1242 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [etii. ann. sb 



And then Grizzly-Bear-of-the-Door cries "Nan nan nan ha ha ha!" 



30 inside of the || sacred room at the ri<?ht-hand side of the door, and his 

 two wliistlcs sound. | Tlien tlie song-leaders sing liis song, and he 

 comes dancing out | of the sacred room. The pahns of his hands are 

 lielil downward as ho dances, going around | tlie fire in the middle of 

 the house. And he stretches out his hands and his feet in the way the 

 Cannibal-Dancer does, | and he does everything in the way of the 



35 Cannibal-Dancer, also with his || mouth. And he has tied to his 

 head red cedar-barl\ mixed with white. His neck-ring is not | thick, 

 red mixed with white. And after | four songs have been sung, he 

 goes into his sacred room. | Tlien the Fire-Dancer shouts, "Wai wai 

 wai!" inside the | sacred room, half way back to the rear of the left- 



40 hand side of the house. II Immediately the song-leaders sing his song, 

 and he comes in a | squatting position backward out of the sacred 

 room, and | goes around the lire in tlie middle of the house. Then he 

 turns his face towards the fire, | stretches out his hands, trembling as 

 though he wanted to take fire. Wlien | the song is at an end, he 



45 cries, "Wai wai wai !" and at the same time his || two whistles sound. 

 Then he takes | fire-brands and tlu-ows them about; and he does not 

 stop until I the fire of the house is extinguished. | He does this, being 

 naked, and | his cedar-bark liead-ring and neck-ring are not tliick. || 



50 Then he goes back into his sacred room. Then they build up | the 



Wa, la nan nan nan hahahaxeda NEnstalile lax otslawases lE^me- 



30 £lats!e lax helk' lotstalihisa tiExila hek" lilies ma^ltsEme mEdzesa. 

 Wii, lil dEnx^Ideda nenagadiis qlEmdEmas. Wit, g'iixe ylx^wults!a- 

 lllfila liixes lEme^lats'.e haeqwales e^oyasowaxs yixwae lii^stalllElaxa 

 laqawallle. Wa, stllases a^yasowe he gwilleda hiimats'.a LE^wis 

 g'oguyuwe. HcEm gweg'ile gweg'ilasasa hiimats'.iix yixwae l6^ 



35 sEmsas. Wil, lii moguxLiilaxa ^niElmaqEla L!agEkwa. Wil, la k'!es 

 KEkwe qEnxiiwa^yas ^mElmaqEla LltlgEkwa. Wii, g'il^mese ^wFla 

 (lEnx^edayowe mosgEme q!Emq!EradEms lae latslalil laxes lE^me^la- 

 ts!e. Wa, la waiwaiwaixeda Nonltse^stiilale lax otsItVwases 

 lEme^lats!e laxa nEgoyalllasa gEmxodoyixllIasa g'okwe. Wii, lii 



40 hex'^ida^ma nenagade dEnx^its q'.EindEmas. Wa, g'axe k'.wa- 

 ^nakiilaxs g'axae k"!ax'^wults!alIlEla laxes lE^me^latsle. Wii, lii lit- 

 est alllElaxa laqawalllaxs lae L!iisgEmx'^Id liixa laqawalile 

 siihises ^wiix'solts!iina^ye e^eyasa xulequla dadaalaxa lEgvvUe. Wii, 

 gil^mese qlulba qlEmdEmas lae waiwaiwaixa ^uEmakMala 



45 LE^wis ma^ltsEme msdzcsExs hek'liilae. Wii, la^me diix'^Idxa 

 x'lx'EXEnala Isqwa qa^s IslEqEme^staleq. Wii, al^mese gwiilExs 

 lae alax"^Id k'lElx'^ideda laqawalilasa g"6kwe. Wii, g'll- 

 ^mese gwal liixes gwiilagilFlase liixes xanalae. Wii, la^me 

 ^niixwa LlagEkwa klese LEk" qEx'imcs LE^wis qEnxawa^ye. 



50 Wii, la^me xwelaxtslalil luxes lE^me^latsle. Wii, lii lElqox^wi- 



