1256 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eiu. a.n.n. 35 



StOKY of the NaENSX'A of THE KOSKIMO 



1 The ancestors of the NaEnsx'a were hving at Mslad. | They were 

 catching sockeye-saUnon. Their chief was LElbEyos. | He had a son 

 Waned. Waned | owned a large dog, and the name of the dog was 

 5 NEsa. II There were many dogs of the ancestors of the numaym | 

 NaEnsx'a of the Koskimo. Waned was glad | because all the dogs 

 were yelping on account of ] what was done to them by the dog of 

 Waned, for he always set him | to fight the others. Now the heads || 



10 of the dogs of the ancestors of the NaEnsx'a were very sore. Then 

 Waned was glad | on account of what his dog, Nssa, did to all of 

 them, I when he was biting them. Now Waned lay down, and did 

 not arise | in the morning, and in vain he was called by his parents. | 



15 Waned did not pay any attention to them. In the || afternoon a 

 man came into the | door of the house of LElbEyos, the father of 

 Waned, | and the man just went to the bedroom of Waned, and | of 

 the dog, and the man said, "I call you, Waned, | with your dog, on 



20 account of our friends." Thus he said. || Immediately Waned arose 

 and followed the one | who was sent to call him. They went to the 



Stokt of the Naensx'a of the Gosgimux" 

 {Koskimo dialect) 



1 G'oktila^lae g"alasa ^ns^memotasa NaEnsx'a lax MElade. LaEm- 

 ^laxe wlwamesxa mElek'. Wa, la^laxe g'lgadEs LElbEyos. Wa, 

 lak'as^laxe xungwadk'ats Wanede. Wa, lak'as^laxe Wanede 

 ^wayatse oma^yaSl ^wats'.a. Wa, lak"as^lae Legadk-ase ^watslas NEsa. 

 5 Wa, lak'as^laxae q!enEmk"ase ^waotslas g'llk'asase ^nE^memotase 

 NaEnsx'ak'asase Gosg'imuxwe. Wa, lak'as^lae Wanede ayaqlEs- 

 k"asqexs hemEnalak'asmasene gwaguLalak'ase ^naxwa ^wa5ts!k'as 

 g'ayalak'as lak'asEx ^wats!as Wanedax hemEnalak'as^maasene wa^xa- 

 k'as qak'as haneqok'ases. Wii, lak'as^Em^laxae ^naxwak'as lala- 



10 lE%Emalak'ase ^waots'.as g'alii NaEnsx'a. Wa, lak'as^laxae ex'e 

 naqa^yas Wanede qak'ases ^wats'.e NEsaxs lak'asae ^nax^wld lak'as 

 yeyalx"q!ala. Wa, lak'as^laxae gaelk'ase Wanede k'le^yas Lax^wid- 

 xe gaala qak'asExs wax'k'asae gwasok'atses g'aolg'flx". Wa, 

 k'!e^yask"as^laxae Wanede q!aq!aaq. Wa, lak'as^laxae gwak'Io- 



15 dEXLalisa ^nalaanek'asas, g-axk'asaase bEkumala g'axeLk'asa laxe 

 t'.Ex'ase g'oxwas LElbEyos, yik'asEX ompk'asas Wanede. Wii, 

 okwas^Em^lae la bEkumala lak'asEx kwaelask'asas Wanede Lo^kwa- 

 ses ^wats!. Wa, lak-as la ^nex-a bEkumala: "LelaxaEnLol, Waneda 

 Lo^kwasos 'watslEX qak'asens ^ne^nEmoxwe," ^nex"k'as^laxae. Wa, 



20 hex-^idk-as^Em^laxae Wanede Lax^widk'asa qak'ats lae lag'exe 

 LelElgisk'ase. Wa, lak'as la hex"dzEgesElak"as liixe &pdzEges- 



