1206 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



48 song. I And the Awiklenox" heard the sound they made, and the 

 names. 1 Then the Awik' !enox" remained to the end sittmg down || 



50 that night, outside of the house of their chief E\vfllt!ala who was 

 hstening to the [ words that X'imsElilEla was speaking, for he was 

 the head | chief of the spirits. And when the | forty masks danced — 

 for the song-leaders of the | Awik" !enox" counted the number of 



55 times that X"imsElilEla called out the names, || and also how often 

 each one | shouted "Hoho!" and also what X'imsElilEla said | when 

 he spoke to the men sitting in the house and told them that the one 

 whom he had called was coming, | and also when he named the names 

 of those who have already been named when they stood | outside of 



60 the sacred room of hemlock-branches; therefore it was || just as 

 though the song-leaders were sitting among the spirits, and as though 

 they were seeing | what was being done; for they really heard every- 

 thing that was said | by X'imsElilEla, for the night was very calm. | 

 When night came again, all the Awlk" !enox" | sat down outside 



65 of the house of their chief Ewtilt !ala ; || and when they were seated. 

 Chief EwQltlala spoke, | and said, "Now, take care, tribe! for I | 

 guess this is K !wak Iwabalas, the son of my sister | Ts lEqala, the one 

 for whom they are singing, for he went to commit suicide at Wawale ; 



48 Wa, ^naxwaEm wiiLEleda Awik" !enoxwax gwekMalasas l6* lble- 

 gEmis. Wa, laEm^lawiseda AwikMenoxwe sEnbeEm klfltslES lax 



50 Llasan^^yas g"6kwases g'ig&ma^ye Ewtilt !alaxa ganoLe hoLelax wal- 

 dEmi^lalas yaq lEnt lalase XimsElilEla, yixs he^mae xamagEme 

 g'igilme^sa ha&yalilagase. Wa, g"il^Em^lawise ^wi^la ylx^wideda 

 mosgEmg'ustawe yaexumala, yixs gElwig'e^maa^laeda nenagadasa 

 Awik" lenoxwax ^waxaplEnasa X'imsElilEla Lex^edEx LegEmases Le- 



55 lalasE^we. Wa, he^misex ^nEmplEndzaqwa^mae hohoxweda ^nal- 

 ^uEmokwe lax Le^lalasE^was. Wa, he^mis waldEmas X'imsElilElaxs 

 lae ^nenlElaxa kludzele bebEgwanEmxs g'ax^maes Le^lalasE^we ^nek" 

 et'.ed Lex^edEX LegEmases laEmx^daLal Lex^etsE^waKS lae La^wil lax 

 Llasalilasa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latsIa. Wa, he^mis £llag"ilt3 ^UEma- 



60 x'isa nen§,gade l6^ laEm k!wag"ililxa haayalilagase qa^s doqwalex 

 gwegwalag'ili^lasas qaxs alak-!alae qlillaatala wilLElax waldEmi^la- 

 las X'imsElilEla, qaxs §,lak'!alae qloqulaxa ganoLe. 



Wii, la^lae et!ed ganoWda laEm^axaawiseda Awik'Ienoxwe ^wi^la 

 kliisEls lax LlasantVyas g'okwases g'igflma^ye Ewtilt !ala. Wa, 



65 g'ipEm^lawise ^wilg'aEls lae yaqlEg'a^la yixa g'igama^ye Ewtilt !ala. 

 Wa, la%e ^nek'a: "Weg-a yaLlaLEx g'oktilot qaxg'in la^mek' 

 k'ot!edEqe heEm K!wak!wabalasa yLx xunokwasEn wiiqlwaqox 

 TslEqalaeda la q lEmtasE^waxa to^yag'a lax Wawale. Wii, lalaxe 



