1226 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. an.n. 3s 



80 blood; iuul Wak'as took a pioco of || cedar-wood from the floor of the 



. house, and scraped off the bk)od from his knee, and | gave it to the 



boy. Then the boy stopped crying, and [ hcked off the bkxxi from 



the cechir-stick. Now, the three | brothers saw (h-ied bodies hanging 



over the fire of the great | house; and Wak'as spoke to his ekler 



S5 brothci-s, and !l said, "Let us try to shoot through the hole at the 

 doorside!" Thus he said. | Then his ekler brothers guessed what he 

 meant, and j they shot their arrows through the hole; and | when 

 thev had shot their arrows through it, then | Wak'as said to his elder 



•JO brothers, "Let us go and get our arrows!" Thus he said, il and they 

 went out of the house; and when they had all gone out, they j just 

 picked up their arrows and ran away. And then | they heard 

 Qiix'Elai coming out, and standing outside of the house; she 

 shouted aloud, and said, "Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World ! nu-at 

 came to you ! | Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World ! In vain nu-at 



95 came to you, Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World !" H Thus she said. 

 And at the same time when Qux'Elal | shouted, Raven-at-North- 

 End-of-Workl shouted, "Gaogao!" and [ the Hox"'hok"-of-the-Sky 

 shouted "Hoe hoe hoe!" and Crooked-Beak-of-the-Sky shouted 

 "Ho bo l)o b5!" [ and the Grizzly-Bear-of-the-Door of the house 

 blew his whistles, and shouted | "Neu ueu ueu!" and the 

 100 Kich- Woman shouted "Hai hai || hai hai!" and the Fire-Dancer 



'SO k!waxLawe g'ael laxa g'okwe qa^s k'exodes laxes Elx"p!eg"a^ye qa^s 

 tsE^wes laxa babagiime. Wii, lii^lae L!Ex^ededa babagumaxs lae 

 k'ilqaxa Ekx-uua^yasa k!waxLiVwe. Wii, la-'me dox^waLF.leda yudukwe 

 ^nE^memaxa bakwasde x'ilElaLEla laxaek" !a^yasa lEgwilasa ^wiilase 

 g'okwa. Wii, M^lae yiiq!Eg'a^le Wak'ase laxes ^no'UKla. Wii, hi-lae 



S5 ^nek'a: "WilEntsosEns q!iici!ap!axa kwax"sa laxa L!asbali}e, " ^nex"- 

 ^lae. Wa, gwalElaEm^lawise ^no^uElas kotax Mie^nak'elas. Wii,lax'- 

 Ma^x"'lae -wi-la hiinltslalases haauaL!Emc laxa kwax"s;\. Wii, g'il- 

 ''Enrlilwise HvPla hanitsotses haanaL!Eme laxa kwax"soxs lae ^nek^e 

 Wak'asaxes^no^uEla: " Wexins ax^edxEns haanaLlEma," ^nex'^laexs 



90 lae hdquwElsa liixa g-okwe. Wii, gil^Em^hiwise ^wIPweIsexs lae 

 aEm diig'ElxLiilaxes haanaL!Emaxs g'iixae dzElx'wida. Wii, he^mis 

 la wiiLElatsex Qux'Elalaxs g'axae Las lax L!asana^yases g'okwe qa^s 

 liiisEle lEla^x"sii la ^nek'a: "Bax"bakwillanux"slwa''ya sagtinsas 

 Bax"bakwrdanux"slwa^ya, wax'dEs sagunsaoL Bax"bakwiilann.x"si- 



95 wa^ya," ^nex'^lae ^uEmadzaqwaEm^lae Qux'Elalaxs galae hiisEla 

 ^hiq !uga^l lo-' G\vax"gwaxw!ilanux"slwa''yaxs laegao gaoxwa Lo' I iox"- 

 hoo-wiixtEwexs lae lioehoehoexa l6^ GElogudziiyaxs lae hoboboboxwa ; 

 wa, he^misa Nansta.lilasa g'ok" lae mEdzetsiala. Wa, la xwiik!wala 

 nEn riEn uEn. Wii, he^misa Q!iiminiigase lae xwiikiwiila hai hai 

 100 hai hai. Wa, he-misa N6nltse=stalale lae niEdzetsIiilaxs lae hehe- 



