1130 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. .•» 



87 As soon as he sat dowu on the rock, | the thuuderbird asked Xaxo- 

 sen^so^ to go down ; | and when the thuuderbird went down, he gave 

 advice to him | to remember aU the time, if the great supernatural 



90 one, II Head- Winter-Dancer of the Qweq"sot!cnox", should come 

 and make war on him, that there was really nobody who | could 

 overcome his supernatural power. "And if he discovers that you 

 are not an ordinary | man, he will at once come to make war upon 

 you; and as soon as you want | me to help you, sing my sacred 

 song. Now, listen to | my sacred song! so that you may sing it 



95 when II Head- Winter-Dancer comes to make war on you." Thus 

 he said, and he sang it. These are the words of his sacred song: | 

 "Burn them, burn them, burn them, you who burn the world ! | 

 Hail, hail, hail, hail, hailstorm is brought by you!" 

 "This you shall sing when you want those to die who come to ] play 

 with you, and if you want them to turn into stone or into ice; namely 

 200 aUthe men, || the crew of Head-Winter-Dancer, if they should come." 

 Thus said the thuuderbird | to Xaxosenaso^. Then Xaxosenaso^ 

 turned away from the | thuuderbird. Then he turned his face back 

 to the place where the thuuderbird had been seated on the rock, j and 

 the thunderbird had disappeared. Inuncdiately Xaxosen&so^ | went 

 into the river. || 

 5 He did not know that he had been away four years from his | 

 liouse in CiEk' !ExsdEls. Now he wished to go home to his | house 



87 lae kunkunxidig'a^ye axkMfdax Xaxosenaso^ qa laxalag^is. Wii, 



g'il'Eui'lawise laxaxs lae kunkunxiilig'a^ye Lexs-alaq qa a^mese 



lieniEnalaEm g'igaeqElaqexs g'axeLe winasoltsa '^walasa ^nawalakwa, 



90 yix Ts!aqama^yasa Qweq''sot !enoxwe qaxs ala^mae kMeas^Em ek-a 



lax ^nawalak!wena-yas. "Wii, qo q!alaLExs k!esaaq6s la aoms 



l)EgwauEma laLe hex'^idaEml g'axL winaLol. Wa, gipEmlwIts ^nexx 



([En g'Ex^wIdaoL, wa, las yiilaqwasgin yalax"LEnk-. Weg-a hoLelax 



qEu yiilaqwe qa^s a^meLos yalaqwaltsEk' qaso g'axi, winasoLEs Ts!a- 



95 qama-ya," ^nex'^laexs lae yalaqwa. G'a^mes qayatsa yalaxLEug'a: 



"TsExwaamt, tsExwaamt, tsExwaamt xumtxiimtElig'a^ya. 



Tsaalx, tsaalx, tsaalx, tsaalx, tsElxtsElxElig-a^'ya." 



"Wa, heEms yalagwatsoxs laaqos ^nex* qa lelE^les g'axLa aEml- 



q!En^waLol qa t!esEmx-^ides l6« qa L!ox^wIdes ^naxweda bebEgwa- 



200 iiEme leElots Ts!aqama'ye qa g-axLo," ^nex-^lae kunkunxullg'a^ye 



lax Xaxosenaso^. Wa, laEm^lawise Xaxosenaso^ lox^wits kunkim- 



xulic'a^ye. Wa, la^lae etled^El gwegEmx'^id lax k!waaasdas. Wii, 



la-me x'is'Ida yix kttnkimxiilTga'ye. Wa, hex'-idaEm-lawise Xaxo- 



senaso^ la-'sta laxa ^wa. 



5 Wa, la^me k"!es q!aLElaxs lE^mae mox^unxelaxa tslawiinxe bases 



f-okwa lax GEkMExsdElse. Wa, laEm^lae ^nex" qa^s lalag-I nii-na- 



