 tribes; for only that way do | the chiefs of the tribes obtain privi- 

 leges. Tlie I Laxsii are called "slaves-born-from-the-youngest-one," 

 and here the one who told me the story stopped. | He said that he was 



45 ashamed to talk ll about the clan Laxsa, because Ts!ag'i4ak" just 

 made up | the names. The past chief | HaxiiyosEme^ gave the 

 name Tslag'i^lak" to his youngest son. j Therefore there are two 

 names obtained from their relatives, | ^maxuyalisEme^ and the name 

 of the wife of Ts!agi4ak". || 



The elgunwe^ 



1 Now Lalax's^Endayo, he who changed his name | Lalax'sE^ndaj'o 

 to the name iJaqwalal, had a slave. He also changed | the name of 

 his slave TseJe, and gave her the name Lalax's^aq !anak". | Then he 



5 regretted what he had done with his name 11 Lalax'sE^ndayo, and 

 therefore he changed his name to l laqwalal. Now he only | invented 



36 -maxiiyalisEma^ye qa LegEmses ts!ox"LEma. Wa, ^nEmp!Ena- 

 Em^lae laLe ^nE^memotasa Ijaxsaxa LeLFxadzEse LegEma, yixs S,^mae 

 ^wFhi sEnauEmaxes LeLEgEme. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas ^nsmsgEm ala- 

 kMala LegEmse ^maxuyalisEma^3^e. Wit, laEm kMeas k'les^os qaxs 



40 k'!esae helqlolEm gEg'ades bebEgwanEme sasEmsa kMeskMEdelasa 

 g'ig'Egama^yasa lelqwalaLa^ye, yixs lex"a^mae axnogwatsa al^ogii- 

 qfda k'!ek"!Es^axa g^Ig^Egama^yasa lelqwalaLa^ye. W&, heEm ama- 

 ^yEDxa^yawa q!ax"k' lotEmxxeda Laxsa. Wa, heEm walale waldE- 

 masa nosa qaEU. Wii, laEm ^nek'Exs max'ts'.ae et!ed gwagwex'- 



45 s'ala laxa ^nE^memotasa Laxsa yix lag"ilas ^nex'so aEm sEnanEme 

 Ts'.agi^lakwaxes LeLEgEme. Wit, laEm^lae hfts^Emxa gigamayolae 

 HiixiiyosEmayola LeqElae Ts!agi^lakwe qaes amsVyEnxa^ye xunokwe 

 Ts!agi=lakwe. Wii, la^me maltsEmxoxa LeLeLaladzEse LegEm lo^ 

 ^maxiiyalisEma^ye. Wa, he-'mae LegEmas gEnsmas Tslag'i^lakwe. 



The Elgunwe^ 



1 Wii, la^me qlagwidase Liilax"s^Endayo, yixa la L'.iiyoxLa Lalax*- 

 s^Endayowe, yixs lae LegadEs Lliiqwalal. Wii, laEmxae L'.ayox 

 LegEmases qlak'owe Tsele. Wii, laEm Lex^edEs Lalax"s^aq!anakwe. 

 Wa, laEm^lae milyatases gwex"4daasases LegEme Liilax's^Enda- 



5 yowe, lag'ilas Llayox'LiilabEnts L laqwalal. Wii, lasmxae ^Em 

 sEnenux" la LegEms LloL'.otsa, yixs lae LegadEs NEnologEma^ye 



