1260 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 36 



98 happy on account of what the shaman had said, | and he was just 

 gouag around the fire in the middle of the house trying to play | with 

 100 the shamans. But Waned || never came to the house. Then the 

 shamans went out | with those who beat time for them. Now it was 

 late in the | night, and no dogs were walking about | that night. 

 The whole tribe was asleep. | When dayhght came in the morning, || 

 5 Waned was the first to arise from his bedroom, and he | wakened his 

 parents, and spoke. | He said, "Don't continue to sleep! I have 

 been | pitied by the supernatural power. I am Waned again," thus 



10 he said. | Immediately LElbEyos and his wife, || TlEk'ayig'i^ak'-" 

 arose and called their tribe | to come and eat breakfast in the house. 

 Then all | the ancestors of the nimiaym NaEnsx'a went in; and 

 when I the guests were aU in, LElbEyos | told his tribe about Waned, 



15 that he had been pitied by || the supernatural power. Thus he said. 

 Then Waned spoke [ and told them that he had tried in vain to talk, | 

 but that he had been unable to speak. | Thus Waned came back. 

 But they never | learned which way the great dog, NEsa, had gone. || 



20 From that time on the Koskimb began to treat their dogs carefuUy, | 

 for they knew that they are men hke | ourselves. That is the end 

 of this. I 



97 qak'ase dot lalayokwasase pSxa qak'ase omas ^watslExs lak'asae 

 wiilk"as x'imsa lae^stalll lak"asxe laqwawalilk"asase g'ox", a3,m}E- 

 mak"asxe pepaxa. Wa, lak'as^Em^laxae hehek'a g"axk'ase Wanede, 

 100 g'axel lak'asxe g'ox". Wa, lak"as^Em^laxae okwas^Em la hoqwalile 

 pepaxa Lo^kwase Lexemelk'asas. Wa, lak"as^Em^laxae gayalak'as 

 la neg-Ekwa, wa, lak'as^Em^laxae k-'.eyokwas ^nEm ^wats! g'Ig'Elsaxe 

 neg'Ek". Wa, lak'as^laxae ^nax^wid lak'as k"!axalak'ase leElqwai.a. 

 Wa, lak'as^Em^laxae ^nax'^idk'asxe gaalak'ase; wa, hek'as^Em^laxae 

 5 Wanede gilk'as Lax^wid lak'asxes kwae^lask"ase qak'ats lae gwa- 

 k-asxes g'aoig-uxwe. Wii, lak'as'Em-laxae dot'.Eg'a^la. Wa, lak'as- 

 ^Em^laxae ^nex-a: "Gwalk'as las k'!axalak-asaol lak-as-'Emeg'in 

 wiwaxse^stanos ^nawalaxwa. Nogwak'as^Emxat! Waneda," ^nek"as- 

 ^laxae. Wa, hex'^idk'as^Em^laxae LElbEyos Lo^kwases gEnErak'ase 



10 T'.Ek'ayig'Flax" Lax^widk'as, qak^ats lae Leiaxes g-okwaote qak'as 

 g'axk'ase gegag'ahl lax g' ox was. Wa, g'axk'as^Em^laxae ^wi^lak'as 

 h6x"ts!aw6 g'ilk'asase ^nE^memaotk'asase NaEnsx'a. Wa, g-ilk"as- 

 ^Em^laxae ^wFlaelk'ase Le^lansm, wii, lak-as^Em^laxae LElbEyos 

 nelalaxes g'okwaotas Wanedaxs hik'as^mE'^lase wlwaxse^stanos ^na- 



15 walaxwa, ^nex-k-as^laxae. Wa, lak'as^Em'^laxae dotlEg'a^lk-ase 

 Wanede, nelalalcatsexs lak'as ^naxwaasene wax'k'as dadotla. Wii, 

 lak-as^Em^laxae k'leyokwas gwex'^idaask-as dot'.Eg'a^k'asa. Wii, 

 lak-as^Em^laxae naqe^ste Waiieda lak'asxeq. Wii, lak'ase hehek'a 

 qlae^staso^kwase gwiigwaiigask' asase omase^watslEk'ase NEsa. Wa, 



20 hek-as^Emxat! g-'ixg-li.aats' Gosgunux" lak'as aek-Uaxo ^wats!ax 

 qak'asaxs lak-as^maase q'.aolk-asqexs bebEkiimalak'as^maase nogwa- 

 k-asEns gwex'ase. Wa, lak"as^Emxae qlumbak'as lak'asxex. 



