1262 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL. [eth. ann. 35 



22 dling every day. | One fine day, Chief LEg' ex asked liis second wife | 

 to go out paddling with him, and they went paddhng. Then | 

 LEg' ex was asked by his head wife how far he would go. ^Vnd 



25 LEg' ex mentioned a place far off 1| where he was going. In vain 

 LEg' ex called his | son to come aboard, but the child did not want 

 to go, for I he really thought that his stepmother loved liim. LEg' ex 

 went away, and | left him. As soon as LEg' ex was a long ways off, 



30 his I head wife got seady and took a large box, which || she placed 

 aboard her canoe. She carried a bundle and | a long rope. And 

 when everything was aboard her canoe, | she called her eldest son 

 and her stepson | to go aboard the canoe. As soon as they had gone 



35 aboard | the canoe, they paddled off and went to an island out || at 

 sea back of YalaLe. Then they went ashore on the island. The | 

 woman put ashore the box, wliich she took out of the canoe, and put 

 it down on the beach, | and she called her son to help her, and also 

 her stepson. | Then the bad woman asked her stepson to take off 

 the I cover of the box. And when he had taken off the cover, the || 



40 son of the bad woman took his younger brother | and pushed him 

 into the box. Then his mother put on | the cover, and the bad 

 woman took a | dressed skin blanket covered with large | abalone 



45 shells, and wrapped it around the box. Then |1 she tied a rope 



22 ek'a ^nala laa^lasa gigama^ye LEg'ex helaxes a^ele gEHEm qa^s la 

 sex^wld LE^we. Wa, laxda^x"^lae sex^wida. Wa, wiiLaEm^lawisa 

 gEk'Emalilax LEg'exe lax ^walag'ilasLas. Wa, la^lae qwesala gwE- 



25 ^yas LEg-exe laasLas. Wa, wax'^Em^lawise LEg'exe Le^lalaxes bs- 

 gwauEme xunok" qa las laxsEq. Wil, hVlae q!Emse xunokwas qaxs 

 lae ala la 6q!us la laxiilases abadzEwe. Wa, aEm^lawise LEg'exe la 

 lowaLaq. Wa, gipEm^lawise qwesg'ile LEg'exaxs lae xwaual^ideda 

 gEk'Emalile. Wil, laEm^lae ax^edxa ^walase gildasa, qa^s la ax^a- 



30 lExsas laxes xwak'.iina. Wa, la^lae q'.EnepsEmale daakwas, wa, he- 

 ^mesag'llt'.a dEUEma. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^welxs lax xwaklunas lae 

 Le^lalax ^nolast'.EgEma^yas bEgwauEme xunox"s LE^wis xungwawe 

 qa las hoguxs lax xwak'.unas. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise la hox^walExs 

 laxa xwak'.una lae sex^widEX'da^x" qa^s la laxa ^mEk'ala lax L'.a- 



35 seg'a^yas YalaLe. Wa, la^lae aLe^sta laxa ^mEk'ala. Wa, la^laeda 

 tslEdaqe handltodxa g'ildase laxes .xwak!una qa-s hang'aliseq. Wii, 

 la^lae Le^lalaxes xQnokwe qa las g'lwalaq LE^wis xungwawe. Wa, 

 laEm^lawisa ^yax'sEme ts!Edaq axk'Ialaxes xQngwawe qa axodesexa 

 yEkwaya^yasa g'ildase. Wii, gil'Em^lawise lawiiya yskwaya^yaxs 



40 lae bEgwauEme xunokwasa ^yax'SEme ts'.Ediiq dax'^idxes ts!a^ya 

 qa^s Laxts'.odes laxa g'ildase. Wii, la^lae abEmpas j^Eku- 

 yEntsa yEkwiiya^yasa g'ildase. Wa, la^laeda ^yax'sEme ts!Ediiq 

 ax^edxa alag'EmsgEme '"uEx^una^yaxa la hamElxsEmalaxa awawe 

 ex'ts'.Ema. Wii, lii^lae q!EnepsEmts liixa g'ildase. Wii, la^lae 



