1202 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



60 Then X'lmsElllEla spoke again, and said, || "O friends! it seems to 

 me that we have done everything we do in our | great winter dance. 

 Now let us take our friend | Gwaexsdaas out of the woods, with his 

 great dancing-house, which | obtains its own fire-wood for the fire in 

 the middle of the house. Now, | our great friend shall say where he 



65 wants this house to be put, for this will be the only || great dancing- 

 house that goes to the Sea-DweUers of this world. | Now let us sing 

 for our great friend. Only let | the door be barred, so that no secular 

 people can enter the house of our | great friend Gwaexsdaas. Now I 

 shall wait for what | he will say." Thus said XimsElilEla. Imme- 



70 diately || Gwaexsdaas thought that he wished the great dancing- 

 house to be placed at | the upper side on the river K' !etet, at the 

 village of the Awik' !enox"; and | at once Qoqwadeslla spoke, and 

 said. I "We shall place this great dancing-house at the upper side of 

 Kletet, I at the village of the Awik' !enox", K"etet." Thus he said. 



75 Then || all the spirits agreed to what he said. | 



Then X'imsElilEla spoke again, and said, | "Now, listen to me, 

 every one of you, friends! Do not take with you | your masks, for 

 we shall only take care of our great friend here, | so that he may 

 know the ways of this great dance which he obtained as a treasure II 



80 from us. In four days we shall go when | night comes. Then we 

 shall dance for our great friend before | the tribe of our great friend 



Wa, la-lae edzaqwa yaqlEg'a^le XimsElllEla. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 ,60 "Wa, ^ne^nEm5k"; lax"st!aax''me ^wIlg'alilEns gwayi^lalase qaEns 

 ^walasex ts!aq !ena^ya. Wa, la^mesEns lal taodolt !EnLEXEus ^nEmox"- 

 dzax, laxox Gwaexsdaasex, LE^wa ^walasex ts!agats!e g'okwaxwa 

 q!waq!{ilebag'ilax qa^s laqawalil g'okwa. Wa, la-mesox yaq!Eg'a-l- 

 LEns ^nEm6x"dzax yises gwayoLa qa g'ox^uldzasltsa ^uEmgeEm- 



65 Lex alak'lala ^walas ts!agats!e g'ok" lal laxwa Llasakwax ^nala. 

 Wa, la^mesEns nSgwasml dEnxElal qaEns ^nEm6x"dze. AEmLEns 

 LEneg'ix"La t!Ex'ilax qa k"!eases g'axelts baxusa g"okulotsEns ^nE- 

 mox"dzax yix5x Gwaexsdaasax. Wa, la^mesEns olastogwalilLEx wal- 

 dEmLaq!Eso," ^nex'^lae X'imsElilEla. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise Gwa- 



70 exsdaase g'ig'aex^eda qa^s hes g'ox^iildzatsa^walase ts!agats!eg'okwe 

 S,psotasa ^wa, yix K'!etete, lax g'okulasasa Awik" !enoxwe. Wa, 

 hex'^idasm^lawise yaqlEg'a^le Qoqwadesila. Wa, la'lae ^nek^a: 

 "Hellaox g'ox^ulsLa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwe apsotas K"!etete, ylxs 

 g'okulaexa AwIk"!enoxwe lax KMetete," ^nex"^lae. Wii, la^me 



75 ^naxwa ex'^ak'eda haayalilagasax waldEmas. 



Wa, lii-'lae edzaqwa, yaqlEg-a^le X'imsElilEla. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 "Weg'a ^naxwa hoLelax hamalEl ^ne^nEmok"; k' lefts k'!es laltsos 

 yaxLEnaqos qaxgins a^meLEk'nogwaEm aaxsilalgins ^nEm6x"dzek" 

 qa alak"!ales6x qi^LElaxEns gwayi^lalasaxwa ^walase lede Logwesox 



80 g"axEns. Wa, laLEns mop !Enxwa^sLEns ^nalaLa qEnso lalxa laLa 

 ganol-'idEl qEns hex''ida'mel kwexElalxEns ^nEm6x''dzex, ylxs k' ies- 



