1266 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



12 mother had said when she | talked about the abalone-covered carved 

 box in wliich | Leg' ex's son was sitting. They had gone a long ways 

 when they sat down. | Then the younger one spoke again to her elder 



15 sister, and || said, "I can not think of anj^thing but what I have seen 

 out at sea, | which was floating about like thesun ; (I wonder) if it is not 

 what mother talked about." | Thus she said. Then her elder sister 

 only said that she was getting hungry. | "Let us go home." Thus 

 she said. Then the)- walked back. | When they passed halfway the 



20 distance they had gone, the || younger one saw the great box lying 

 on the I beach. Then the younger sister spoke, "You are really | 

 foohsh that you do not remember what our mother told | us to look 

 out for. This is the carved box l>^ng on the beach." | Thus she said, 



25 pointing to the box. Then the elder sister saw || what was seen by 

 her 3'Oiunger sister. Then they ran to see who would \ get there first 

 where it lay on the beach, the box that looked like the sun. | Then 

 they arrived there. Immediately the younger sister untied the | 

 rope tied around it; and when she had taken off the rope with which 



30 it was tied, | she took off the dressed skin with abalone shells || and 

 put it down. Then she pulled at one side of the box, and then | she 

 heard something moving inside the box. Then | she ran away, 

 because she was afraid; but her elder sister was sitting on the 

 beach watching | her younger sister working hard. Then the 



11 g"Ig"aeqEla wax'a tsItVyax waldEmases abEmpe, yixs lae gwa- 

 gwex's^ala laxa ex'ts'.EmsgEmalii k"!awats!e gildas k!wats!Ewats 

 xunokwas LEg'ex. Wii, laEm^lawise qwesg'ila qasaxs laaEl kltis^a- 

 lisa. Wa, la^lae edzaqwa yaq'.Eg'a^ieda ts'.a^yaxes ^nola. Wii, la^lae 



15 ^nek'a: "KMetsHmek' lEl^maex-'edxEn dogiila laxa L!asakwexa 

 he gwex's pEX'Ma L'.esEla qo heEmlaxe gwE^y^sEns abEmpa," 

 ^nex-^lae. Wa, la^lae aEm ^nek'e ^nolasexs lE^mae p5sq!Ex'4da: 

 "Wii, la^mesEiis liil nii^nax"L," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g'iix-lae aedaaqa 

 qas^ida, wa, g"ax^Em^lawise hayaxk" !Elts!Edxes qax"Le. Wa, heEm- 



20 ^laxaa wisa tslii^ya g'il doxHvaLElaxa ^wiilase g'ildas lae ha^nes laxa 

 L'.Ema-ise. Wa, laEm^lae ytiqlEg'a^leda ts'.a^ya, "^3'a L5maaqos 

 nEnola, ylxs k'letslEmaaxEntqos g'lgaeqElax waklEmasEns abEmpa 

 g'axEns qaEns dogiileq heEm kMawatsIe gildasa ha^nesax LlEma-'i- 

 sasa," ^nex'^lae ts!Emtilaxa g ildase. Wii, laEm^lae ^noliis dox-wa- 



25 LElax dogfilases tsla^ya. Wii, lax"da^x^Iae dzElx^wida qa^s la 

 g"iig-alap!a Ifdaa liix ha^nedzasasa haEl gwex's LletsEmlisa g'ildase. 

 Wii, la^lae hig'aa laq. Wii, hex'^idaEm^Iawisa tsla^ya qwel^edEx 

 yiltsEma^yas dEnEma. Wa, gil^Em^lawise ^wi^l&,wa yiitsEma^yas 

 dEuEma liia^lase axag'iltsEmdxa iilag'lme iixEdzayaatsa ex'tslEme 



.iO cja^s xilxaliseq. Wii, la^lae gElqalisaxa gildase. Wii, hcEm^liiwis 

 la wuLalatsexa yaweng'a^la lax ots!awasa g'ildase. Wii, laEm^lae 

 hettsa Laxeq qaxs k'il^edaas, qaxs tVmae ^noliis k!waes x'Its!ax"i- 

 laxes tslii^yiixs iaxiimrdae eaxEJa. Wii, la^lae Liix^uleseda tslii^yiixs 



