1318 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL |eth. ann. sb 



20 At tlie end of the winter, the hair of the dog was cut | and when 

 this was done, the woman, the wife of | NEg'adze, whose name was 

 K" lamaxalas, took the dog hair and | washed it in running water. 

 After slie had done so, she hung it np for the | water to drip off, and 



25 after all the water had dripped ofj, when it was |1 not dry yet, she 

 pulled it apart and pulled out the hairs singty | and put them down 

 lengthwise at the place where she was sitting. When | all the hair 

 had been pulled apart, the woman took her spindle and | her spinning 

 box, and she put together three | hairs of different lengths. The 

 ends were even and | she wound them around the spindle and she 



30 spun tliem. Now the || hairs were twisted in the same way as is 

 done with nettle bark. When they were all twisted, | they were 

 woven into the yellow cedar bark blanket. | If a man wears on his 

 body a blanket with a hair braid, it is a sign that he is a chief, | and 

 when the braid is of mountain goat wool, then he is a common man. 11 



35 Now, all braidings of the cedar bark blankets are entirely of cedar 

 bark, | for I saw only one dog of this kind, when 1 was a little \ boy. 

 That is the end. 



Prayer of the Salmon-Fisher (to p. 618) 



1 When the salmon-fisher gets home, | and when he has caught many 

 salmon, he goes into the river house | and immediately prays to his 



20 Wa, g'il^Eni^awise gwal ts'.Jiwflnxa lae t'.osMayowe habssas ok!\\i- 



na^yasa ^wats!e. Wa, g'il^mese gwala laeda tslEdaqe gEnEmas 



1 NEg'adzexa LegadEs KMamaxa^las &x^edxa habEsasa ^watsle qa^s 



ts'.ox^wldeq laxa tslaese wa. Wa, g-il^mese gwala lae gex^wulEq qa 



ts!aoqalesa ^wape laq. Wa, g'il^mese gwal ts'.aoquleda ^wape laqexs 



25 k'^es^mae lEmx-'wIda. Wii, lit bel^IcJEq qa^s Iskwe '^nal^nEmts'.a- 



,-:. q'.Emqaxa habEse qa^s L!ax^alilEles laxes k'.waelase. Wa, g'il^mese 



^wPla lEgEkwa habEse lae &x^ededa ts!Edaqaxes x'ilp'.EXsdo LE^wis 



qlEmgatsIe. Wa, la q!Emx«^edEq. Wa, hiHne axodalaxa yudux"- 



ts'.aqe habEsxa tslElts'.EkwamEnkiila. Wii, lii ^uEmabal-'ida la qEx"- 



30 %LElodayos laxes x'ilplExsdo. Wii, lii x-ilp!eda. Wii, la^me metli?- 

 dEq lax gwegi-iasaxa gun. Wii, g-il^mese ^wPla medEkwa lae 

 yibEmnuk"sa hiibEs^Ene medEk" laxes dex"sEme k'lobawasa. Wii, 

 heEm milmalt!(ik'!esa ^nExHlnaliixa habasas yibEmaxs g'lgama^yae 

 Loxs p'.alEmaasa ^mElxLowe yibEmas ^nEx^flna^yas wax'eda bEgwii- 



35 nEmq!ala^me. Lii ^naxwaEm medEk" dexwe yibEmas ^nEx-'una^yas 

 yixs ^nEmaEn dox-'waLEle he gwex's ^wats'.exgin he^maoig-iu ale 

 g'iniinEme. Wa, laEm laba. 



Prayer of the Salmon-Fisher 



1 Wa, he^maaxs g'axae na^iakweda yiihiEk'.wenoxwaxa k-'.otEla, 

 yixs qlEyoLaaxa k"!otEla, wii, lii laeL laxes wiwamedzatsle g'okwa. 



