1200 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann.36 



16 out in front of this | sacred room." Tlius he said. Immediately 

 Ts lEqomeLElsa^na arose, | went into the sacred room of lienilock- 

 branches, and it | was not long before he came back carrying the 

 magic mat, which he | spread outside of the sacred room of hemlock- 



20 branches. When he || had done this, TslEqomeLElsa^na sat down 

 where he had been sitting before, for the | forty men and women 

 wore no masks; | and they sat down in the place where they had been 

 standing before, when tliey first came out | of the sacred room of 

 hemlock-branches. They did not change their places. | 



25 Tlien X'imsElilEla spoke again, and said, || "Now, arise, friend 

 HoxhoxulsEla, and you, friend G ilg'Eldokwila, | and you, friend 

 Gwa^wayela^na, and you, friend l letsaplelanaga, and | carry on 

 your arms our friend Gwaexsdaas, and j let him sit down on the 

 magic mat that has been spread out." Tlius he said. | Then the four 



30 stood up, and went to || the place where Gwaexsdaas was sitting. 

 The four persons stood around | Gwaexsdaas, and carried him on 

 their arms, and put him down on the magic | mat; and when they 

 had done so, the four people sat down | in their seats. | 



35 Then X'imsElilEla spoke again, and said, || "Now, come, Yaxwaxa- 

 nowil, and work over our friend, and | also you, friend Q laminagas, 

 you shall be the attendant of our friend. | — and you, friend 



16 ^lats!ek-."^nex"^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise La.x^ulile Ts!EqomeLEl- 

 sa^na qa^s la laex laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latslii. Wii, k'!es%t!a 

 gex'^idExs g'axae xwelaqa dalaxa ^nawalagudzowe le^wa^ya qa^s le- 

 plaliles lax iJasalllasa q!waxsEme lE^me^lats!a. Wii, gil^Em^lawise 



20 gwalExs lae k!wag'allla, yix Ts!EqonieLElsa^na laxes kiwaelase, yi.xs 



k'leasae la yixumalasa mosgEmg'ustawe bebEgwanEm LE^wa ts!e- 



dacje. Wii, heEm^laxaiiwise gwaeles gwae^lasaxs galae g"ax^wuhs!a- 



lll laxa q'.waxsEme lE^me'lats!es la k'.walaena^ya k"!es layap!ahi. 



Wa, la^ae edzaqwa, yaqlEga'le XlmsElilEla. Wa, hVlae ^nek'a: 



25 "Vv^iigil la Lux^uliLEx, qast HoxhoxulsEla i.o^s qast GilgEldokwIla 

 Lo^s qast Gwa'wayela^na lo^s qast Lletsaplela^naga qa^s lax"da*xwaos 

 q'.ElostalllaxEns -nEmox"dzexox Gwaexsdaasex qa^s gaxaosasox 

 qa k'.wadzolilesox laxg'a lax' LEbela ^nawalagudzok" le^wa^ya," ^nex'- 

 ^lae. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^wi^la q!wiig'ilileda mokwe qa^s le hxx 



30 kiwaelasas Gwaexsdaase. Wii, ex'^Em^lawise q Iwa^staleda mokwax 

 Gwaexsdaase, laaEl qlElElilaq c[a=s lii k'.wadzolllas laxa ^nawalagu- 

 dzowe ie^wa^ya. Wa, g il^Em'liiwise gwalExs g'tlxae k!us-'aliieda 

 mokwe liixes kliidze^lase. 



Wii, la^lae edzaqwa, yiiq!Eg'a^le X'imsElilEla. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: 



35 "Wii, gelag'a Yaxwaxanowil qa-s laos laxes eaxenaH'os, qast. Wa, 

 so^mets, qast, Q!aminag&s. LaEms liil ^uExwiilaLElalxEn ^nEmo- 

 kwex. Wii, so^mets qast Gwedzag&s. LaEras liil liixes eaxena^yos. 



