1272 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



abalone shells on the blanket disappeared and | changed to pearl 



55 shells, and pearl shells were his ear-ornaments || and his nose- 

 ornament. Then that man, Pearl-Shell-Maker, said, | "Now you 

 have seen what kind of blanket you will have. And I | tell you not 

 to sell what you obtain by good luck from me, but you may give it | 

 as a privilege in marriage to the husband of your daughter." Thus 

 he said. Then | he disappeared. Immediately XwelageLas arose and 



60 got ready. || He took with him his pearl shells, and he went down to 

 the I beach where he had left his small canoe. Then he launched it^ | 

 and he went aboard his small canoe, when it was not yet near day- 

 light. I Then he paddled. He went to GEvaxste, and | he arrived there 



65 late in the day when it was low water. He || went ashore at a hunting- 

 camp, and he stepped out of his small canoe | and went tlu-ough 

 bet\yeen the islands, and he went outside back of it. | It was as 

 though he heard some one speaking and telling him to go where he 

 was going. | Then he went right to a large stone that lay on the beach 



70 at low I water mark. As soon as he reached it, he saw 1| four large 

 abalone shells lying on their backs. Lnmediately | XwelageLas dug 

 them and carried them up the beach on his shoulders. | He was just 

 strong enough to carry them. Then he arrived at the camp, and | 

 he put down the foin- large abalone shells. Then he saw | the remains 



75 of a fire and coals still aglow. Immediately ll he gathered the char- 



53 na^yas. Wa, lasm^lae xis^ededa ex'tslEma^yas ^nEx^una^yas qa^s la 

 LlayugwaaLEleda k'5gwese laxa ex'ts'.Em le^wIs xogEme k'ogwesa 



55 LE^wis k'edzelba-'ye. Wa, ^nex-'laeda bEgwauEm, j'ix K'ogweslUi: 

 "LaEms dox^waLElax gwalaasLases ^nEx^iineLaos. Wa, g'a^mesEn 

 wrddEniL5l qa^s k' lesaos laxotses Logwayos g'axEn, laLas k'!es^o- 

 giilxLalaq lax liVwiinEmases tslEdaqos xunokwa," ^nex'^laexs lae 

 x'ls^ida. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise XwelageLase Lax^tllila qa^s xwanal- 



60 ^ide. Wa, la^lae dag'ElxLalaxes k'ogwese qa^s la lEnts!es laxa 

 L!Ema^ise lax ha-nedzasases xwaxwagume. Wii, la^lae wFx"stEudEq. 

 Wa, la^lae laxs laxes xwaxwagumaxa kMes^Em L&.la qa^s ^nax"^ide. 

 Wii, la-'lae sex^wida. Wii, laEm-'lae lal lax Gfiyaxste. Wii, laEm- 

 ^hlwise giila ^nalaxs lae lag'aala Itiqexa la x'iits'.aesa. Wii, liVlae 



65 lag'alis laxa g'ig'oklwale. Wii, la^lae lalta laxes yiVyats!e xwaxwa- 

 giim, qa^s lit (jatsa lax ftwiigawa^yas qa^s la liix L!iiseg"a^yas he 

 gwex's wuLElaxa yiiqiEnt'.iilaxa ^nek"a qa liis liixes la gwE-yolfilasa. 

 Wa, la^lae he^nakiila laxa ^walase ^mEgwes tlesEm hlx wiil- 

 x'lwa^yasa x'iits!a^ye. Wa, gil^Em-lilwise liig'aa laqexs lae dox^wa- 



70 LElaxa nEluEL'.a mosgEm iiwa gvvaletsla. Wii, hex-'ida-'Em^liiwise 

 XwelageLas six^edEq qa^s g'axe t'.ex^iisdesElaq laxa L'.Ema^ise laxes 

 halsElaene^me l^x^s. Wii, lii^lae lag'aa laxa g-Eg-ok!wale laa^lase 

 ax^Elsaxa mSsgEme awa gwaletsla. Wii, La^lae dox'waLElaxa laq'.iis- 

 motaxs x'ix'EqiEgElsaeda tslolna. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise q!ap!eg'El- 



