1144 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 36 



Immediateh- Ex'agid arose from his seat, and | spoke. He said, 

 95 " Now you have finished, great tribe ! II Come to the rear of the house, 

 and let me and my tribe go | to the door, so that you may also 

 witness our supernatural power." | Thus he said. Immediately the an- 

 cestors of the numaym Memogwins | went to the rear of the house, 

 and the numaym | LeLEged went to the door of the house, and they 

 500 sat down. I! Then they all beat rapid time, and | ^vilEnkiilag'ihs 

 sang his sacred song: "I was taken to the other side of the world, I 

 was taken to the other side of the world, | by the great supernatural 

 power. I was taken to the other side of the world, ai, ai, by the | 

 supernatural power," and the other words. Then he came | into the 

 5 house of his father, Waxap !alas6^ His dress was made of || hem- 

 lock-branches. His tribe beat rapid time. | And when he had gone 

 around the fire in the middle of the house, he caught his | super- 

 natural power, and threw it on the floor of his house. Immedi- 

 ately I water welled up from the floor of the house, | and it only 

 stopped rising when it had put out the fire in the middle of the II 

 10 house. Then it went down again, and the | floor of the house was 

 dry. They built up | the fire in the middle of the house; and as 

 soon as it blazed up, | ^wllEukulag'ilis spoke, and said, "O friends! 

 15 let I one of you come to cut off my limbs;" thus he said, || and at 



93 Wa, hex'-idaEm^lawise Ex'ag'ide Lax^iilTl laxes k'.waelase qa^s 

 yaqlEg'a^e. Wa, IsVlae ^nek'a: "Wa, laEms gwala, ^'walas lelqwa- 



95 laLe^ Wa, gelag'a laxg^ada ogwiwalllEk' qEU la Logun g'okulotEk" 

 laxw'a ostalilex qa^s ogwaqaos x'ltslax'^IdExg'in nosEk' ^nawalakwa," 

 ^nex'^lae. Wii, hex'-'idaEm-lawisa g'alasa ^nE'memotasa Memogwins 

 la lag-Eyolil laxa ogwiwallle. Wa, la-iac lastolile ^nE^memotasa 

 LBLEgede laxa ostalilasa g'okwe. Wii, g-ii-'Eui'lawise ^wPla k!us-rili- 

 500 Iexs lae hex'^idaEm ^naxwa LexEdzoda. Wa, la^me yillaqiile ^wilEn- 

 kulag"ilisas5x: "QwesEnxEledzEmx'dEn, lax"dEn qwesEnxEledzEms 

 henonia ^nawalakwa. Lax'dEn qwesEuxEledzEmsea aik'as ai ai 

 ^nawalakwa," le-'wIs waokwa qaqEyasa. Wa, g'ax^'Em^lac g'axcLa 

 lax g'okwases ompe Waxap laiaso^we. Wa, laEm^lae ^naxwaEm 

 5 qlwaxe gwelgwaliis. Wii, laEm^lae LexEdztVye gokulotas. Wa. 

 gil^EniMawise ^uEmplEne-stalllxa laqawalllaxs lae dasgEradxa ^nawa- 

 lakwe qa^s niEX'allles lax awlnagwilases g"okwe. Wii, hex'^idaEm- 

 ^lawise q!olEmg'ustaweda ^wape liix ivwinagwilasa g'okwe. Wii, 

 iil^Em^liiwise gwal paol^nakiilaqexs lae k" '.Elx'^'idaxa laqawalilasa 



10 gokwe. Wii, la^lae xwelaqa xut!Ex'^ideda ^wiipe. Wii, la^me xwe- 

 laqa lEmxwalTleda iiwmagwilasa g'okwe. Wii, lii-lae x'iix'eqlE- 

 x'^itsE^weda laqawallle. Wii, g'll-'Em'liiwise x'iqostaxs Laa-lase yiiq!E- 

 g'a^le ^wIlEnkiilag'Ilise. Wii, lii^lae ^nek'a: "YiiL, ^ne^uEmok", gela- 

 g'ax'i ^nEm5kwa lax'da^xoL qa t '.osEmw.alaxg'm LiisLiilak'," ^nex'^lae. 



15 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise Ex'ag'ide lii lax La^we^lasas ^wilEnkiilag'ilise 



