1134 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL luni. ann. SB 



73 spoke, and said, "O friend I XaxosenSso^! come and cut ofT the limbs 

 of our I friend here, and cut off her head, so that you may obtain 



75 her 1| magic power." Thus he said. Then Xaxosen&s(3^ | said at 

 once, "1 shall do so, O friend;" and, as he said so, he stood up. | He 

 was given a shell knife (the knife of the ancient | people) ; and 

 Xaxosenaso^ walked, and stood in front of the I great war-dancer. 



80 Then ^wllEukulag'ilis raised her || right hand ; and she said, "O 

 friend Xaxosenaso^ ! | cut it off with my slioulder and | throw it 

 towards the door." | Xaxosenaso^ cut off her shoulder and her whole 

 right arm; ! and after he had taken them off, he throw them towards 



85 the door. || Tlien he cut off the left arm and shoulder and threw 

 them I towards the door. Then the great war-dancer sat down on 

 the floor, | and he cut off her legs and threw them about on the 

 floor. I Then the great war-dancer told him to cut off her head; and 



90 at I once Xaxoseiiaso^ cut around her neck, and || took off her head 

 and threw it down. Now the limbs of the great supernatural one 

 were off, | and her body just lay on the floor of the house. | After 

 Xaxosenaso^ had done so, he spoke, and | said, "O friends! it is not 

 my wish, what I have done | to our great friend: it was her own 



95 wish that Isiiould do this || to her." Thus he said. Then he went 



73 Xaxosonaso-, gelag'il la qa^s wag'aos tlosEmwiilaxg'a LasLalag'asgin 

 ^nEmox"dzek" L6^ qa^s qax'^idaosaq qa^s weg'aos soEm Logwalaxg'a 



75 ^nawalak!weneg'as,'' ^nex"^lae. Wii, la^lae hex'-ida^me Xaxosenaso^we 

 ^nek'a: "HeLEn gwalaLe qasta," ^nex-laexs lae Lax^ullta. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise tslaso^sa gElts'.Eme, yix k'lawayasa g'ale bE- 

 gwauEma. Wa, la^lae qfis^ide Xaxosenaso^we qa^s la Laxumlilaxa 

 ^walase tox^wida. Wa, ex'^Em^lawise ^wIlEukulag'ilise sag'ostotses 



80 helk"!olts!ana^ye. Wa, la^lae ^nek"a: "Wii, qast, Xaxosenaso^, 

 ^wPloda^ma tlosodEq" LE^wun LaqludEnex qa's ts'.Ex- 

 stolilaosasox laxa tiEX'lla," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise Xaxo- 

 senaso'we t!os-idEx Laq'.QdEnas qa^s 'wFlodek^ l6^ helk'!6ts!ana-yas. 

 Wii, g'il^Em^liiwise lawaxs lae ts!Exstolilas laxa tiEx'ila. AVii, la^lae 



85 etod t!os-idEx gEmxotts!ana^yas l5^ Laq!udEnas qa^s ts lExstoliles 

 laxa t'.EX'ila. Wa, la^ae k!wag"alileda 'walase tox^wida. Wa, 

 la^lae ^wFla t!6sEmoyowe g'og'Eguyas qa^s gwel^alelEme. Wa, 

 la'laeda ^walase tox^wid ^nex' qa weg'is qax'^idEq. Wii, hex'^i- 

 da^Em^liiwise Xaxosenaso^we tlotse^stEudEx q!5q!onas. Wii, la^lae 



90 lawEyodEx x'omsas qa^s tslEx^aliles. Wa, la^me ^wi^lawe LiisLaiasa 

 ^walase ^nawalakwa. Wa, aEm'liiwise la ^mEgwile bEX"sas. Wii, 

 gil^Em^awise gwale XiLxosenaso^we lae yaq'.Eg'a^Ia. Wii, la^lae 

 ^nek'a: "Yul, hamalEl ^ne-nEmok", nosawese naqa^yaxEu gwex''i- 

 daase lilxgins ^nemox"dzek' hSsmeg'aseq willdEma qEn he gwex'^i- 



95 dEqEq," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g^il^Em^lawise la kiwiig'alil laxes klwaelase 



