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61 much property, so that the chiefs may also give much, | the invited 

 ones, the chiefs of the tribes! They do not give potlatches | in their 

 quahty of being chiefs to all the tribes, | when they give away, as 

 compared to your giving away all around the world, chief of the 

 tribes ! | for you wish to give away property that is not to be re- 

 turned, I our chief ! tribes ! Go on, now ! let me try to imitate the 



65 cry of the || bluejay of the tribes, those who speak first to our chief, | 

 who strike first at this chief. Thus | the names of these four tribes 

 are famous. O chief! don't | try in vain to vanquish /ne and to 

 throw behind you your guests, I you who know how to tlirow, chiefs ! 



/'O Therefore I am known by all the chiefs of the || people of our chief 

 of the tribes. Is he the one who is going to give a great potlatch ? 

 Howii! 



La'qolas' Song ' 



1 1. However, our great real cliief will again utter the Dz6noq!wa 

 sound, Ho I liowii, ohawe, hawa! | 

 The great one, however, will cry, " Oh ! " will utter the Dzonoq !wa 

 sound. They will be frightened, they will be full of terror, ] the 

 whole number of those who have been invited to the potlatch 

 5 to be given to them || all at once by our chief, tribes ! | 



He invited all the tribes. I 



CO q!e'q!Ese'hiLa wul^me'idze q!e'q!Es^e'dEl g'i'g'tgama'yas Le'^lalE- 

 wax:"naxwa^yasEns g'i'gama^ya, le'lqwalaLai'. We'laxwe ^ma'- 

 xwag'lle g'i'qElaena^yasg"a g'i'qElaenesg'a la'e-stallsEla g'ax le'l- 

 qwalaLai'; gwa'^nalak'as he'lbEta hEk!wa'g"ila^y6wasEns gi'ga- 

 ma^yex, le'lqw&laLai'. We'g'ax'i owa'EmLa ha'g'lLe kwa'skwasa 



65 kwa'^yalagasa le'lqwalaLai' g'a'g'alaq!a'3'adzlig'lns g'l'gama^ya, 

 g"a'laqax%e'^lag'aqo gl'gama^ya. He'kas-Em ts!e'l^walag"iltsg"a 

 Le'qa^yasg'a mo'sga^ma'kwe le'lqwalaLai. Gwa'lax'os g'i'gftma^ya 

 he'nakilaLa la'lagE^wa ts!a'ts!aci!EXLa'la g"ax6x Le'^lalEwaxos; ts!E- 

 x^e'daenoxdze g'i'gama^ya; ts!e'lwalahag'ilEu gi'g&raa^yaesag'i'ge- 



70 dasEns g'i'g&ma^yas le'lqw&laLai'. La'^maxat!o ^mE'mx'owa howa'. 



La'qolas' Song' 



1 1. La^me'Laxaox dzo'noqwadzeLEns g'i'g&ma^yexkas^owa. Ho 

 howa', oliawe, hawa'. 

 Ladze'^meLaox o'xwayaLa dzo'noqwayaLa k'i'k'e^lElaLa ts!E'nde- 

 kMIlaLa ^wa'xax'dEmaxsox Le'laiowakwex ^mE'nix'a^wakwex 

 5 ^nE'mp!Eng"ilex"LaxsEns g'i'gama^yex, le'lqwfi-laLe. 



La'ySlex Le'lalo'wolxa wi'wulsg&makwa le'lqwalaLai'. 



I Collected by F. Boas 1900. 



