1270 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAIvIUTL [liTH. ann. 35 



10 oiice I XwelageLas went ashore to see where tlie || squirting came 

 from. He stepped out of his small canoe | and walixcd, and he went 

 to the place where the squirting came from at | low tide. The 

 squirting was half way between the | lugh water mark and low water 

 mark. When lie came nearly up to it, | it squirted again. Then 



15 XwelageLas ran up to it, and || saw where the sciuirting came from. 

 He found a | hole on the beach, and it occurred to him that there 

 might be horse-clams, for | the hole was Uke those the horse-clams 

 make when they squirt water through a | hole on the beach. But it 

 occurred to him | that there were no horse-clams at Tag'os. Then 



20 what troubled liis mind scjuirted again, ll and the water squirted up 

 high. I Then XwelageLas resolved to dig for it. He began to dig. | 

 It was evening when he reached four | pearl shells. Wlien he got 

 these, which he only knew from hearsay, | wliich were in the shape 



25 of pearl shells, — those he had dug up, — he carried them along 1| and 

 putthem aboard his canoe. Thenhe wenthome | to his house in Tag'os; 

 and when he went ashore on the beach of his | house, he was met by 

 his tribe, for they were surprised that he came back | in the evening, 

 because XwelageLas always stayed out ever}' night when he went. | 



30 They questioned him why he had come back in the evening, || and he 

 said, "Have I not found by good luck these pearl shells?" Thus he 



wise XwelageLas la aLe%ta qa^s la dox^widEX g'ayoqalidzasasa 



10 ts!Etx'EX"^ide. Wa, la^lae lalta laxes ya^yats!e xwaxwagilma. Wa, 

 la^lae qas^ida qa^s la lax g'ilyoqale dzasasa tslEtx'EX'^ide laxs 

 x"ats!aesae. Wa, la^lae nEguyalise ts!Etx*EX'^idaasasa tslEtx'a laxa 

 yaxmote LE^wa x"ats!a^ye. Wii, laEm^liiwise Elaq lagaa laqexs lae 

 et'.ed tslEtx'EX'^lda. Wa, laEm^lae XwelageLase dzElx^wIda cja^s 



15 1a dox^wIdEx g'ayoqaledzasasa tslstx'Eg'ostalise. Wii, lil^lae q!axa 

 kwawise. Wa., hVlae ^nenk" !eqElaq mEtlana^ya qaxs heq!ala-mae 

 gwex'se kwiiwetslena^yas g'aj'oqalasasa ts!Etx"Eg"osta ^wape kwa- 

 wets'.ena^yas ts'.Etx'aasasa mEtlana^ye. Wa, la^lae mElx^waLEla- 

 qexs k"!easae mEtlanes Tag"os. Wii, la'lae et!ed ts!Etx'EX"^Ideda 



20 q!eq!aeqElayas. Wii, laEm^hie alak'!iila ekMEgila ts!Etx-Ex=Idayas. 

 Wii, laEm^lae ts!as-ede XwelageLase qa^s -"lilp'.edeq. Wii, la^lae -'lap!- 

 Ida. Wii, laEm^lilwise dzaqwaxs lae lag"aa lax axasasa mosgEm 

 k'ogwesa. Wii, g il^Em^liiwise laLaq laxes aene^me qlaqlalastula- 

 qexs heE gwex'sasa k'ogwisaes la 'labiinEma. Wii, g'iix-lae diiiaq 



25 qa^s g'Jg'aalExseq laxes xwiikliina. Wii, laEm^lae &Em la na^nak" 

 hlxes g'okwe hlx Tag'os. Wii, gil^Em^liiwise hlg'alis liix LlEma^isases 

 g'okwe laa^lase liilalasoses g'okulote qaxs q!ayaxaasexs g'iixae xwe- 

 laqaxa dziiqwa qaxs hemEnala^mae xamiilaxs laasnokwae Xwelage- 

 Lase. Wii, ItVlae wuLasE^wa hlx lag^ila g'iix xwelaqaxa dziiqwa. 



30 Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "EsaeLEn Logwalaxwa k'ogwesex,'' ^nex'^lae. 



