1290 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ikth. ann. 35 



Song of Qwaxila, Chief of the Gexsemxs^anal of the 



gosg'imox" 



] 1. I am the only great tree, I the chief! I am the only great tree, 

 I the chief! | You here are right under me, ti-ibes! You are my 

 younger brothers under me, | tribes! You sit in the middle in 

 the rear of the house, tribes! You surround me like a fence, I 

 5 tribes! I am the first to give you property, tribes! || I am your 



Eagle, tribes! Ya, ye, a, a, ye, ya! | 

 2. I wish you would bring your counter of property, tribes! | that he 

 may in vain try to count what is going to be given away by the 

 great copper-maker, | the chief. Ya, ye, a, a! | 

 10 3. Go on! raise the luiattainable potlatch-pole, || for this is the only 

 thick tree, the only thick root | of the tribes. Ya, ye, a, a! | 

 4. Now our chief will become angry in the house, he will perform 

 the dance of anger. | Our chief will perform the dance of fury. 

 I shall suffer from | the short-life maker of our chief. Ya, ye, 

 a, a! II 

 15 5. I only laugh at him, I sneer at him ] who empties (the boxes) in 

 his house, his pot latch-house, and the inviting-house that is the 

 cause of hunger. | All the house-dishes are in the greatest house 

 of our I chief. Ya, ye, a, a! | 



Song of Qwax'ila, Chief of the G"EXSEMX's^ANAt 



1 1. ^nEmts!ages^mEn gTg&maha^ya. ^wa, '^nEmts!ages-mEn g'igama- 

 ^ya^ye. G'as hel^axElasg"5s leElqwalaLai' ; g'as ts!a^yaxElasg'6s 

 leElqwalaLai' ; g'as naqoLewalesg'os leElqwalaLai'; g'as L!ane- 

 gumnogw5s leElqwalaLai'; g'as g'alaxa^lagwos leElqwalaLai'; 



5 g'as kwakwex'se/lax"g'os leElqwalaLai'; Ya, ye, a, a, ye, ya. 



2. Wa^nesLas g'axaqElanox"qe^yexes q!ap!altoles6s leElqwalaLai'; 



qa willlag'a^miltse ho^j'eg'ig'Ela lax gEyaxodayoLa L!aqwag"i- 

 ladze g'lgama^ya. Ya, ye, a, a. 



3. WaEntsos Lax'^lde^ya wawe^stalakwos ^max"p!eqelaedzexoxs 

 10 *nEmts!ax"q!amaex LEk!ugelcdze^ya; g'as LEgwauEwe, g'as le- 

 ElqwalaLai. Ya, ye, a, a. 



4. LaEmxoLEns yak'iledzEmltse^ya. ^wa, ^yak'!eqElal lEnsg'Igama; 



Wii, lawisElal Ieus g'igama. Wii, al'Em^mesLEn ^yagoyale- 

 dze^yaLax wanEmg'iladze^yasEns g'igama. Ya, ye, a, a. 

 15 5. Oq!ameg'in dalEmnox"se^yag'in 6dzeq!ameg'in dasdalEmnox"se- 

 ^yaLax loi)Emts!alllas ^mawasilaLax pepoesgEm Lelasila^ya. 

 Wa, ^naxwalaEmxa loqfl^lildze^yag'a g'6x"g'okwaleg'ihesEns 

 g'igama. Ya, ye, a, a. 



