1224 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



35 and said, "^^Hiere are yoii going, children?" Thus she said. | Imme- 

 diately the youngest one, Wak'as, replied, and | said, "We are going 

 goat-hunting." The three | hrothers were afraid that she might he 

 the wife of the one who had killed their tribesmen ; | therefore Wak' as 



40 said they were going goat-himting. Then the woman spoke, 1| and 

 said, "Just take care, | children, on account of what is killing your 

 tribesmen! I shall advise you, | children. Don't go towards the 

 house with the smoke looking like blood, that looks like | the rain- 

 bow, for it is bad. It is the house of | Oannilial-at-North-End-of- 



4.5 World. And do not go to the house with the smoke of black || color, 

 for it is the house of Grizzly-Bear. If you go, you will be hurt | by 

 liim. Go to the house with the smoke of white color, for that is the 

 smoke of the | house of Mountain-Goat. Now, I shall give you this," 

 said the woman, | holding a comb, "and this stone, and tliis piece of 



50 cedar-wood ; and also tliis | last one, this hair-oil. If you || make a 

 mistake, and go by mistake into the house of Cannibal-at-North-End- 

 of- World, I then go out of the house again, and run home quickly | 

 to your house. And when Cannibal-at-N(u-th-End-of-Worl(l pur- 

 sues I you and nearly overtakes you, then | throw down the comb 



55 behind you, and it will turn into tangled bushes between ll yourselves 

 and Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World, and he will be far behind you. | 

 Aud when he again comes near 3'ou, throw down the | stone between 



35 tslEdaqe. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "^wlLas lii sasEm?" Miex'%e. Wa, 

 hex'^idaEm^lawisa amaytnxa-yexa Wiik'ase na^naxmeq. Wii, la-lae 

 ^nek'a: "TEwIx'aLEiiux"," ''nex'-lae qaxs kildEeleqaia-maeda yfidu- 

 kwe ^uE^mema qo he.Em lax gEUEms la ^wPwElamasEx g'okiilotdas, 

 lagilas ^nek'e Wiik'asaxs tEwIxeLaxa ^niElxLowe. Wit, la^lae ya- 



40 qlEga'leda ts'.Edaqe. Wa, la-Iae ^nek"a: "A^max'os yaL!ax'da-xoL, 

 sasEm, qaoxda yaliixes g'okiilotdaos. Wii, la^mesEU Lexs-alaLol, 

 sasEm. Gwfda gwil^sta laxa alx"stonosElas kwaxiliis g'okwasxa he 

 gwexsa wagalosas kwaxila. HeEm 'yax'sEnie, 3'ixs he-mae g'6x"s 

 Bax"bakwalanux"slwa^ye. Wii, he-Emxaas k'les gwii^staasa tslolto- 



45 was kwaxila qaxs he'mae kwax'iliis g'okwasa g"ila, aLas yilkwfdax 

 hlq. Wii, he-misLas laasa quxstowas kwax ila qaxs hc-mae kwax iliis 

 gokwasa ^mElxLowe. Wii, la^mesEn ts!altsg"a," ^nex'^laeda tslEdiiqe 

 (IrdaxaxEgEme, "Logwada tIesEmk' Logwada klwfixLok"; wii gn-me- 

 sega heraEnalaEmk' slxLa-ya yixga LliidEmk'. Wii, ht>-nuiasexs 



50 LexLeqiilsaaqos liilaelk'eniila lax g'okwas Bax"bakwiilanux"siwa^ye 

 las asm xwelaq hoquwEls hlx g"okwas qa=s heltsaos yiiya'na dzEl- 

 xula nii^nakwa liixes gokvvaos. Wii, gil-mese quqa'ya Bax"bakwa- 

 lanux"slwa^ye lax'da-'xoL, wii, g'U^mese Elaq belts !axLiix laaqos tslE- 

 xElsasa xEgEuiex liixs ElxLa^yos. Wii, liiLe ts!ets!asoLes awiigawa- 



55 yos 1.6- Bax"bakwalanux"sl\va^ye. Wii, liiLe ciwesuxLiila])EnilLol 

 laxeq. Wii, giPmese g'iix et!ed ex'axLalabEndol las tslEx^etsa 



