1162 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



300 rattles !| rattle near the door, and immediately the song-keepers 

 beat time | on their boards. Then HamasEwid comes in with fast 

 steps, I going to the rear; and when she comes to the dancing-place 

 in the | rear of the house, the song-keepers sing their songs. As 

 soon as her song is | at an end, the song-keepers beat time on their 

 5 boards, || and immediately she who has been dancing goes with fast 

 steps out of the | door; and when she has gone out, two | heralds^ 

 Sparrow men — are sent again to go and call the next one to | dance. 

 And they do the same that they have done with the next one before ; | 

 and when one after another of the dancers has danced, the two || 



10 heralds are sent to go and call a woman who really dances well. 

 They call her name.' The woman had | the name QIayaxstalas. 

 She was a good dancer. | This is done by the GwetEla in the cere- 

 monial of surrounding the novice. Now | she was called, because 

 the dance of Q layaxstalas was the hamshftmts !es, and it was not | 



15 long before the two heralds came in. They stood || inside of the door, 

 and one of them spoke, and | said, "Our good friend is coming. 

 She is really clean." | Thus he said. Then the other one also spoke, 

 and said, j "O shamans! Don't believe what my friend says. | 

 QIayaxstalas does not agree to come and dance, for she is tired. 



20 She has been digging || clams this evening." Thus he said, and went 

 with his friend | to stand in the rear of the house. Then there was 



300 yayatemile laxa tiExila. Wii, hex'^ida^mesa nen^gade LexEdzo- 

 daxes t'.Emedzo. Wii, g'axe g"axeLe HamasEwide qa^s lii tsaxala 

 lalaa laxa ogwlwalile. Wa, gil^mese lag'aa laxa yE^we^asa ogwi- 

 wallle lae dEnx^idcda nenagadiis q'.EmdEmas. Wa, g"il^mese 

 qlulbe q!EmdEmas lae Lexdzodeda nenagadiixes tiEmedzo. Wa, 

 5 hex'^ida^mese la tsaxalaxa yixwax'de tslEdaqa qa^s la lawEls laxa 

 tiExila. Wa, g'iPmese lawElsa lae et'.ed ^yalagEmeda ma^lok" 

 qasElgis gwegudza qa^s la et'.ed Le^lalaxa mak'ilaLaxa gilx'de g*ax 

 yixwa. Wa, a^mese la naqEmg'iltEwe gwayi-liilase qaes mak'ilase. 

 Wa, g'il-mese g'ek"!olt!Endaxa j'ixwa, lae ^yalagEmeda ma'lokwe 



10 qasElg'isa qa^s la Le'lalaxa ala la yi^wenox" tslEdaqa, yixs Lex'.eda- 

 ^maax LegEmasa tslEdaqe yixs Legadaas Q!ayaxstalasexa yl^venoxwe 

 tslEdaq. He gweg'ilayasa GwetEla laxa kik'ilnala. Wa, la^me 

 Le^lalasE-wa yixs hamshamtslEsae leda QIayaxstalase. Wa, k"est!e 

 galaxs g'sixae g'axeLeda ma-'lokwe qasElg'isa. Wa, lii q!wag-a-iila 



15 lax awlLEliJsa tiEx-ila. Wa, la yaqlEg'a^leda '^nEmokwe. Wa, la 

 ^nek'a: "G"axk"as^oEmg'ins^nEmokuk\ LaEmk" alak" !iila kwakwa," 

 ^nek'e. Wa, la ogwaqa j'aq'.Eg-a^leda ^uEmokwe. Wii, la ^nek'a: 

 "^ya, pepExalai', gwilla oqlusxg^a waldEmg-asg^En ^uEmokuk' wila- 

 qwe sEX"ts!a g'ax yLx;we Q'.ayaxstalasa qaxs qElkaax dzek'aaxa 



20 g"aweq!anEmaxwa dzaqwax," ^nex-'laexs lae qas^ida LE-'wis ^nEmo- 

 kwe qa^s la q'.wag'alit laxa ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. Wii, la ^wip ^wip 



1 The preceding and following passages evidently describe a particular ceremony, hence the change in 

 tense. 



