1246 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. asn.35 



37 The sacred room of the Tamer is made of pure | hemlock-branches, 

 and nothing else. The sacred room of the Tamer | is placed back 

 of the middle of the left-hand side of the house. || 



40 The sacred room of the One-Who-Presses-Down is made of short, 

 broad boards; | and on it hangs a great neck-ring of red cedar-bark, | 

 one fathom across, and four | spans thick. The | sacred room of 

 One-Who-Presses-Down is placed back of the middle of the right- 



45 hand side of the II house. | 



The sacred room of Copper-Sound-Woman is made of broad, | 

 - short boards; and the painting on it is the moon, with a great | frog 

 inside. It is placed in front of the left-hand side of the | house. || 



50 The sacred room of the Mamaq !a is made of short, broad boards; | 

 red cedar-bark is spread over it, and a human figure | of hemlock- 

 branches stands on it. It is placed in | front of the middle of the 

 right-hand side of the house. | That is all about this. || 



55 The song sung by NEuwaqawe before he told the story to make | 

 Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World sleep: | — 



" I wonder what story should I tell you, my grandchildren ! Maybe 

 it will be this, | about the one who walked about under the trees of 

 the mountain with a cloud hanging half way up on it." | 



37 Wa, he^mise mawilas lE^me^lats !as Hayalik'ila, yixs a^mae sayoq" 

 q'.waxa, k'leasogMa laq, yixs hae axele mawilas lE^me^latslasHaya- 

 lik'ile ^nElk' '.odoyalllasa gEmxodoyalllasa g'okwe. 



40 Wil, he^mise mawilas lE^me^latsIils Lalaxwila, yixs wadzae ts!a- 

 ts!ax"sEma. Wa, la tegudzaya^walase qEnxawe L!agEk" laq. ^nEm- 

 p !Enk" laxEns baLax yix ^wadzEqawIlasas. Wii, la^lae mop lEnx'se^sta 

 laxEns q'.waqlwax^tslana^ye yix ^wag'idasas. Wii, la hae axele ma- 

 wilas lE^me^lats'.as Lalaxwila ^nElk" lodoyalilasa helk" lodoyalllasa g"o- 



45 kwe. 



Wii, he^mise mawilas lE^me^latsIas LliiqwakMalaga, yixs ^ wadzae 

 ts!ats!ax"sEma. Wii, lii k' liidEdzalaxa ^mEkiila. Wa, lii ^wiilas 

 wiiq !iise ots !awas, yixs hiie axela gwak' lodoyalllasa gEmxanegwilasa 

 g'okwe. 



50 Wii, he^mise mawilas lE^me^IatsIasa Miimaq'.a, yixs wadzae ts!a- 

 ts!ax"sEma. Wa, la LEbEdzoya L'.agEkwe laq. Wii, lii bEkwe^lakwa 

 q'.waxe la LadzEweq, yixs hiie axela mawile lE^me^lats!as gwak' lodo- 

 yalllasa helk"!6tstiilllasa g"6kwe. 

 Wii, laEni ^wl^la laxeq. 



55 NEiiwaqa^we q'.EindEmxs k"!es^mae nos^id qa mex^edes Bax"ba- 

 kwiilanux"slwe^ : — 



" ^masLexanosxs noyaml qantso ts!ox"LEmao. HeEiiiLetsxanos 

 aaeyokillsElaxe Laots q!6q!wasax Engwala liix q!oyEwa^yasea." 



