1258 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



48 dog ran away from them, and went into his former bedroom, | which 

 he had when he was still a man. Then | Waned, who had been a 



50 dog, came in and never || took notice of his dog, who lay down on the 

 bed. I His ears and his throat were lacerated. | Then the new Waned 

 said I to his mother, "I am hungry, mother." ^ind his mother | 



55 stared at him, because the real || Waned had never said to his mother 

 that he was hungry. Therefore | LslbEyos and his wife TlEk'ayig'i- 

 ^lak" thought this strange. | When TlEk'ayig'i^lak" put a dish in front 

 of him I containing scorched dried spring-salmon, then the great dog 

 sat down | beside of T!Ek"ayig"i^lak", and looked into her face. || 



60 In vain he opened his mouth. Then TlEk'ayig'i^lak" spoke, | and 

 said, "Oh! what is the matter with NEsa? It is as | though he were 

 trying to talk to me," thus she said. But | Waned did not pay any 

 attention to her, for he was eating; and after he had | eaten all the 



65 dried spring-salmon, he arose and lay down || in his bedroom; but the 

 great dog went | to the place where LElbEyos was sitting, and looked 

 into his face. | In vain he opened his mouth as though he wanted to 

 speak. When | night came, the dog lay down in the bedroom of | 



70 LElbEyos. Waned continued to be hungry, and || for a long time it 

 was this way. Then | T lEk' ayig'i^lak" guessed that the dog was her 



47 p'.ak'e. Wa, lak'ase ^wats'.E bEx^wId qatats lae lak'asaxes kwae^las- 

 k'asde yik"asExs hek"as^maex"de ale bEktima. Wa, g"axk"as^laxae 

 g'axel-ide Wanede, ylk'asxe ^watslEk'asde. Wa, hehek"aEm^laxae 



50 q!as^idaxes ^watslExe lak"as hagudzowalil lak"asEx ku^lelask"a- 

 saxsxe ^nax^wIdk'as-Em lax'sax*=idk"ase p'.Ep'.Eyokwasas Lo^kwase 

 oxawak"asas. Wa, okwas^Em^laxae ^nex'a alox"kwase Wanede 

 lak'asxes abEmpk'ase: "Poyan; ad;" wa, okwas^Emlaxae abEmpk'a- 

 sas dodoxs^Endk'asaxqak'asaxs k'le^yasae powek'!alaenox"k'ase ala- 



55 kMala Wanede lak'asxes absmpe. Wa, hek'as^Em^laxat! lak'Emq'.a- 

 s^idayos LElbEyos Lo^kwases gEnEme T'.Ek'ayig'i^lax". Wa, g'ilk'as- 

 ^Em^axae T!Ek"ayig-i-1axwe k'agililase ha^maats!e g-its!Ewax"se 

 ts!Enxwe sasasda, g'axk'asaase omase ^wats'.E qak'ats lae k'.wag'l- 

 lilk'as lax Llasalllk'asas T!Ek"ayig"i^laxwe qak'ats doqiimalllaeq. 



60 Walk'as^Em aqa. Wa, lak'as^laxae T'.Ek'ayig-i^lax" d6t!Eg'a^la. 

 Wa, lak'as^laxae ^nex'a: "^ya, ^mask"adzeg"a NEsak", hek'asaek' 

 gwex'ase dadotlEg'a^la g'axk'asEn," ^nex'k'as^laxae. Wa, hehek'a- 

 Em^laxae Wanede q'.aq'.aax qak'ases ha^maene. Wa, gilk'as^Em- 

 ^laxae ^wFlak"asxe sasasde lak'asae Lax^ulil qak'ats lae kulg'a- 



65 lilk'as laxes kwaelase. Wa, okwas^Em^laxae omas ^wats'.E lak'as 

 lax k!wae^lask*asas LElbEyos qa^s lak'asae doqiimalilaeq. Wii, 

 lak'as^Em^laxae S,qa wax'stlaax" dadot'.a. Wii, g'il^Em^laxae lak'as 

 neg'ax^wida lak'asae hek'as^Em kwaelk'ase ^watslE kwae^lask'asas 

 LElbEyos. Wa, lak'as^laxae hemEualak'as^Em poye Waneda. Wa, 



70 lak'as^Em^laxae gayapEm hek'as gwayalak'ase, wa, lak'as^Em^laxae 

 TlEk'ayig'i^laxwe k'ot!edk"asxe ^wats'.a hek"as*maes xdnoxwe. Wa 



