1152 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



90 called to go to the sitting-place. || Wlien a man does not go — no 

 matter whether he is a chief | or one of the common people — nobody 

 talks about him.) | Then Waxap !alas6^ at once sang the songs | 

 referred to by ^wilEnkQlag'ihs, the songs of Nauogwis, | the 

 hamshamts !es, who has the Head-without-Body for his sacred 

 room. II 



95 As' soon as the song leaders knew the four songs, | they talked 

 about the one man belonghig to the j common people. At once four 

 men were sent to go and | call him to come to the sitting-place. Then 

 100 the four | men started, and before long they came back || walking 

 with the man (the man wlio told the storj- to me did not know the 

 name) . | Inimediately Waxap lalaso^ asked the chief of the Spar- 

 rows to speak, | and at once the chief of the Sparrows | asked the 

 man to sit down, not very near | the place where all the men were 

 5 seated. Then || the cliief of the Sparrows spoke, and said, "Now let 

 us know I what is more important than to go into the woods to sit 

 in our sittuig-place; | for you know that no chief is too great tliat he 

 should not | come here." Thus he said, and took off his head-ring 

 of cedar-bark and | put it on the ground. "Done," he said, "go on 



10 and consider || whether you wish to remain ahve. Then you wiU 

 take up this red cedar-bark and | give a winter dance next year. If 



leda bEgwanEmaxs galae Le^IalasE^wa qa^s lii laxa k!walaase. Wa, 



90 g'il^mese k" !es leda ^uEmokwe bEgwanEmaxa wax'-me gigama^ya 



. Loxs hae g-a^yola bEgiil-ida^ye. Wa, k' least !a gwagwex"s^ala laq.) 



Wa, la^me aEm hex'-idaEm'lae Waxap !alaso^we dEirx-itsa q!Emq!Em- 



dEme, yix gwE^yas ^wilEnkulag'ilise qlEmlcjEmdEms Nanogwise, yixa 



hamshamts '.Ese mawFladEsa X'osalole. 



95 Wii, g ih'Em^lawisa nenagade ^wFla qialaxa mosgEm q'.EmqlEm- 



dEmxs lae gwagwex's-id laxa ^nEmokwe bEgwauEm ga^yol laxa 



bEgul^Ida^ye. Wa, laEm^lae ^yalagEma m5kwe bebEgwanEm qa 



las Le-'lalacj qa g'axes laxa k!walaase. Wa, laEm^lawisa mokwe 



bebEgwauEm qas'ida. Wa, k"!es-lat!a galaxs g'axae aedaaqa 



100 qiiqElaxa bEgwanEme. (KMes q!ale LegEmas, yisa nosa qaEn.) 



Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise Waxap '.alaso^we axkMalaxa gwesE- 



ma^ye qa yaq!Ent!ales. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa gwesEma^ye 



axk"!alaxa bEgwanEme c^a k'.wag'aElses laxa k"!es alaEm L§,la 



lax k lilts '.Edzasasa ^naxwa bebEgwauEma. Wa, la^lae yaqlEg^a- 



5 ^leda gwesEma^ye. Wa, la-'lae ^nek'a: "Weg-ax-Enu-x" q!alax 



awilagawa^yasEnux" g'axex aLalEls kiwala laxwa klwalaasex, 



yixs q'.aLEla^maaqos yixs k'leasae guntlasa g'igig&ma^ye qa^s k"!ese 



g'ax laq"," 'nex"'laexs lae axodxes qEXEma-'ye L!agEkwa qa-s 



ax^Elseq. "Wa." Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Weg'a doqwalaxes naqa^yos 



10 qaso ^nex'L qa-s qlulaos, la^mets dax-'IdELEXg'ada L'.agEkuk- qa^s 



yawix'lleLosax qwesEyEnxLa. Wii, qaso k' !esL dax'^idElqEk" la^mets 



1 The following i£ an intercalation, explaining part of the procedure of the winter ceremonial. 



