1332 ETHNOLOGY or THE KWAKIUTL liixu. ann. 35 



10 and help lis to get easily II all we are working for, you, The-One- 

 Sitting-on-the-Fire." Tiuia he said, and the man himself | answers, 

 and he says, "Yes, I will do so." [ The man replies to what he said, 

 for The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire. | Then after the man has finished 

 throwing on the fire the fonr pieces of dried salmon, | he tells the 

 feasters to go ahead to eat the dried salmon. One man, I think, l| 



15 was annoyed at that person hecause | they gave first to cat to The- 

 One-Sitting-on-the-Fire. Therefore, the man was asked hy the | 

 guest what The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire was, a man or a I bird. | 

 Then the man who had fed The-One-Sitting-on-thc-Fire answered 



20 and ll said that The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire was in their minds the ; 

 man of the fire of our house, and that the heat is a woman, | the wife 

 of The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire. The woman, the heat, is named | 

 L letsaphlanaga (Heat-Under-the-Fire-Woman) , for all the fires in 

 the house and | the fires on the ground have heat, for the firewood 



25 can not burn if there is || not The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire and his 

 wife, L letsaplilfmaga, near it, | for they are the life of the fire of the 

 house, namely, The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire and his | wife, r. letsa- 

 phlanaga He is a real man, and | his wife, l letsaphlanaga, is a 

 real woman. Thus said the man to the I guests. Some Indians say 



30 that II The-One-Sitting-on-the-Firc and i. letsaphlanaga are helping 

 spirits and others say that | The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire is the soul 



10 ^naxwa eaxena^ya, qastii k'.wax'Lala," ^nek'Exs lae q!Qlex"s^Em na- 

 nax^ma^ya. Wii la ^nek'eda bsgwanEme. "Wa, lieLEn gwalaLc." 

 Wa la^meda bEgwanEm na^nax'me qa k'.wax'Lala laxes waldEm. 

 Wa, g"iPmese gwaleda bEgwanEm axLalaxa mox^widal xa^masa lae 

 waxaxa k'.wele qa wag"is xEraxas^idxa xa^mase. Wa, laEmxana- 



15 wise wa^neqeda waokwe bsgwanEmsa bEgwanEmaxs lae he g"il 

 hamg'ilasE^we klwaxxala. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas wuLasE'weda bE- 

 gwanEmasa klwele lax gwex'sdEmasa klwaxxala lo' bEgwanEm lo^ 

 ts'.ek'.wa. 



Wa, la na^naxma^yeda bEgwanEmxa hamg'ilax k'.wax'Lala. Wa; 



20 lii ^nek'a yixs "^miisae kIwax'Lala laxes ne^naqa^yaqSs esacLa bE- 

 gwauEma lEgwIlasEns g'ig'okwe. Wa, laLa tslEdaqa L'.es^ala. Wii, 

 heEm gEnEms k'.wax'Lalaxa tslEdaqe L'.es^alaxa Legadeda tslsdaqas 

 L!ets!aplilanaga, ylxs ^na.xwa^maeda lEgwilasa g'ig'ok" LE^wa lEqliis 

 laxa awinakluse, yixs k"!easae gwex'^idaas x'i.x''ideda lEqwaxs 



25 k'lesae la k'.wax'Lala LE^wis gEnEme l letsaphlanaga la nExwaia, 

 qaxs he^mae qlu^layosa lEgwilasa g'okwe yix klwax'Lala LE^wis 

 gEnEme Lletsaplllanagaxa alak'!ala bEgwauEma. Wii, laxae ala- 

 k'lala ts'.Edaqe gEnsmase l letsaphlanaga, ^nek'eda bEgwanEmaxa 

 k'.wele. Wa, laLa ^nek'eda waokwe bak!umqexs hayalllagasaeda 



30 klwax'Lala l6^ l letsaphlanaga. Wa, la 'nek'eda waokweqexs he- 

 ^mae bEx^unesa le^le bEgwanEme klwax'Lala. Wa, la^lae bEx^unesa 



