1236 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAiaUTL [etu. ann. 36 



97 when daylight | came in the morning, NEnwaqawa called his four 

 children | and his wife, K'anelk'as, and they ate quickly; | and 

 300 after they has eaten, they started. || And Qux'Elal went ahead, for slie 

 knew the good trail; | therefore they told her to lead the way. And 

 here there was a | good trail where they were walking. It was not 

 yet noon | when they arrived at the house of Cannibal-at-North-End- 

 of-World. Then | NEnwaqawa sat down at the right-hand side of 

 5 the door of the || great house; and it made him feel senseless | to see 

 a great number of his tribesmen drying over | the fire of the great 

 house. He was really downhearted | on account of what he saw. 

 Tlien Qux'Elal noticed that her father was downliearted ; | and she 



10 went to the place where NEnwaqawa was seated, and || spoke, and 

 said to her father, "Wliy are you downhearted?" | And NEnwaqawa 

 replied, and | said to her, "The reason why I am sick at heart are 

 my tribesmen here." | Thus he said. Then Qijx'Elal asked her 



15 father, NEnwaqawa, | to tell his three sons to || take down the bodies 

 and to lay them out on their backs. Thus she said. | Immediately 

 NEnwaqawa asked his three sons; | and the three sons took down the 

 dried bodies, | and placed them in a row on their backs. And when 

 they all had been laid down, | Qiix'Elal came, carrying a bladder of a 



20 mountain-goat, wliich was fiUed with sometliiug. || She gave this to 



97 ktilaxa gaalaxs lae NEnwaqawa^ye ^wFla gwex'^Idxes mokwe sasEma 

 LE^wis gEnEme K'anelk'ase. Wii, aEm^lawise halEmq!Esed ha,mx"- 

 ^ida. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise gwal ha-mapExs lax'da^xwae ^wFla qas^ida. 

 300 Wa, la^me g'alaba^ye Qux'Elale qaxs ^nek'ae q'.alaxa ek"a tiEX'Ila. 

 Wa, he^mis lag'ilas ^nex'so^ qa^s ha t'.Ex'baye. Wa, alaEm^lawise 

 ek"a t'.EX'ila la qayasda^x". Wa, k' les^Em^lawise Lala qa^s uEqalexs 

 lae lag'aa laxa g"ox"das Bax"bakwalanux"slwaxde. Wa, laEm^la- 

 wise NEnwaqawa^ye kiwag'alit laxa helk'.otstalllasa tiEx'Ilasa 

 5 ^walase gokwa. Wa, heEm^lawis uEnolox^widayos naqa^yasexs lae 

 dox^waLElaxes g'okulotdaxs ladzek'asae x"ilElaLEla lax uEqostawasa 

 lEgwilasa ^willase g'okwa. Wa, la^me alak"!ala la ts'.Ex'iles naqa^ye 

 qaes dogOle. Wa, Wlae Qux'Elale q'.amx'ts'.exes ompaxs xulsae. 

 Wa, g'ax^lae Qux'Elale lax k'.waelasas NEnwaqawa^ye. Wa, hVlae 



10 yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a laxes ompe: "^madzos xulyima- 

 q'.os," ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae NEnwaqawa^ye na^naxmeq. Wa, 

 la^lae ^nek'Eq: "EsaeLEn yoEm tslEuEmsg'In naqe yixEns g'Skii- 

 lotdex," ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae axk'lale Qiix' Elalaxes ompe NEnwa- 

 qawa^ye qa S,xk' lalesexes yudukwe bebEgwauEm sasEm qa 



15 ax^axElisexa bakwasde qa yipEmllle nEhiELela, ^nex'^lae. Wii, 

 hex'^ida^Em^awise NEnwaqawa'ye iLxk'Ialaxes yudukwe sasEma. 

 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise yudukwe sasEms axaxElax'^Idxa bakwasde 

 qa^s nEl^alelEles ylpEiullla. Wii, g'il^Emliiwise ^wllg'alilExs g'axaas 

 Qiix'Elale dalaxa EL'.ExsEme texats'.esa ^mElxLowe. Wa, la^lae 



20 ts!as laxes ompe. Wii, la^lae ^neka: "Wega xosEl^Entsg'a 



