1140 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 36 



TslKlgwad, I aiul Xaxosenaso^ went also into the water. When || 

 5 the speech of the speaker in the canoe was at an end, he paddled 

 back. I After the ancestors of the nnmaym | Lei.Eged had been in 

 the water, they went into the house of Wa.xap !alaso^; | and Xaxo- 

 seuaso^ sat down in the rear of the house, I listening to what the 



10 tribe said, for the tribe was really afraid of the || reports about the 

 great supernatural man Head-Winter-Dancer. | Now Xaxosenaso^ 

 knew that several | men referred to him, because he had been in the 

 woods for four years. | He had come home, and they had never seen 

 his treasure, j therefore the foolish ones among his tribe were sick 



15 at heart, !| but many wise men of the tribe of Xaxosenaso^ i saia 

 that they had faith iu Xaxosenaso^, although he did not talk about ] 

 the reason why he had been siiiging his sacred song when he first 

 came home, | and the wise men knew that he had a great treasure | 



20 and his father Waxap!alas6^ giiessed that his ll prince Xaxosen^so^ 

 had obtained a great treasure, when he asked his father to | clear 

 out the floor of his house; for he was really glatl when tliey first 

 learned that the | great supernatural man, Head-Winter-Dancer, 

 was coming. As soon | as the talking of his tribe became less, a 



25 man | who belonged to his tribe came in. He stood in the |1 door- 

 way of the house of Waxap lalaso^, and spoke. ! The great super- 



Wa, laEm^lawise ogwaqe Xaxosenaso^we la^sta, yixs a^mae q'.iilbe 

 5 waldEmasa yaq Isntultala laxa xwak!una bEgwanEmxs lae aedaaqa 

 sex^wida. Wa, g'iPEm^lawise gwal la^sta ^wHe g'aliisa ^nE^memo- 

 tasa LCLEgedaxs laa^l ^wi^la hogweL lax g'okwas Waxap lalaso^we. 

 Wa, aEm^lawise Xaxosen&so-we lak'.wiigalll laxaogwiwalllasa g'okv/e 

 hoLelax waldsmases g'okulote qaxs alak'Ialae k"ilEles g'okulotas 



10 tslelwExXEnasa ^walase ^nawalak" bEgwanEme Ts!iiqama^ye. Wa, 

 laEm^lae Xaxosenaso^we q'.aLElaEmxs he-mae "ne^nak'iltsa waokwe 

 bEgwauEma, yixs lax'de mox^unxela g'iyak'Ela laxa aL'.e. Wii, 

 g"axe nii^nak" laxes g'okwe. Wii, la hewilxa laEm x'its'.Enle Logwa- 

 ^yas. Wa, he^mes tslEUEms neniiqa-yasa nesnEuolo lilx g'okulotas. 



15 Wa, laLe qleuEma nenagade bebEgwanEms g'okul5tas XaxosenS,- 

 so^we ^nex'qcxs heleqElaas Xuxosenaso^waxs k' !esae o;w5gwex"s^ala 

 laxes lag'ila yiilaqiilaxa gilx'dEmas gax na'iiakwa. Wii, he'mis 

 cilalag'iltsa nenagade bebEgwilnEmqexs ^walasaes Logwa^ya. Wa, 

 he^mes k'St'.edaats ompase Wiixap '.alaso^waq ^wiilase Logwa-yases 



20 Lawiilgama-'ye Xiixoseni\so^waxs he^x'^ida-mae sixk alaxcs ompe qa 

 ekwasE^wes awlnagwilasa gokwe, ytxs alae molaxs g"alae q'.illaxa 

 ^wtilasa ^nawalak" bEgwiinEme Ts'.iiqiima^yaxs g'ilx^mae. Wit, g'il- 

 ^Em^lawise ts!exii^nakide waldEmas gokulotas g'iixaasa bEgwiinEme. 

 g'.axeLa g'ayol liix g'okulotas. Wii, hVlae Lax"st6lita liixa awlLEliisa 



25 tlExiliis g'okwas Wiixaplalaso^we. Wii, la-'lae yaqlEg'a^la. Wii, 

 la^lae ^'nek'eda ^wiilase^nawalak" bEgwiinEme Ex'ag'ide, qaxs he^mae 



