1328 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKITJTL [f.tii. ann. 35 



15 As soon as his prayer is at an end, he comes out of the woods, | 

 goes into his house and lies down on his bed. | He does not eat, because 

 he does not wish to dreara another kind of dream, | but he wishes to 

 dream of what was told him by the supernatural spirits of the | trees. 



20 Now the sick man does not think of anything but the || supernatural 

 spirits of the trees. Many men say | that the dream comes from the 

 spirits of the trees who give instruction to the bewitched | man how 

 to cure himseK and generally, the man gets well | after that. That 

 is the end. | 



25 The Kwakiutl say this. Now you can see || that the Indians 

 really believe in witchcraft, and therefore the men reaUy | get sick 

 and they also believe that a good dream comes | when they find a 

 good sajnng of the supernatural spirits of the woods, and the faith | 

 of the man makes him get well. ] 



Prater to the Lark (to p. 618) 



30 When the lark is first seen by a man || or a woman, and if he is a 

 wise man or she is a wise \ woman, wlien they see the bird lark 

 sitting on a bush, | the man at once prays to him, | and says, praying 

 to the lark: "Welcome, | friend, we come to meet again. Now come 



35 and protect || me, Supernatural-One, that nothing evil may happen to 



15 Wa, g-il^mese q'.ulbe tslElwagEmas g-axae g-axwult'.a. Wii, la 

 laeL laxes g"6kwe qa^s qELs^walile laxes qElgwi^lase. Wa, 

 la^me k'les hamx'^ida, qaxs gwaqlElae g'ax mexalas ogu^la mexe 

 laxes walagEla qa^s mexa^ya g'axxa waldEm ^na^nawalakwasa Lax"- 

 Lase. Wa, la^meda ts'.EX'q'.a bEgwanEm kMeas ogu4a g-Ig"aege laxa 



20 ^na^nawalakwasa Laxxase. Wa, la q'.enEmt'.eda bEgwanEm ^ne- 

 k'Exs g'ax^mae mexElasa ^jiSwalakwasa Ease g'ax Lexs^alaxa egEkwe 

 bEgwanEm qa es^aqaenes. Wa, la qltinala heldEk-gda bEgwanEme 

 laxeq. Wa, laEm laba. 



Wa, laEm Kwag-uldzEs waldEma. Wa, laEms doqulaqexs lo- 



25 ^mae oqliiseda bak!umaxa eqa. Wa, he^mis lag-ilas alaEm ts'.EX'- 

 qlEX'^ideda bEgwanEm. Wa, laxae oqliisxes g-axe ek- mexa^ya qa 

 ek' waidEmsa ^na^nilwalakwasa Lax"L&sasa aL'.e. Wa, la oq'.udza- 

 lats'.asa bEgwanEm heEm ex-^idamasEq. 



Prayer to the Lark 



Wa, hemaaxs g-alae dox^waLEleda wax^waxole yisa bEgwanEm 

 30 Lo^ma wax'^me tslEdaqa ylxs nagadae bEgwanEme l5xs nagadae 

 ts'.Edaqaena^yasa tslEdaqe, wa, g-ii«mese dox-'waLElaqexs klwaxLa- 

 wayaeda wax^waxolexa tslek'.wa lae hex-«ida«ma bEgwanEm tslsl- 

 waqaq. Wa, la ^nek'Exs lae ts'.Elwaqaxa wax^waxole: "Gelak-as^la, 

 qast, g'ax'EmxaEns qialaga. Wa, gelag'a qa^s wag'iLos dadamE- 



