1220 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ans. 35 



62 in the, initklle of the (liincing- | house. The ones who used them put 

 them on the fire. | Tlierei'ore tlie white people can not get them. 

 That is the end of this. | 



I forgot this. The many spectators who were sitting on the floor || 



65 of the great dancing-house, to whom XimsElilEla told | that those 



who were called were coming — these people sitting on the floor of the 



great | winter {hmcing-liouse were the souls of tlie trees and | hushes, 



and the souls of aU the birds | and of the small cree])ing animals, for 



70 they are all human beings. || Thus said ALotEmdalag'ils, according to 



what he had seen in the woods. | ALdtEmdalag'ils was his name in 



the dance aLacjiEm, and his shaman-name | was Gilg'ildokwila, and 



his secular name was | Gwaexsdaas. | 



75 I will give one stanza of the song of ALotEmdalag'ils |j in his great 



dance: | 



"Oh, I have been led farther al(uig into the woods by tiie magic 

 power, I ai haia a hau 3'axaye yaxaye a ahau j-axaye, to the 

 ])lace where the | magic power walks about." ) 

 And this is tlie sacred song which he sings before he dances, and 

 80 after || finishing dancing. There are no words in this song. | 

 " Wa yaxa xa xa xa xa ^wip ^wip ^wijj !" 

 " Wa yaxa xa xa xa xa ^wip ^wip ^wip !" 

 Now, I think you know all the ways of the great winter dance. | 



02 gokwa. Wa, lii heEm laxxalas laxa lEgwile axamalax'daq. Wa, 



he^mis k'lEyaselts gwE^yoLats mamalaq. Wa, ladzek'as^Em laba. 



HedEn rJElewisE^vva q!enEme'x'Its!ax ilaxa kludzele bebEgwiinEm 



65 laxa ^willase ts'.iigatsle gokwa, yix la nenlElaso^s X'imx'ElilElaxs 



g"ax^maes Le^lalasE^we, yuEm^El kludzel bebEgwauEm laxa ^walase 



ts'.agats!e g'okwox bEx^una^yaxsa ^naxwax ogucjala Lax'Lasa LE^wa 



^naxwax cj'.Esci'.uxEla LEwa -naxwa bEx^iinesa 'naxwax ts!elts!Ek!wa 



LE^wa 6gu^c(alax Em^Eme g ilsg ilg'itsa qaxs ^naxwa^maaxEl bebE- 



70 gwanEma, ^nex'^lae ALotEmdalagilsexes dogiile laxa axle. HeEm 



LegEmse aLotEmdalag"ilse laxa aLaqlEm. Wii, he^mis LegEm laxes 



pKx^ena^ye Gilg'ildokwila. Wii, he=mis LegEms laxa baxuse Gwa- 



exsclaase. 



Wii, IfiLEn ^uEmk' lEULxa ^uEmsgEine laxa cjlEmdEmas ALdtEm- 

 75 dalagilse liixes ^walase leda: 



" Ha, lax'dEnohogwa tayox"weda lag'IlsdzEms ^na^nEwalax"d(3xg"a 

 ai haia a hau yaxaye yaxaye a ahau yaxaye lax to.x"dEma la- 

 S'llsdes ^na^nEwalak"." 



Wii, g'a^nies 3'iilac(idayos yLxs k' !es-'mae ylx'wida loxs lae gwal 

 ^0 yixwa, yixs k'leasae qayats. 



" Wa yaxa xa xa xa xa ^wip ^wip ^wip. 



" Wa yaxa xa xa xa xa 'wip ^wi]) ^wip." 



Wii, lax"t!aax"^Em ^wI'Iolex gwayi'liilasasa ^willase ts'.etsIexLEna. 



