1228 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [etii. ann. 35 



22 three brothers | and Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World. Now, they 

 were on opposite sides of the great mountain, | and they were really 

 far ahead, — the three | brothers who were being pursued. They had 

 gone far, when the cannibal cry of Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World || 



25 was heard again behind them. 'V\lien he | nearly took hold of 

 Wak'as, the latter throw downi the cedar-stick between | himself 

 and Caunibal-at-North-End-of-World, and immediately the cedar- 

 stick I became a large, thick cedar-log, which moved backward and 

 forward as | Cannibal-at-Nortli-End-of-World tried to reach its end. 



30 It was always across his way. || Now, tlie three brothers had gone far 

 ahead, when the cannibal cry | of Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World 

 came up behind them. Wlaen | he nearly took hold of Wak'as, they 

 poured the hair-oil between | themselves and Cannibal-at-North- 

 End-of-World, and immediately it became a wide, long | lake; and the 



35 three brothers were on one side || and Cannibal-at-North-End-of- 

 World, who was pursuing them, was on the other side. Wlien they | 

 came near their house, Powedzid, the eldest brother, called loud | to 

 his father, NEnwaqawa, and said, "NEnwarjawa, j tie up our house, 

 NEuwaqawa!" | Thus he said. NEnwaqawa lieard plainly the call- 



40 ing. Therefore || he went into his house, and took a long cedar- 

 bark rope, I and put it around his house; and he just continued | 

 tying the rope around, when his three children came in sight. They | 



22 Lo^ Bax''bakwalanux"slwa^ye. Wa, la^me ^wax'sadzexa ^walase nEg'a. 

 Wit, la^me alak'!ala la qwesaxLalabEntsos qaqa^yiixa yudukwe 

 ^uE^mema. Wii, laEm^lawise qwesg'ilaxs g"axaase et'.ed hamadzE- 



25 laqwe Bax"bakwalanux''slwa^ye lax ElxLa^yas. Wii, laEtn^Iawise 

 Elaq dax-^ldEx Wfik'asaxs lae ts'.Ex^Elsasa k'.waxLa^ve laxes awiiga- 

 wa^ye l6^ Ba.\"bakwillanux''slwa^ye. Wii, hex-idaEm'lawisa k!wax- 

 La^we la LEx"dzeEl hi wllkwa sapi^lalag'ilsExs wax'ae lalabEndale 

 Bax"l)akwalaiuix"slwa'ya(i hlxes gEyfdaenu'ya LEkwe wllkwa. Wii, 



30 laEm^laxae qwesgileda j-udukwe ^nE^memuxs g'fixaase et!ed hamii- 

 dzElaqwe Bax"bakwalanux"slwa^ye Lax ElxLa^yas. Wii, laEm^lae 

 Ehiq diix'^IdEx Wak^asaxs lae k'.unxElsasa L!iidE^me hlxes ilwagawa- 

 '■ye Lo' Bax"bakwrilanux"siwa\ye. Wii, hex-'idaEm-'hlwise la lex^ed 

 la giltsta dzE^lala. Wii, la^me Hvax'sodesa yudukwe ^uE^mema 



35 LE'wa qaqa-'yiiqe Bax"bakwahuiux"slwa'ye. Wii, laEm'lawise ex'- 

 ^ag'aaLEla laxes gokwaxs lae Powedzidexa ^nolastlEgEnia'ye hasEla 

 ^laq'.wfdaxes ompe NEnwaqawa^ye. Wii, Ifi^lai? ^neka: "NEnwaqa- 

 wa^ya, qEX'sEmdats dEUEma liixEns g'okwax, NEuwaquwa-ya," 

 ^nox-'lae. Wii, hehitoEni-hiwise NEuwaqawa'yaxa -'laqlwfdii lagihis 



40 hex'^idaEm laeL laxes g"okwe qa^s ax-edexa g"ilt!a dEusEn dEnEma 

 qa's qp:xsEmdes hlxes gokwe. Wii, heEui'lawis ii'lcs yiila qEX's- 

 drdasa dEUEuuixs g"iixaes jaidukwe siisEm nel'ida. Wii, laxda^x"^lae 



