1178 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ikth.axn. 35 



Then all the cliflferent winter dance-masks are brought into the || 



35 winter dance-house, and they are put down behind the curtain, | 

 which is stretclied across tho whole width of the rear of the house; 

 namely, the fool-dancer masks | and all the different masks. Now 

 they are doing this and | bringing the masks into the house while the 

 heralds go inviting | and before the Sparrow Society comes in. As 



40 soon as the || four heralds belonging to the Sparrow Society have 

 invited four times, aU | the members of the Sparrow Society come in; 

 and for a short time the speaker | of the winter dance-house speaks, 

 and he tells tho song-leaders and I all those who have dances and all 

 the members of the Sparrow Society to take care. Wlien his speech 

 is at an end, | the song-leaders sing their song, and the boards arc 



45 beaten for il the women. Then a woman comes in dancing; and 

 when the song is at an end, | she goes back behind the curtain in 

 the rear of the house. | And when all have danced for whom tho 

 boards have been beaten, for those who have disappeared in the 

 inside | of the house, then the speaker of the dancing- | house 

 speaks, and he says to the members of the Sparrow Society that this 



50 is the last dance. And || when he says tlais, the fool-dancer cries, 

 "Wec!" and also the bear-of-the-house and | all the masks behind 

 the curtain in the | roar of the dancing-house. ImmecHately the 

 song-leaders | beat fast time on their boards. Then they let down 



Wa, la^me laeLElayuweda ^naxwa 5guqala ts!ets!aqewe laxa 



35 ts'.iigats'.e g'okwa qa^s la ax^alilElayu lax aLadzelllasa la yawapEm- 

 lil hek" '.otEyolila laxa ogwiwalilasa gokwe, yixa nenolEmalgEmle 

 LE^wa ^naxwa qa^s gwex'sdEm yaexumla. Wa, laEm nanaqEmk" !a 

 g'axeLElayo laxa kwexE^lats!e g"okwa yixs lae qas^ideda qeqasEl- 

 gise, yixs k" !es^mae g'fix hogwiLeda gwegiidza. Wa, giPmese mo- 



40 p!ene^sta qatse^steda mokwe gwegiidza cieqasElg'isa lae ^wFlaeLeda 

 ^naxwa gwegudza. Wa, la^me yawas-Id yaq!Eg"a^le yayaqlEntEme- 

 lasakwexE^latsle g'okwa. Wa, la^me hayaL'.olaxa nenagade LE^wa 

 ^naxwa lelaenenokwa LE^'wa ^naxwa gwegiSdza. Wa, giPmese qlulbe 

 waldEmas laase dEnx^ideda nenagadas qlsmdEmasa kwexElasE^we 



45 tslEdaqa. Wa, g'ax^meseda tslEdaqe yixwa. Wii, g'il-'mese qlulbo 

 qlEmdEmas lae aLe^sta laxa yawapEmllle laxa ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. 

 Wa, giPmese ^wFla yix^wldeda kwexElakwexa x'lx'Esala lax awiLE- 

 lasa g'okwe. Wa, la yaq!Eg'a4e yayaq!Entemelasa kwexElagwatsle 

 g'okwa. Wa, la^me nelaxa gwegudzaxs lE^mae yuxLa. Wa, he^mis 



50 ales ^nek'Exs laase wEexeda nolEmala i.E^wa nenEnq!olEla LE^wa 

 ^naxwa qa^s gwex'sdEm yaexuml lax fiLadza^yasa yawapEuilile laxa 

 ogwiwalilasa kwexE^latsIe g'okwa. Wii, la hex'^ida^ma nenagade 

 LexEdzodxes LexEdzowe. Wa, la^me tslEnkwaxe yawapEmalilas. 



