1324 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



him to eat. After he has eaten, the woman gets ready | to cut open 

 5 the hahbut to take out the intestines on the beach; || and when the 

 intestines of the hahbut have been taken out, the woman | turns 

 inside out the stomach so that everything inside comes out, and she 

 looks for I cedar or hemlock sticks or a stone that might be in the 

 stomach, for | these bring good luck to the fisherman, these that wore 

 named by me. | After the woman has finished, she cdls her husband || 



10 to haul up the halibut, and the woman draws | saltwater and pours it 

 over the blood on the beach, so that | the blood may go down into 

 the gravel of the beach, for | the first Indians said that if a dog should 

 lick up the blood of the \ hahbut, the halibut would stop biting the 



15 hook of the fisherman. I| After the woman had done so, she goes to 

 where she has put the halibut. . . . ! 



Prayer to the newly made halibut hook of the halibut-fisher. | 

 When he first puts in the bone tooth into the halibut hook and I 

 the attachment for the line, the bait string, the bark of devil's club 

 which is I wrapped around the lower end near the bone tooth at the 



20 lower end of the halibut hook which is called || bait holder; when all 

 this has been done, the halibut-fisher | holds up his newly made hook 

 and prays to it. | He says: | 



"Oh, younger brother, now take care of what I am doing to you, 

 good younger brother, | now your dress has been put on, and you 



qa^s la pELodalaxa p !a^ye l6^ qa lawayes ^yax'ytg"Ilas laxa L'.Ema- 

 5 «ise. Wa, g-il^mese lawa ^yax-ylg'Uasa p'.iVj'e laeda tslEililq i,!e- 

 plExsEmdxa moqtila qa ^wPles laltslawe g-ets'.Ewaq qa^s doqwex 

 k!waxLo4axa Lo^ q'.waxa Lo^ tIesEmlaxa g'itslaxa mSqiila, qaxs 

 he^mae LaLogwalaso^sa bakwa^enoxwaxa p!a.^yexEn la LeLEqa- 

 lasE^wa. Wa, gll^mese gwala tslEdaqe lae Le^lalaxes la^wunEme 



10 qa las nExiisdesElaxa pla^ye. Wa, leda tslEdaqe tsex'^id laxa 

 dEmsx'e «wapa qa^s la giiqas laxa Elx'^^Elgwise laxa L'.Ema^ise qa 

 ^wPles labEtalisa Elkwa laxa t!at!edzEmasa LlEma^ise qaxs 

 ^uek-aeda g-ale bak'.fimqexs g'll^melaxa ^watsle la kllqaxa Elkwasa 

 p!a«ye lalaxe gwal q!Ek-as6^sa p!a^ya bakwa^lenoxwaxa p!§,^ye. Wa, 



15 gll^mese gwala tslsdaq lae lax la axatsa p'.a^ye. . . . 



Ts '.Elwagayoxa altsEme ^yEk'o yisa loq Iwenoxwaxa p!S,^ye. 

 Ylxs g-alae gwal ^wFla fix^aLElStsa x-axx'aye laxa yEk-6 LE^wa 

 heg'iwa^ye, wa he^mesa telEm LE^wa xEk'.umasa ex^me la q'.Ene- 

 plEnexa oxLa^yasa x'axx-a^ye LE^wa oxLa^yasa yEk'Sxa LegadEs 



20 teldEma; wa, g-tl^mese «wHa gwala laeda l5q Iwenoxwaxa pla^ye 

 dzoxwalaxes altsEme ^yEk-5. Wa, la^me tslElwaqaq. Wa, la 

 ^nek'a: 



"Wa, ts'.a^ya laEms yaL lox^widLEx laxEn senataoi,, tslatsla- 

 «yak"as, la^mox gwal'aLElos gwelgwalaqos. La^mesEn laLos lax 



