1150 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [bth. ann. ss 



48 came, he had not arrived at the mouth of the river. Then J he lay 

 down tmder a cedar-tree; and when dajdight came in tlie morning | 

 he arose and started. It was not yet noon when he arrived at the || 



50 mouth of the river ^wag'Ela. Then he just sat down under a tree. | 

 They do not know what kind of a tree it was. He waited for even- 

 ing. I Therefore he did so. As soon as evening came, he walked | 

 along the beach. Now it was dark when he ! arrived on the east 



55 side of the river TslElgwad. Then he cried, || "Wip, wip, wip!" 

 aloud, so that his father should hear him. | 



Then his father Waxap.'alaso^ heard him. | Immediately it 

 occurred to Waxap !alas6^ to | invite in his tribe when it would be 

 evening, that they should come and try to surround him that ( 



60 night. Thus he thought. Almost all his tribesmen had || heard the 

 cry: "Wip, wip, wip !" | Therefore the Sparrow Society at once arose 

 and went into the | winter-dance-house of Waxap !alaso^ (for this 

 name was given by the | ancestors of the Kwakiutl to a winter- 

 dance-house. Only lately it was named | the Emptied-House, 

 instead of Winter-dance-House, because recently they became 



65 mixed with the || Rivers Inlet people; and recently the name Winter- 

 dance-House is Comhig-out-House, | for the Naklwax'da^x" call the 

 winter-dance-house | Coming-out-House and Ceremonial-House; and 



48 kulxLElsaxa welkwe. Wii, g'iPEm^lawise ^na^nakiilaxa gaalaxs lae 

 Lax^wida qa^s qas^ide. Wa, k' !es^Em^lawise nEqalaxs g"axae lax 



50 6x"siwa^yasa ^was ^wag'sla. Wa, aEm^lawise klwaxLalesaxa i.a^se. 

 La^me k'les q aLEJax Lats!6na^yas. Wii, laEm^lae esEla qa dzaqwes 

 lag"ilas he gwex'^ide. Wii, g'ipEm^lawise dzaqwaxs lae qas-'ida 

 g-ag'iints'.esEla laxa L'.Ema^ise. Wii, laEm^lawise plEdEx'^idExs lae 

 hlg'aa lax ^nElk" lotsewa^yasa ^was Tslslgwade. Wa, la^lae hamts'.E- 



55 g-a^Ia ^wip ^wip ^wipxa hasEla qa wuleIcs ompaseq. 



Wii, lieEm^lawise 5mpase Waxap !alaso''we gil wQLax^aLElaq. 

 Wii, hex'-idaEm'hlwise g"Ig"aex^ede Waxap lalaso'we qa^s hex'-ida-'n^el 

 Lelts'.odElxes g'okiilote qo lal dziiqwaLo qa^s wagll kikilnalalxa 

 ganoLa ^nenk"!eqEla^lae. Wii, laEm^lae halsElaEm k' !es ^naxwaEm 



60 wuLEle g'okiilotasexa hamts!iilil ^wip ^wip ^wipxElii. Wii, he-mis 

 liigilasa gwegwiits!Eme hex'^idaEm ^wl^la Liix^wida qa^s lii laxa 

 yiiwix'Elats!e g-okwas Waxap lalaso^we (yixs he^mae LeqElayosa 

 g'fdiisa Kwagmlaxa g"6kwe yiiwix'Elatsle yixs iil-mae LeqElaso^s 

 lobEkwe lilxa yiiwix'Elats'.e g'okuxs lae q Iiiq !tilgox^wId LE^wa Awl- 



65 k' lenoxwaxwa al^mex. Wa, liixaox al^Em LegEmox" g"ag"ilelats!e 

 laxaaxa yiiwix'Elats!e yixs hiie LeqElaseda Nak!wax"da^xwe yls 

 g'iig'ilelatsle l6^ ts!ets!egats!e g'ok". Wii, laxae ^nex'^ma Kwag'ule 



