1138 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



61 (lid not I sliow tliat he had magic power. Xaxosenaso' and all the 

 men came up the beach. | They just heat rapid time as they ■ were 

 coming up the heach; they beat time four times. Then I they all 

 went into the house. He never told his father about his treasure. || 



65 And Xaxosenaso^ just listened to his tribe when they j talked about 

 the great magician Head-Winter-Dancer; for j the ancestors of the 

 numaym LeLEged were expecting him wlio would soon come, him 

 who was looking for some one ] with wliom to play in theuse of magic 

 power. I Xaxosenaso^ just listened to what they said. Xaxo- 



70 senaso^ was intending II to startle his tribe when they should come to 



Iqiow his treasure, when ' Heatl-Winter-Dancer should arrive; 



therefore he kept quiet, and sat down ! in the rear of the house. | 



Now all the men went out of the house, j and many people asked 



75 one another why || Xaxosenaso-' had been singing a sacred song. 

 They were forbidden by some men, who said, "'Don't \ talk that 

 way! Don't make fun of Xaxosenas6^ who was singing a sacred 

 song! for we do \ not know what treasure he may have obtained." 

 Thus thev said. | 



When it was four days after Xaxosenaso^ had come | home to 



80 CiEk' !ExsdEls, he went away into the water || at the mouth of the 

 river TslElgwad mornings and evenings: I and the nien were afraid 

 of what might be done by the ] great supernatural Head-Winter- 



61 lax"sEmaxs g'axae. Wa, g'ax-lae hox^wusdesEla ^naxweda bebE- 

 gwauEme lo- Xaxosenasowe. Wa, aEm^lawise la LexEdz5dnaxwaxs 

 g-axae aLolisEla la-laa qa-'s mop!Ene LexEdzoda. Wii, hVlae laeL 

 laxa g'okwe ^wPla. Wii, laEurlae liewiixaEm nelases Logwa-ye laxes 



65 ompe. Wa, aEm-lawise la hoLele Xaxosenaso^waxes g'okiilotaxs lae 

 gwagwexs-ala liixa 'wiilasa ^nawalakwe Ts!aqSuia-ye, yixs lE'mae 

 nak' !aiaxa g aliisa -nE-'memotasa LCLEgedaqe hiEm Elaq neludaxa ala 

 qa's amlnviit lax ^nawalalcwa bEgwauEma, ^nex'-lae. Wii, aEm'la- 

 wise XiixosEnilso-wc hoLelax waldEmas. Wii, he-'lat!a naqes Xaxo- 



70 senaso'we qa odax'idameltses gokulote cjIiil-aLElaLEx L6gwa\vas cjo 

 g'axLe Ts!iiqiima'ye. Wit, he-mis lag'ilas aEm q!weLale laxes k!wa- 

 e'lasa dgwiwalllasa g'okwe. 



Wii, laEm-lawise ho<iuwElseda -iiii.xwa bebEgwanEm laxa g'okwe. 

 Wii, laEm^lae q!enEma bebEgwauEme waLap!ax lag'ilas 3'iilaqille 



75 Xaxosenriso'we. Wii, la'lae bnlaso^sa waokwe bEgwanEm qa kleses 

 he gwek!rda la aEmlatas yiihiciillaena'yas Xiixosenaso-'we, "qaxg'ins 

 k'!es^mek' q!iil-aLElax Logwa^j^axs," ^nex'^lae. 



Wii, g'11-Em-liiwise m6p!Enxwa^se Xaxosenaso^we la uii^nakwa 

 liixes g'okwe liix GEk'lExsdElse. Wii, laEm-lae liemEniilaEm la-sta 



80 lax ox"siwa^yasa ^was Tslfilgwadexa gegaiila LE^wa dziidzEqwa. 

 Wii, laEm^lac ^ntlxwa k'Ik'aleqEleda bebEgwiinEmas gwex'^idaasLasa 

 -'waiasa -nawalakwe Ts!iiqama-'ya qo g'axLo. Wii, g'lpEm-'lawise 



