1204 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth.ann.S6 



•5 four songs, X'ImsElllEla spoke, and || said, "Now, this is all. Now 

 your name shall be | ALotEmdalag'ils in this great dance aLaqlEm. 

 Now, you have done well, | great friend. Only take care and do not 

 hurt it! Now, | I shall tell our friends that | I know that | he was 

 beaten by his father at Wawale: therefore he wanted to commit 



10 suicide || on account of his Nak !wax' da^x" father TslEx^ed, | the 

 chief of the numayra G' exsEm. And his mother is Ts lEqala, | the 

 Awlk' !enox" woman. And the only mistake our great friend made | 

 was that he did not wish this great winter dancing-house | to be 

 placed in the country of his father, TslEx^ed, Wawale. I mean that 



15 we II ennoble his mother's side." Thus he said. "Now for three 

 nights I we shall sing for our great friend, and | the fourth night the 

 song will be sung by his tribe; and we shall | all become invisible, 

 that we may not be seen by this tribe, although | we shall walk 

 about giving instructions secretly, telling them what to do; || and we 



20 shall leave all the masks in the | sacred room." Thus said X'imsE- 

 lIlEla to his friends. | 



As soon as he stopped speaking, and when daylight came in the 

 morning, | the spirits never came out. They remained | sitting 

 around the fire in the middle of the great dancing-house. Now, || 



25 the ancestors of the Awlk" !enox" were really frightened at what they 

 saw, for they did not | know what it was. | 



5 ^nek'a: "Wa, la^mox ^naxwa gwala. Wa, laEms LegadEs ALotEm- 

 dalag'ils laxos ^walasex ledaxwa aLaqlEm. Wa, lasms helaxa *nE- 

 mox"dze. Weg'a aEm yaLlaLEx qa's k'lesaos momasilaq". Wa, la- 

 ^mesEn nelaLExgins ^ne^nEmokQk' ylxg'ln q'.ala^meg'aqoxs k*!ela- 

 k'asE^waaxses ompa lax Wawale; lag'ilasox toyag'e yixs 



10 Nak!wax"da^xwae ompasox ylxa Legadas TslEx^ede, g"Ig&- 

 ma^yasa ^nE^memotasa G"exsEme; wa, lox ^bayadEs Ts'.Eqalaxa 

 Awlk'.enoxwaxsEme. Wa, hetos^me odzaxayosEns ^nEm6x"dzax 

 k'!esaex ^nex' qEns he^me g"oxuldzatsa ^walasex ts!agats!e g'okwe 

 &wmagwisases ompe TslEx^ede lax Wawale, ^ne^nak'ilxg-lns yEwek" 



15 la weqwasE^wa 5bask"!6tex," ^nex'^lae. " Wa, la^mesEns yfidux"- 

 plEnxwa^s kwexElalxEns ^nEmox"dzexa gagEnoLe. Wa, la^mesox 

 g"ax kwexElasoltses g'okiilotaxa ganoLasa moxsota ^nala §.EmLEns 

 ^wPlal kMalk-!Ey6ts!enox"LE qEns k'lese dogQlts g'okulotasox, wax"- 

 ^melg'ins g-Eyimg'illlElal qEns wQnale Lexs^alaq qa gwegwiilag'l- 



20 lil^ats. Wa, laLaLSx g'lX'g'ael^EniLEns yaexumlex *wPta laxwa 1e- 

 me^latslex," ^nex'^lae XimsElilElaxes ^ne^uEmokwe. 



Wa, g-il^Em^lawise qlwel^idExs lae ^nax-^idxa gaala. We, he- 

 waxa^Em^lawise g'axEwulsnokwa hafiyalllagase. AEm^lae klQtse- 

 ^stalilElaxa laqawalllasa 'walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wa, laEm^lae 



25 fi.lak'^ala k'ilEla g'alasa Awik'lenoxwe la dox^widEq qa kMetsIena- 

 *yas ql&LElax gwex'sdEmas. 



