BOAS] ADDENDA 1331 



Those who beloag to the uumaym of the deceased one go to the 35 

 house of the chief | of the numaym of the dead man, and they break 

 one side | of the house and carry out the dry sahnon that was given 

 to the I chief and burn it on the sea side of the grave of the one wlio 

 died. ! Then they finish, and give to the widow of the || dead man, and 40 

 to his children, food and | clothing. | 



Many a time, when I was a young man, I have seen what I am 

 talking about, | but now the ways of the Indians are different. \ 

 They do not do now what was done by the men of olden times. || 

 That is the end. \ 45 



The Spirits of the Fire (to p. 749) 



Now about The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire. He is a man according 1 

 to the saying of the | Indians, when they talk about him in their 

 feasts, for when they put dowm in front | of the feasters the dishes, 

 then the man who puts down the dishes takes | some of the dried 

 salmon, breaks it into four pieces, dips it into 11 oil, and throws it on 5 

 the fire of the feasting house. | He says, praying to The-One-Sitting- 

 on-the-Fire: I 



"Now, The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire, eat first of the breakfast of 

 our friends. | Please protect us so that no harm may come to us | 



Wa, a^mesa ^naxwa g'ayol lax ^nEmemotas la lax g'okwasa g'Tg^- 35 

 ma^yas ^nE^memotasa la Ie^I bEgwauEm qa^s k" Isxsodexa apsana- 

 ^yas g'okwas qa^s mowelsElexa L'.awEndEme xa^masa laxa g'lga- 

 ma^ye qa^s la lEqwelaq lax L!asa^yas dEk'la^yasasa la lE^la. Wa- 

 laEm gwala, qaxs a^mae la LlawsntasE^we gEnEmx'dasa la Ie^c bE- 

 gwaiiEmx'de LE-'wis sasEmx-dases ^nE^memote qa hannas lo^ qa 40 

 gwelgwalas. 



Wa, la^mEn doqiila q lunalaxg'in gwagwex's^alasEk" yixg'in he- 

 ^maolek- ale alosta bEgwanEme. Wa, lox ogilx^id loxda alex 

 bakluma yixs k'lesae la he gweg'ile lax gweg'ilasasa g'ale bEgwa- 

 nEma. Wii, lasm laba. 45 



The Spirits of the Fire 



Wa, he^maeda klwaxxala yixs bEgwamEmae lax waldEmasa ba- 1 

 k'.umaxs gwagwex's^alae laqexs k'.welae qaxs g'il^mae k^agEm^lia- 

 sE^va k'.vvelasa l6Elq!wa laeda k-Elg'ise bEgwanEm dax'^idxa g-a- 

 yole laxa xa^mase qa^s k' !ok'ops^alexa mowe. Wa, la ts'.Ep'.IdEs 

 laxa iJ.e^na qa^s axLEndes laxa lEgwilasa k'.we^a-'yats'.e g'okwa. 5 

 Wii, la ^nek'axs lae tslElwaqax klwaxxala: 



"Wa, kIwax'Lala, laEms g'ilqlEs laxg'a gaaxsteg'asg'Ens ^ne^nE- 

 mokiik-. Wiig'illa dadamEwel g-axEuu-'x" qa kMcases ^yiig-asLEsox; 

 wa, he^mis qa^s g'iwalaos g'axEnu^x" qanu^x" holEiualexEuux" 



