1136 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [kth. a.vn. 3o 



will do as she | did when she began to put on her arms and limhs." 

 Thus he said in the | darkness. Xaxoscnaso^ never saw again the !| 



20 house ana the men. The great I winter-dance house and all the 

 people disappeared, and j Xaxosenaso^ was just sitting down on 

 the ground. | 



Then it occurred to him to go down the river that night. | He 



25 walked, and came to the II lower end of the cascade, and ho wished 

 to try to sing the j sacred song of ^wllEnkulag'ihs, for he wished to 

 know it well before going | to the village GEk' IexsueIs. Now he 

 sang it, and ' these are the words of the sacred song: | 



1. "1 was taken to the other side of the world, I was taken to the 

 30 other side of the world, || by the great supernatural power. 



I was taken to the other side of the Avorld by the great super- 

 natm-al j power. | 



2. "I received everything, I received everything, from the great 



supernatural power. I I received everything from the great 

 supernatural power. We, we! | 



3. "I have everything, I have everything, belongmg to his super- 

 35 natural power. |l I have everything, I have everything, 



belonging to his supernatural power. We, | we! | 



As soon as the sacred song was at an end, he felt very happy, | 

 because he knew the words of the sacred song, and on account of 



18 ^gwayi^lalasasexs lae k!iitEmg'aaLEla LasLaliis," ^nex'-'lae laxa j)!EdE- 



kila. Wil, laEm^lae hewiixa et!ed dox^waLEle Xaxosenaso^waxa 

 20 g"okwe LE^wa bebEgwauEm. W&, laEm^lae xis^ededa ^walase tslii- 



gats!e g'ok" LE^wa ^naxwa bebEgwauEma. Wa, laEm^lae Xaxosena- 



so^we aEm la k!was laxa awinak!usq!ala-ine. 



Wa, laEm^lae g"Ig"aex^id qa^s lalag"i nekwatosElaxa ^waxa ganoLe. 



Wa, laEm^hlwise qas'ida. Wa, gib'Em-'lawise g'ax^aLEla lax gwa- 

 25 ^yasa k' !amadzena laaEl ^nex" qa-'s weg-i mEus-Id dEux-etsa yilla- 



qiilayas ^wIlEnkQlagilise qaxs ^netae qa^s alak'iale q!aLElaq qo lal 



laxes g'okulase GEk' !ExsdElse. Wa, laEm^lawise yalaqwa. Wii, 



g'a^mes qtxyatsa yalax"LEnaseg'a: 



1. QwesEuxEledzEmx-dEn, lax'dEu qwesEnxsledzEms henoma 

 30 ^nawalakwii. Lax"dEn qwesEuxEledzEmseya aik'as ai ai ^nawa- 



lakwa. 



2. ^wFl6LElesax"dEn, lax'dEn ^wi^loLElesax ^nEnwalak!wenaek"asa, 

 g'axdEn ^wFloLEleisa^yaqeya ai ai aik'as ^nawalakwii, we we. 



3. ^naxoLElisax'dEu, g^axdEu ^naxoLElisayax ^nEnwalak!wenaek"a- 

 35 saheyas, g'axdEn ^naxoLElisaqeyas ai ai aik'as ^nawalakwa, we 



we. 



Wa, g'lFEm^lawise q!iilbe yillaqidaena^yasexs laaEl alak'!ala ek'es 

 naqa^yaxs lae q!ala ^wi^lax qaqEyasasa yalax"LEne LE-'wis ^naxwaEl 



