1216 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann.sb 



70 that was the reason why he was || angry. Now, many of the Awlk' !e- 

 nox" did not | go home to their houses in K' !etet; and AxotEm- 

 dalag'ils | heard them talking about his father Ts lEx^ed and his wife| 

 Ts lEqala, that they came paddling from K" !etet to the great | house 



75 of their child. Then AxotEmdalag'lls took his || death-bringing 

 baton, and stood in the door of the great house, | waiting for his 

 father and his mother to come ashore in | front of his house; and 

 Llaqwag'ila and P5Las stood by his side. | Then ALotEmdalag'ils 

 spoke, and said, | "Now I shall take revenge for the ill will of my 



80 father and of my mother." || Thus he said, and he struck the death- 

 bringing baton I toward them. Immediately they became stone- 

 Then he was | feared by the Awik' !enox", and nobody dared | to go 

 near the great house of AtotEmdalag'ils; and | he was living 

 alone. || 



85 The Awik' !enox" had not yet discovered that ALotEmdalag'ils was 

 a I great shaman, although they always heard him singing | the 

 sacred shaman-songs. Suddenly | Chief Llaqwag'ila of the Awik' !e- 

 nox" became sick. He was | about to die that evening. Then one 



90 of the men spoke, || and said, " Don't give him up too soon ! Send | four 

 noblemen to call AxotEmdalag ils to | come and cure my chief, for I 



^xwaxs g'okulae lax Tegiixsta^yaxa ts'.^wttnxe. Wa, he^mis tslE- 



70 nEms naqa^yas. Wa, laEm^lawise q'.enEma AwIkMenoxwe kMes^la 

 na'^nak" laxes g'okwe lax KMetete. Wa, la^lae wiiLEla^lae ALotEm- 

 dalagilsaxa gwagwex's'ala lax ompase TslEx^ede LE^wis gsnEme 

 TslEqalaxs sio^nakulae g'ax"'rd lax K'letete g'ag'axa laxa ^walase 

 g'ox"ses xunokwe. Wa, la^lae ALotEmdalagilse dax'^idxes hSla- 



75 yowe t'.Emyayo qa^s le Lax"stalas lax tiEX'ilases ^walase g'5kwa 

 doqwalaxes ompe LE=wis abEmpaxs g'axae ex"ag"alisa lax l!e- 

 ma^isas g'okwas. Wa, la^lae Llaqwag'ila l6^ PoLase qlwamelEq. 

 Wa, la^lae yaqlEg'a^le ALotEnidalag'ilse. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 "LaEmk" qwesbalg'as ^yax'SEm n^qesEn ompe LEwfln &bEmpe 



SO g'axEn," ^nex'^laexs lae qwaqwexamEnqases halayuwe t'.Emyayo 

 laq. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise tlaqEmg'alis t'.esEraa. Wa, la^me- 

 kiHdayosa Awik"!enoxwe laxeq. K'!eats!EEm^El la nala g'ax 

 ^nExwabalax ^walase g"ox"s AL5tEmdalag'llse ylses g'okulota Awi- 

 k" lenoxwe ylxs S,^mae la ^nEmogwila. 



85 Wa, k"!es^Em^lae qlol^aLEleda Awik" '.enoxwax ALOtEmdalag'il- 

 saxs ^walasae pEx^la yixs wax"^maaEl qlunala wAleIexs yalaq!walae 

 ylses yeyalax"LEne laxes pExSlaena^ye. Wa, la^lae ylx'qEno tslEX"- 

 qlEX'^ide g-igftma^yasa AwIkMEnoxwe L'.aqwag'ila. Wa, laEm^lawise 

 wawik"!Eq!axa la dzaqwa laa^ase yaqlEg'a^leda ^nsmokwe bEgwauE- 



90 ma. Wa, la^lae^nek'a: "GwaldzasxEnLEl^yala. ^yalaqadzog'ats mo- 

 kwa nenaxsala bebEgwanEm qa les hayalek' !ax ALotEmdalag'Ilsa qa 

 g'axese helex'^idxEn g'ig&ma^yex qaxg'in wQLEla^meg'aqexs yalaqE- 



