BOAS] ADDENDA 1329 



me, that I may not be sick, and | that I n\ay not be overcome by those 36 

 of ray fcllowmeii who plan to kiU me, and | have mercy on me and give 

 that I may obtain everything easily, | whatever I work at, and that 

 property may come of its own accord | into ray house, Supernatural- 

 One. (Bring it about by your ways) friend, || and also take care 40 

 of the berries, raake them bear much this year, | Supernatural-One, 

 friend." Thus says the man. | 



This is also a prayer of the ancestors of the Kwakiutl. That | is 

 the end. | 



Disposal of Property of a Deceased Person (to p. 710) 



When the salmon-fisher gets sick | after he has finished unloading 1 

 the bundles of dried salmon, | he just stays one night in his house 

 before he dies. Then they do as | was done by the Tndians of former 

 times. They immediately bury the man |1 who has died: and when 5 

 those who have buried hira corae home, \ the Avife of the deceased 

 one at once tells all of the men | who belong to his numaym to carry 

 out the bundles of | dried salmon, to load them on the canoe of her 

 deceased husband, and to | put them on the beach outside of the 

 grave of. her deceased husband, to ])e || burned up as travelling-pro- 10 

 visions of her deceased husband ; and also the oil and | all the fish- 

 hooks and the clothing and his canoe. ] 



wel g'axEn ^n&walak" qsn k' lease ^yag'asL laxa ts!EX"q!olEm lo^ 35 

 qEnk'Iese laLanEmsa klwex^alasEn bExute qEn lE^e. Wa, he^mis 

 qa^s waxaos g"axosas5s holEma^ats liiq !os g'axEn qEn holamalexa 

 ^naxwaLaEn qEii eaxeneL. Wii, hemis qa wuleLElisa ^naxwa 

 dadEk'as laxEn g'okwe, ^nawalak" laxes gwex'sdEmos, qast. Wa, 

 yo^mesos aaxsilasE^wa L!oL!Ep!emasex qa weg'iLos helamasLEqo, 40 

 ^nawalak", yoL, qast," ^nek'eda bEgwanEm. 



Wa, has^Emxaa ts '.Elwaga^yosa g'alasg'ada KwagnilEk: Wa, laEm 

 laba. 



Disposal of Property of a Deceased Person 



Wa, laEra hex'^idaEin tslEx'qlEX'^Ideda yaliiEk Iwenoxwaxa k'!6- 1 

 tEla, yixs g'alae gwal niEweLElaxes meraats!abEkwe xa^masa. Wii, 

 a^mise xamael laxes g"okwaxs lae wik'Ex^eda. Wa, la lax gweg'i- 

 lasasa g'Jlle bak!uma, yixs lae hex'^idaEm wiinemtaxa bEgwaiiE- 

 maxs g'alae wek' !Ex^eda. Wii, g"il^raese g"iix ^wi4a nii^iiakwa wii- 5 

 UEmtiiq lae hex'^da^me gEnEHix'das axk'lalaxa ^naxwa bebEgwa- 

 nEmxa g'ayole lax ^iiE^memotdas qa liis mowElsaxa meraats!abEkwe 

 xa^raas qa liis moxsas liix xwaklunax'diises liL^wiinErax'de qa liis 

 ^mdgwalisas lax Llasa^yas dEk'iilaasases la^wunEmx'de, qa^s ^wi4e 

 lEqwelaq qa g'Ewiilk^ses la^wiinEmx'de. Wii, he^mesa L'.e^na, lo^ 10 

 ^wi^le wiwak"ayox"diis lo^ gwelgwMax'diis l6^ xwak'.iinax'das. 

 75052—21—35 eth— pt 2-^35 



