1280 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ikth. ann. 36 



17 world; for my | ancestor obtained a supernatural treasure, — the 

 power to increase his property. This great one called himself | 

 The-Great-Past-Increaser-of-Propert)'. Therefore I am covered with 

 property. Therefore I am rich. Therefore I am a counter of prop- 

 erty, I your chief, tribes! Therefore, I am famous, the chief of || 



20 those who have our chief for their chief, tribes ! | Is he again going to 

 give a great potlatch ? | Hawa ! 



2. Is he again going to give a great potlatch, our chief? | Is he 

 the one who is going to give a potlatch, the great tall chief? — your 

 inviter | chief ? Go on, chief ! Give them more than they can carry, 



25 so that II my chief imder me must give up (his attempts to do as 

 you do), for now is wide open, | broad and open, far all around, the 

 potlatch of our chief, ti-ibes! Don't j let them make a noise and let 

 me wait, those tribes ail around ! | Is he not going to give property to 

 the tribes at the far edge of the world, | who are invited by our chief? 



30 Don'tlet the chiefs II of the tribeslook, else theymay die, watching | the 

 incomparable feast, the invited tribes ! If you were invited here, you 

 would be proud, ] you would talk proudly, chief under our chief, | 

 tribes ! Don' t run about, whispering, talking tlu'ough your noses, | 



35 talking against my chief ! Let us wish for more, || and go nearer and 

 ask our chief to give us more, tribes! | Now I am afraid of our 

 head man who goes all around among the | tribes; therefore I praise 



16 Gwa'lax'os g'i'gama^ya gwa'^nalayaLa qa'sax'sa'lagillsa a'naxLEn 

 gi'qag'e'wayEn Lo'gwalax ba'xilla'lila. Wa'leda q!ulexLe'yadze 

 ba'xiilalildzeyota a'myadalalg-IlEn; qie'yadalalg-ilEn: ha'wasElal- 

 g'ilEn g'l'gama^yos, le'lqwalaLai! Ts!e'lwalahag-llEn g'i'gama^yaisa 



20 g'igedasEns g'i'g&ma^yas le'lqwalaLai'! La^maxa't!o ^mE'mx'awa: 

 hawa. 



2. La'^maxat!ax^mE'mx-6wahadzeLEnsg-I'gama^ye. He'^maxat!ox 

 ^mE'mx'owa ^nE'mts!agedzex g'l'gftma^ya Le'lalEwaox"g'a6s gl'ga- 

 ma^ya. We'g"ax'os g'igama^ya ya'yaayaLa La'laplayaLa yti'x-id- 



25 gllalxEn gigabE'wa^ya, la'dzeyaE'mx" ^ya'sElelxwa le'qElelxwa qwe'- 

 se^stalelxwa ^ma'^max"dEmesg'asEns g'l'gama^ya lelqwalaLai'. Gwa'- 

 laxi wuPE'mLa qa'pElaLa e'sElaxelaxga la'e-stalesg'a le'ElqwalaLai'. 

 La'^maxat!o ma'k'EnxElTsa qwe'sEnxelisas le'lqwalaLai' Le'^lalE- 

 wax"sEns g'l'gama^yex, le'lqwalaLai'. Gwa'lax'i do'qwalayaLe g'i'g"i- 



30 gama^yas le'lqwalaLai a'LalaxLe do'gwalesEmlaxg'a lEna'lag'aos 

 Le'lalEwax"g"aos, le'lqwalaLai', qosne'sLai Le'^lalEwaxwa, ^ya'laqai- 

 g'anEmlaxas, y{i'q!Endasg-anEmlaxas g'igabEwesEns g-Tgama'yex 

 le'lqwalaLai'. Gwa'llaxl ya'xi-lalaLa 6'pFlalaLa xi'ndzasalaLa 

 he'motayalxEn gi'gama^yai. A'lag'a^max'lns awE'lqala'yaLa ha'm- 



35 xwalayaLa q!a'q!egE^ma'yal la'xEns g'i'gXma^yex, le'lqwalaLai'. 

 LaE'mxat!En ts!E'ndk'ayaxgin ^na'mokwages^mex' la'e^stalisEl lax 



