1288 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (eth. ann. 35 



Song of l Iasoti^wams, Chief of tue Yaex'ageme^ of the 



q !omoya^te 



1 1. Wa, out of the way! wk h& hEwa! Wii, out of the way! Turn 

 your faces that I | may give way to my anger by striking my 

 fellow-chiefs. Wa, ha, ya ! | 



2. Wa, great pot.latch! wa ha hEwa! Wa, great potlatch, greatest 



potlatch ! I The little supernatural ones only pretend, the little 

 5 stubborn ones. They only || sell one copper again and again 



and give it away to the little chiefs of the | tribes. Wa, ha, 

 hEwa! I 



3. Ah, do not in vain ask for mercy, wk, ha hEwa! Ah, do not in 



vain I ask for mere}' and raise your hands, you with lolling 

 tongues! I shall not be | foohsh, I shall break, I shall let dis- 

 10 appear the great (copper) that has the name || K' !Ents!egum, 



the property of the great foohsh one, the great extravagant 

 one, I the great surpassing one, the one farthest ahead, the 

 greatest Dzonoq !wa among the | cliiefs. Wa ha liEwa ! | 



Song of lIasoti^walis, Chief of the Yaexageme^ of the 



q!omoya^ye 



1 1. Wa, g'o^wala, wa h&, hEwii. Wa, g'o^wala. Wii, eqwala qEn las- 

 tlEqa^ya qEn k" !ak' !elak' lalexEn g'ig'Eg&ma^yota. W§,, ha, ya. 



2. Wa, ^walasila, wa, ha, liEwa. Wii, ^walasila, wii ^nolag'ihi, ha, 



E^wamLii ^nawalax^mEnexwa oneqwamEnexwa. Wii, ^uEmsgE- 

 5 me L!aqwas hebeliilayos qa^s amaxodayasa g'ag'igEinmEnexwas 



leElqwiihiLai. Wa, ha, liEwii. 



3. A gwala wul^Em giigEk' !ala, wa Im, liEwii. A, gwala wiil^Em 



gag£k"!alak"a^s Lalaq!walak'a^s EpElqiila. Wa k'!es^maeLEn 

 nonl^edeak'as tsolexa^yaLa x'a^yEing'ihiLaxa LegEmx"dzeyaLax 

 10 K'EiitsIegumdzeyases yaexLEnsa nEnologelidze wayadagelidze 



heweyak'ilidze k"!es^oyak"Ilidze dzonoq !wagelidzes g"ig"Ega- 

 mek'as^owa. Wa, ha, liEwii. 



