1186 ETHNOLOGY OF THK KWAKIUTL [eth. ANN. 38 



41 what he wants to obtain: he wants to obtain as a treasure our | 

 winter dance, and this great dance-house, and our names." | Thus 

 said Qoqwadestila, who was the listener of the house. | Immedi- 

 ately the speaker of the great dance-house, Gwa^wayehi^na (Raven) || 



45 said, "Now, dancers, really perform your great | dance aLaqlEm. 

 Begin all the ways, so that j our friend may know how they are 

 used." Thus said Gwa-wayela^na to his | friends. And K!wak!wa- 

 balas saw hemlock-trees standing | at the left-hand side in the rear 



50 of the great dance-house, and || from them hung narrow strips of 

 spht red cedar-bark. | They were covered \vith eagle-down, so that 

 they were hke | a house of red cedar-bark covered with down in the 

 house. This was the sacred room of the great | dance, the dance 

 aLaq !Em. When it was late at night, | many men who w'ere sitting 

 on the floor in the rear of the great dancing-house began to beat time. || 



■55 They had not been beating long, when they stopped. | Four times 

 they beat time. Then a man wearing a mask | came out of the 

 sacred room of hemlock-branches covered with eagle-down. He 

 went around the | lire in the middle, and stood at the right-hand side 

 of the door, | shaking his round rattle; and he had not been standing 



60 there long before |1 those who had ])een beating time began to sing. 

 He danced around I the fire in the middle of the house. And when 



41 g"6kwa. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "YuEm^El uiLogwasdEyososoqiins ls!aq!e- 

 na^yex LE-wa -walasex- ts!els!egats!e g'okwa le'weiis LeLEgEmex," 

 ^nex'^ae Qoqwadeslla, ybc hoLaqlEsasa g'okwe. Wa, la^lae hex'^i- 

 da^ma yayaq '.EntEmile 3ix Gwa-wayela^na, yisa ^walase ts!ets!egats!e 



45 g'ok", ^nek'a: "Wagillax"os ts!ets!ek"ao alax"^id laxes ^walasos 

 ladeda aLaq '.Em. LaEms lalabaaLEx ^naxwa gwayi^lalats qa gwalE- 

 la^mesEns"nEmox"dzex^wFla q !alaq"," ^nex'lae Gwa^wayela'naxes^ne- 

 ^nEmokwe. Wa, la-me K!wak!wabalase doqulaxa q'.waxe la q'.wael 

 lax gEmxotewalilasa ^walase ts!ets!egats!e g'okwa. Wa, he^mis la 



50 tetEguxLawayaatsa ts'.elts!Eci!astowe dzExEk" L!agEkvva. Wa, la 

 qEmqEmxiixLalax qsnixwiisa kwekwe, he gwexs c[Emok" LlaLlEgE- 

 kiilak" gokwe laxes gwaelase. Wa, heEm lE^me^lats !esa ^walase 

 ladeda aLaq'.Eme. Wa, g'il^mese gagaia ganoLExs lae LexEdzodeda 

 q'.enEme bebEgwauEm klQdzil laxa ogwiwalilasa ^walase ts!ets!ega- 



55 ts'.e g'okwa. Wa, k'!est!a alaEm gegilil Lexaxs lae q!wei-ida. Wa, 

 moplEna LexEdzodExs gilxaas g'ayoqawa yixumaia bEgwauEm laxa 

 qEmqEuixula q'.waxsEm lE^me-iats!a. Wii, la tsaxse-'stalilElaxa la- 

 qawalTle qa^s la Lax^fllil lax helk" lotstaiilasa t'.Ex'ila laxes yatElaena- 

 ^yasa loxsEme yadEna. Wil, k'!es-lat!a gael La^wilExs lae dEnx^e- 



60 deda klusaliisa tsaxaias tlEmyase. Wa, laEm'lawise yix^se-'staliia- 

 laxa laqawalile. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise q'.iilbe qlEmdEinasexs gaxae 



