1168 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



26 bitten, | he takes hold of the hamshUmtslEs; and then the three 

 members of the Sparrow Society, who had first been bitten, | help 

 the one who was bitten last. Now the four members of the Sparrow 

 Society who have been bitten are called | the s^laLEla of the h&ms- 

 hamts !es. | They just go ahead of those who try to catch the (novice) , 



30 and they go back. And all go to the || beach of the winter-dance 

 house. Then the | half-initiate Sparrows and the Sparrow women 

 fii-st come out. Each | carries a baton, and they are just standing 

 outside near the front boards of the | house, and they beat time on 

 the front boards of the house in I five part rhythm, which is called 



35 "one beat between." x\s soon as || the half-initiate Sparrows beat 

 time on the boards, all | the dancers, the full-initiate Sparrow women, 

 come out of the house and stand in a row on the [ shore in front of 

 the dancing-house. They just dance with | the time-beating on the 

 front boards of the house. No song is sung. This is | called "meet- 

 ing with a dance those who have been caught," namely, the dancing 



40 without II a song, when those who have, caught those who have dis- 

 appeared arrive at the beach. | Some Kwakiutl say "the one taken 

 hold of," for that is another name for | the one caught. Now the 

 hamshamtslEs dances witli his four | songs, which are sung by the 

 song-leaders on the beach of the winter dance- | house. As soon as 



45 the last song of the song-leaders is ended, || the full-initiate Sparrow 

 women, who meet the novice with dancing, come into the house, and 



26 dax'-idxa hamshamtslEse. Wa, leda yudukwe g'ilx'de q'.EX'^itso^s 

 gwegttdza la g'iwalaxa la eIxlb qlEx'^ItsE^wa. Wa, lasm Legadeda 

 mokwe q!eq!Eg'Ek" gwegudzas salaLElaxa hS,mshS,mts!Es. Wa, 

 a^mise la g'alag'iwalitsa k'imyaxs g"axae aedaaqa, qa^s la ^wFla lax 



30 LlEma^isasa ts!agats!e g"okwa. Wa, he^mis g'il g"ax hoquwElseda 

 wewix"sa gwegudza LE'wis gwegutsIaxsErae. Wa, la^me qlwalxE- 

 wunkiilaxa t'.Emyayowe. Wa, sVmise q'.waxseg'ilsaxa tsaqEma'yasa 

 g"6kwe. Wa, la 'nEmax""id t'.Emedzodxa tsaqEma^yasa g'okwasa 

 tlEmsawelta^yas tiEmyasxa Legadas LexEhxkwe. Wa, g"iPEmx"dE- 



35 wese LexElx'^ideda wlx'sa gwegudza g"axaas hoqiiWElsEleda ^naxwa 

 yeyixut^^ya lelax'sS. gwegutsIaxsEraa qa^s la yipEmg'aEls lax oxwi- 

 wa^yasa L lasansVyasa ls!agats!e g'okwa. Wa, laEm wiil^Em yi.xwasa 

 LexEdza^yaxa tsagEme, k"!e^s qlEmdsm dEnxElaya. Wii, heEm 

 LegadEs yaya^walaxa k"imyanEme yixa wul^Em yixwasa k" lease 



40 qlEmdEma yLxs g'axae g'tix^aLEleda k'lmyiixa x'lsalax'de. Wa, la 

 ^nek'eda waokwe Kwag'ulqexs dauEmae qaxs he=mae ^nEm LegEmsa 

 k'imyanEme. Wa, la^me yixweda hS,mshamts!Esasa mosgErae 

 qlEmqiEmdEms lae dfinxElayaso nenagadelax LlEma^isasa ts!agats!e 

 g'okwa. Wa, gil^mese q'.iilbeda ElxLa^ye dEnxElayasa nenagade lae 



45 '"wFla hogwiLa yaya^wala lelax'sa gwegiits!axsEma qa^s la klus^alil 



