1132 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ietu. ann. 35 



30 have come into this great || winter-dance house. Now you will see 

 what we are going to do." | And tlie cannibal-cry was uttered back 

 of the sacred room, which was | the head of a man standing on the 

 floor of the house. It opened its mouth, and the | hamshamtslEs 

 showed liimself from inside of the head. He came ! out and danced; 



35 and when his song ended, he went back || into the mouth of the head; 

 and it was not long before he came, wearing the revolving | mask on 

 his head. Then he went around the fire | of the large winter-dance 

 house; and after ho had gone around, he j went back into the mouth 

 of the sacred room, which had the form of a head. It was not long 

 before | he came again, uttering the cannibal-cry in this way, "Wip, 



40 wip, wip!" II when he was uttering the cannibal-cry. He had no 

 whistles. He danced, accompanying three I songs, besides the one 

 song with which | he first came out of the mouth of liis sacred room, 

 the great head of the Head-without-Body. | Wlien the last song was 

 at an end, he went back into the mouth of the j sacred room of the 

 Head-without-Body. || 



45 As soon as he had gone in, the speaker of the great winter-dance 

 house spoke, | and said, "O friend Xaxosenaso^ ! | now you have 

 seen your treasure. This is One-Man-Eater whom you saw | dancing, 

 and tliis is your dancing-dress that you will wear on your face, j and 

 this is the sacred room of the Head-without-Body. Now all this 



50 shall go to you as your || treasure." Thus he said. "Now your 



30 sex tsliigatsle g'okwa. Wa, la^mets doqwalalxEuu^x" gwegwalag'Ui- 

 "lasLa," ^nex''laexs laasa hamts!Ega^la lax iiLadza^yasa mawilexa 

 ^niEgwilaxa x"omsasa bEgwanEme. Wii, hVlae aqElIle sEnisas g^axaasa 

 hamshftmtslEse nelEmx"^id lax awlLlExawa'yasa x^umse. Wa, g"axe 

 laltsia qa^s yEx^wIde. Wa, g'il'mese labe qlEmdEmas lae laeL et!ed 



35 lax sEmsasa x'omse. Wii, k"!ese galaxs g'axae axamalaxa x'ilplE- 

 g"EXLala bEgwanEm hamsEmla. Wii, li¥lae hii'stalllElaxa laqawall- 

 lasa ^walase tsliigats'.e g'okwa. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise lii-stalilExs lae 

 xwelaqa laeL lax sEmsases mawlla x'omse. Wii, k'!es-Iat!a giilaxs 

 g'iixae et'.ed hiimtslEg'a^la laxes gwek' !iilasaxs wip wip wipxEJaaxs 



40 hamts!alae. Wii, laEm kMoits mEdzets. Wii, laEm^lae yridilx"sEme 

 yix^wldayas q!Emq!EmdEma ogu-la liixa uEmsgEme q'.EmdEmsexs 

 g"alae g'ax=wultslix liix sEmsases mawlla ^wiilase x'omsa X^osalole. 

 Wii, gil^Em-hiwise q!ulbe alElUe dEnx-edayoxs lae laeLalax sEmsases 

 mawlla X'osalole. 



45 Wii, g'il^Em^lawise laeLExs liia^lase yiiq'.Eg'a^le yayaqlEntEmelasa 

 ^walase tsiigats!e g'okwa. Wii, L¥lae -neka: "Yul, qiist Xiixosena- 

 so^, la^raas doqulaxes Logwa-yos. HeEm Nanogwisexa liiyos dogul 

 yixwa. Wii, he'mis hiixLEnses la^yos dogul g"ax axEmes. Wii, 

 he^mis mawiltsa X'osalole. Wii, laEm ^wi4a la lol, qiist. LaEms 



50 Logwalaq," ^nex-'lae. "LaEm LegadElts Niinogwise," ^nex-'lae. 



