1222 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL lurii. ann. 35 



22 ho I arrived at the rocks at tlie foot of ^mElayosEin, he went ashore 

 out of his self-pa(hlliiig | canoe. He folded up his self-paddling 

 canoe, J squeezed it in his hands, and went into the rock at tlie foot 



25 of ^mElayosEm; || and he came out at the top, and, standing on the 

 top of the rock, he | laughed at L'.aiJaxwas while he was standing 

 on the rock. The | self-paililUng canoe of l !aL !axwas came nearer, 

 and I Kwexag'ila went to his fort at the east end of Ogfiinla. | 



30 That is the end. Kwexag'ila helongs to the numaym || Lalawihda 

 of the L !aL !asiqwala. | 



BAX"BAKWAT.ANUX"SiWE^ 



1 The SomxolidEx" were living at a place | caUed Srnuxoi, and their 

 chief was P !asElal. They were always | happy, hecause their nuni])er 

 was great. And they | used only the LEWElaxa ceremonial; theyliad 

 5 no II winter ceremonial. Suddenly those who went | inland from 

 their houses disappeared : and it was not long before the | daughter of 

 NEnwaqawa, a maturing girl, was taken away. | Now, Chief P liisElal 

 was the last one of his tribe; | therefore Chief PlasElal walked, not 

 10 being afraid of anything, H being a warrior; and his name as warrior 

 was Yagis. | He carried his bone-edged club to kill what was taking 

 away his people. | He never came home, even when night came, 

 and j therefore the three "sons of NEnwaqawa said | they would go 



22 gaala lax ox"sidza^yas ^mElayosEmaxs lae latta laxes sesExwaqe 

 xwak!iina. Wit, hVlae kloxsEmdxes sesExwiiqe xwak!una. Wa, 

 tiEm^lawise la qlwetsEmeqexs lae labEta laxa 6.x"sidza-yas -niElayo- 



25 sEme. Wii, la^lae nel-Id liixa ogwaxta^yas. Wii, aEnriawise la 

 dasdalas iJaLlaxwasdaxs lae Lanva laxa ck'le. Wii, g'ax'lne aEm 

 sex'wide sesEXwiicje xwak!unas iJ.iiLlaxwas le. Wii, g"iix-lae Kwe- 

 xag'ila qas^ida ogwaqa qa's lii Laxes xiisEla lax '"nElba^yas Ogiunla. 

 Wii, laEm liiba hlxeq, yixs he-mae g ilg'alltsa -iiEMnemotasa Lala- 



30 wilEla, yix Kwexag'ila visa LlaL'.asiciwiila. 



BAX"BAKWALANUX"SiWE^ 



1 He^maa-laxs g'okiilae g'illiisa SomxolidExwe Laxa awlnagwise Le- 

 gadEs Somxol. Wii, Lvlae g'lgailEs P!iisElale. Wii, hi'lac JicmEua- 

 laEm ek' !ec[Ela cjaes ^waxaasaxs cj!enEmae lelqwTdai.a-ya, yixs lie- 

 ^maol ales lex'aEm ts!aq!enesexa LEWElaxa yixs k' !es-mae laLxa 

 5 ts'.ets'.eqa. Wii, LVlae odax'-IdExs lae x'I^nakille(hi wax'e la lax 

 aLana-yases g'ig'okwe. Wii, k'!es-iat!a giitaxs lae hiLauEme ts!E- 

 daqe xun6x"s NEuwaqawa^yexa k'lEyiila laEmLal exEnt lenoxwa. 

 Wii, hiEm-lae ElxLa^ya g'lgania've P!iisElalases g'okulotdii, yixs he- 

 ^mae Llg'ilas qas'ideda g'Igama-ye P!iisElalaxs k' leasae kih-nnxs 

 10 babak'.wae, yixs Legadaas Yag'ise laxes babaklwaena^ye. Wii, 

 laEm^lae (Lllaxes xaxxii kwexayo qa^s kwex-idayox yaliix g'okiilot- 

 das. Wii, hewiixa-lat !a g'ax iiii'nax"xa la gtlnol-ida. Wii, iie=mis 

 lag'ilas yudukwe bebEgwanEui sasEms NEuwaqawa^ye^ nex' (pi-s 



