1244 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKITJTL [eth. ann. 3b 



73 For four winters they danced four times | each winter; and after 

 the four winters were over, | they burnt the masks, and the sacred 



75 rooms, || and the cannibal-pole, and the black-bear skin blankets. | 

 They kept the head-rings and neck-rings of red cedar-bark. | That is 

 the end of the story. | 

 1 The front of the sacred room of Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World 

 and I Rich-Woman is covered over its whole width with red cedar- 

 bark. I It stands in the middle of the rear of the house. The cannibal- 

 pole reaches through the roof of the | house, and stands in front of the 

 5 sacred room of || Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World and Rich-Woman^ | 

 The front of the sacred room of Raven-at-North-End-of- World is 

 made | of broad, short boards; and it is painted with the whole body 

 of a raven. | It stands at the left-hand side' of the door of the house; 

 for it is said that | Raven-at-North-End-of- World first picks out the 



10 eyes of the food obtained by || Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World when 

 he comes in carrying in his arms the food he obtained, for | Raven-at- 

 North-End-of-World eats only the eyes of | all animals and men 

 caught by Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World. | Therefore his sacred 

 room is near | the door. || 



15 The front of the room of Hox"hok"-of-the-Sky is made of | broad, 

 short boards; and the painting on the front is the body of the 



72 Wii, la^lae mox^iinxelaxa ts!3.wunxe maemoplEna kwexElasE- 

 ^waxa ^nal^nEmxEnxe tsISwunxa. Wa, giPmese gwala mox^unxe 

 tslawunxaxs lae ^wPla lEqwelasE^weda hehamslwa^ye LE^wa lelEme- 



75 ^lats'.e LE^wa hamsp !eqe LE^wa LleLlEntsEme ^naEnx^fina^ya. Wa, 

 hlLa axelaxes qeqEx'Ema^ye L!eL!agEkwa LE^wis qeqEnxawa'ye L!e- 

 L!agEkwa. Wil, laEm labaxa nuyftme. 

 1 Wit, he^mae miiwilas lE^me^latsIas Bax"bakwalanux"siwa^ye lo^ 

 Q!aminagS,sExs a^mae ^naxwaEm L'.agEkwa, yix 'wadzEqEmasas ylx 

 hae axela naqoLewalile. Wa, la Lax'ssile hamspleqas laxa saliisa 

 g'okwe, yixs Laelae lax Llasalllasa mawllasa lE^me4ats!as Bax"ba- 

 5 kwalanux"siwa^ye lo^ Q!amin<\gase. 



Wa,he^mis mawilas lE^me-lats'.as Gwax"gwaxwalanux"siwa^ye,yixs 

 ^wadzae ts!als!ax"sama. Wii, la k" !adEdzalaxa sEniila gwa^wFna 

 lax gEmxotsalllas t'.EX'ilasa g'okwe qaxs he^maalae Gwax^gwaxwa- 

 lanux"slwa^ye gil LEnltodEx gegE^yagEsasa ha^moLanEmas Bax"ba- 



10 kwalanux"slwa^yaxs gaxae qlslElaxes ha^moLanEme qaxs lex^a- 

 ^maaEl ha^mas Gwax"gwaxwalaimx"slwa^ya gegEbfiloxsta^yasa ^na- 

 xwaxg'tlg'aomas LE^wa bEgwanEme ha^mek"EyalanEms Bax"bakwa- 

 lanux"slwa^ye. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas he la Is^me^latslasexa max'sta- 

 ^yasa t'.Exila. 



15 Wa, he^mise mawilas lE^me-lats'.as Hox"hogwaxtE^we, yixs §,^mae 

 ^wadzo ts!ats!ax"sEma. Wa, la k'adEdzalaxa SEnala hox"hokwa, yixs 



■ Right and left in these descriptions are determined by one standing in the doorway and looliing 

 toward the rear of the house. The water of life is in the right rear corner. 



