1210 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ietu.anm.m 



35 Behold! it was already getting daylight in the morning; and the 

 masks were left, | and the cedar-bark rings mixed with white, of 

 ALotEmdalag'ils. | Then ALotEmdalagils was glad on account of the 

 supernatural treasure that lie had obtained, | for it was the first one 

 of its kind, and of his death-bringing baton, for now he wished to | 

 try it on something. Then ho thought of his father and of his 



40 mother; || and he wished to kill tliom, when they should come to see 

 him, on account of | the way in which he had been treated by his 

 father. He had always struck him, which was the reason of liis | 

 attempted suicide. Thus he thought while he was seated alone in 

 the great | dancing-house. Now, we shall stop for a while talking 

 about I AjLotEmdalag'ils. || 



45 Now we shall talk about the Awlk" !enox", who never | left the 

 place where they were sitting outside of the house of their chief 

 EwOltlala; for | they heard the speeches of X'imsElilEla when he 

 said, I "Now your tribe will come in the morning and will take care 

 of you, for | we have finished," when X'imsElilEla said this. There- 



50 fore II the hearts of the Awik' !enox" were really troubled, and they 

 did not I sleep; and when it was near noon, | they launched four 

 large shovel-nose canoes. The men were standing | in the canoes, 

 and they went across to the great winter dancing- | house. Now, 



55 the Awik" lenox" were singing the winter-dance songs; || and they did 



35 LE^maa^axo;:. ^na^nakfllaxa gaala. Wil, la^me ^wi^la lowaLases 

 yaexumle LE^wa mElmaqEla LliiL'.EgEkulas ALotEmdalag'ilse. Wa, 

 laEm^lae ek'e naqa^yas ALotEmdalag'ilse qaes Logwa^yaxs hc^mae 

 ales^nEm hegwex'se LE^wis halayo tiEmyaya, yixs lE^mae ^nek' qa*8 

 giinx'Hdaasnokwes. Wa, hVlae g'ig'aex^edxes ompa LE'wis abEmpe. 



40 LE'mae ^nex' qa^s lE^lamasda^xweq qo g'ill ddx^waLElaLEq qa 

 gweg'altlEqElasas ompaseq yLxs he^niEnala^mae k'lelak'aq lag'ilas 

 to^yag'c, ^nex'^lae nS,qa^yas laxes ^nEmogwIlae k!wael laxa ^walase 

 Islagatsle g'okwa. Wa, la^mEns gwal yawas^Id gwagwex's^ala lax 

 ALotEmdalag'ilse. 



45 Wii, la^mesEn gwagwex'SEX'^idEl laxa Awik' lenoxwaxs hewiixae 

 bases k'lits'.Edzasa Llaaan^^yas g'okwases g-igima^ye EwOltlala, qaxs 

 'naxwa^raac wuLElax waldEmi^liilas X'imsElilEla loxs lae ^nck'a: 

 " Wii, la^me g'axLEs g'okQlotaos qo ^nax'^idLO qa^s aaxsileLol qax- 

 g'anu^x" la^mek' gwala," lae ^nek'e X'imsElilEla. Wa, he^mis ala- 



50 k" !ala xwanElqalayos nenaqa^yasa Awik" lenoxwe. Wa, he^mis k' lesel 

 memxeqEle. Wa, g'il^Em'lawise k!way6lts!a ^nalaena^yasexs lae 

 wi^x"stEndxa mots'.aqe ftwa dedfilalasa. Wa, laEm^lawise LaLawo- 

 Icda bebEgwanEm laqexs lae lawii lax g'ogwusasa ^walase ts'.agatsle 

 g-6kwa. Wii, laEm^lae dEiixElasa tsliiqiala q'.EmdEma Awik'leno- 



55 xwaxs lae k'!es yayanaxs lae lawilElaLalaxa ^willase tsliigatsle g'o- 



