1322 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL |kih. ann. 35 



62 comes out of the water, | he strikes it on the nose. Then the halibut- 

 fisher says, I when he strikes the hahbut: | 



"Indeed, this does not sound had on your head, Old-Woman, you 



65 Flahby-Skin-in-Mouth, you Born-to-be-Giver-in-House, || for, indeed, 

 I came to do so to you with my club, | Old-Woman. Go now and 

 tell your father, your mother, your uncle, | your aunt, your elder 

 brothers, and j'our younger brothers, that you had good luck, because 

 you came | into this, my fishing canoe." Thus he says, sending 

 away | the soul of the halibut to go and tell the news to his relatives, 



70 telling them that the place to which he came || where he lay dead in 

 the fishing canoe was good. I 



Now he takes off the hook from the halibut and four times he puts 

 the hook into the ej'es of the halibut, saying: | 



" Now, Old- Woman, look well at this sweet-smelling dress of our | 

 younger brother, and tell your tribe, Old-Woman." Thus he says 

 to it. I! 



75 Then he washes his hooks so that all the blood comes off, and when | 

 it has all been washed off, he holds them up and prays to them, 

 saying: | 



" Oh, you good younger brother, now your dress has been washed. | 

 Now you will go down again to call Old-Woman, Smelling- Woman, | 

 Flabb3'-Skiu-in-Mouth and Born-to-be-Giver-of-House, tliat they also 



80 come here || where Old-Woman has already come. Now, go, good 

 younger brother." Thus he says, as he | puts it into the water. | 



62 lae kwex^idEx x'iudzasas. Wa, lii ^nek'eda bakwa^lenoxwaxa p!a- 

 ^yaxs lae kwex^idxa p !a^ye : 



"At!as «yak" lalaLE^ma lEklwane^, yuL lEnbeLJExo, yul tslalalili- 

 65 4ak". QiiLaxs he^maex g'axele qEn he gweg'ilasg'in hayanok" Ml, 

 lEk!wane^ Wa, hagilla tslEkMalElax asa lo^ abasa lo« q!ule^ya 

 Lo^ anesa l6^ ^no^uEla l6^ ts!ats!a«yasexs laaqos helaxaxs g'axaex 

 g'axExs laxgin bakwa^lats'.ek' xwak!una," ^nek'Exs lae ^yalaqas 

 bEx^una^yasa p'.a^ye qa lils ts '.Ek" lalslaxes LeLELalaxs ek'aes g'axe 

 70 yaguxdzasa bakwa^latsle xwak!una. 



Wa, la^me axodxes g'amola laxa pla^ye. Wa, la moplEna &x^a- 

 LElotses g"amola lax gegayagEsasa pla^ye. Wa, la ^nek"a: 



"Weg'a, lEklwane^ helplaltalaxwa ex'p'.ax q IwalaxxEnsEn ts'.a- 

 tsla^yax qa^s layos ts'.Ek'IalElaxes g'okulotaos, lEk'.waneS" ^nek'Eq. 

 75 Wa, la ts '.ox^widxes g'amola qa ^wlHes lawayeda Elkwa. Wii, g'U^mese 

 «wlla la tslokwa, lae dzoxwahiq qa^s tslElwaqeq. Wa, la 'nek'a: 



"Wa, ts'.a^yak'as, laEms kwakwaxos q!waq!walax"LE^naqos. Wa, 



hagilla edEnsaLEx qa^s Le^lalaosax lEklwane^ l6^ mesaga lo^ lEnbe- 



LlExa l6« tslalallli^lakwa qa g-axlag-ise ogwaqa laxox g-axex g-axa- 



80 tsox lEk!wana^yex. Wa, laEms laLol, ts!a^yak'as," ^nek'Exs lae 



ts!Enx"stEjidEq. 



