1?30 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [kth. ann. 35 



65 been sitting in the corner for a long time before ho came and sat 

 down among his sons; and | Nsnwaqawa spoke, and said, "Now, | 

 take care, children ! else we shaU be overcome bj' the one whom you 

 call I Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World, for now I have thought out 

 what we shall do to him when | he comes. Now eat quickly, for we 



70 have much work to do!" || Thus he said to his sons. And after his 

 sons had eaten, | Nsnwaqawa asked Powedzid, the eldest one of his | 

 sons, to dig a hole in the middle of the rear of the house, and to make 

 it deep, and | one fathom across at the opening of the hole in the 

 floor; I and he told Aek" loqk to go and get fire-wood; and he told || 



7.5 Wak'as, the youngest of his sons, to go and get stones. | Immedi- 

 ately they all did what their father had told them to do, | and it was 

 not long before they finished their work. Now, | it was. late in the 

 evening, and they put fii'e into the hole on the floor; and when | the 



80 fire blazed up, they put many stones on it. Then || Ncnwaqawa 

 took short boards, and placed them | on the floor near the hole in 

 which tlie fire was burning. Tlien | he asked his tliree sons to kill 

 three dogs, | and to take out the intestines. He continued, "And 

 when you take out the | intestines, hide the bodies of the dogs in tlie 



85 corner, so that || tliey may not be seen by Cannibal-at-North-End- 

 of-World. When | he comes in the morning, you must lie down on 



65 =lat!a gael k'.wiinegwilExs gaxae k!wagEliIaxes sasEme. Wa, la^lae 

 ya^q!Eg'a-te Nfiuwaqawa^ye. Wil, hVlae ^nek'a: "Wiigilla aEm 

 yaLlaLEx, sasEm, jLleus ^yak'alax laxes gwE'yaos Bax"bakwalanux"- 

 siwa^ya cjaxs la^mek" gwal qEn kiwexek' c[Ens gwex'iihiasEci qo 

 g"axLO. Wega, hahxbala ha^mapEx qaxs ci'.enEmaEns eaxElasoLa," 



70 ^nex'-laexes sasEme. Wa, gil^Em=lawise gwal ha'miipe sasEmasexs 

 lae NEUwaqawa^ye axk"!alax Powedzidexa ^nohist !EgEma-yas sa- 

 sEmas qa 'iapledesexa uEqewalilases gokwe cpi wuncjEles k"ilx"ts!a 

 ^uEmplEnk' laxEns baLaqe ^wadzEqawFlasas awaxsta^yasa kwiVwIte. 

 Wii, lil axk'lalax Aek'!oqtx qa las aneqax lEqwii. Wii, lii axkMfdax 



75 Wak"asexa ama^yinxa^yas sasEmas qa liis t'.aqax t'.esEma. Wii, le 

 ^wFla hex'^idaEm eax^idEx gwE^yases ompe qa eax^euex"da^x"s. 

 Wa, wFlox"dze'lae gex'^idExs hie ^wi-la gwale axsE^was. LaEui^hie 

 gala ganoLExs lae lExts'.ocLxa -labEkwe kwa-wila. Wil, gil'Em-liiwise 

 x'Ik'ostaxs lae tIaqEyindalasa t'.esEme q'.enEm iaci. Wil, hiEm^lae 



80 NEnwaqawa^ye ax'edxa -'wadzowe ts!EX"SEm saokwa qa-s lit pax- 

 ^aliias laxa ^uExwala liixa hx lExts'.Ewak" kwa'wiia. Wii, hxKni-Ui- 

 wise axk"!alaxes yudukwe sasEni qa k" '.elax'^Idesexa yiidukwe ^wao- 

 ts'.a, "qa's axixlaosax yax'yEgllas. Wa, g'il-'mets -wl-lamasxa yax- 

 yEg'Itas his qliiliil^IdEx ok'.wina^'yasa 'waSts'.Exde h"ixa onegwde cpi 



85 k'leses dox^waLElts Bax"bakwalanux"slwa^ye. Wii, gil-EmlwIse 

 gaxLEx gaalaLa qaso lax'da^x"L uEhxELel hixa hi>lk'!otstahlasa 



