1336 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Irtii. ann. 35 



G3 long roots and jniUs them out, | one at a time, and spreads them out 

 on a mat. | Then she may count the long roots, that is, one hundred. 



6.5 She ties them in the middle with a strip of narrow || cedar hark. 

 That is called hy the woman who digs cinquefoil roots "one I hnndle 

 cf long roots," if it is put up in this way. When they are well tied in 

 (he middle, | the woman who digs cinquefoil roots puts them into a 

 medium-sized basket, and | when the cedar-bark basket is full, she 

 puts it away, for sometimes ] there are many cedar-bark baskets with 



70 iiuig cinquefoil roots and also many || cedar-bark baskets with short 

 cinquefoil roots. As soon as this has been done, she goes home to 

 her winter ] house. The cedar-bark baskets which are to be given to 

 the I chief are put in a canoe in a separate place. As soon as the | 

 woman who has taken the cinquefoil roots and her husband arrive 

 on the beach of their house, | the man shouts to the chief and asks him 



75 to come to meet him, and || the chief usually comes down at once to 

 meet the woman who has dug tlie cinquefoil roots, | and when she 

 arrives at the beach, the husband of the ] woman who has taken the 

 cinquefoil loots, shows the cedar-bark baskets with long roots to the 

 chief. I He saj^s to him,'' These are given to you by my wife, chief," | 



SO and the chief thanks him for his word. Then || the chief calls the young 

 men to carry up from the beach the baskets with long cinquefoil 

 roots. I He does not give any of the baskets with short cinquefoil 



63 ^nal^nEmts!q!Emk"aq qa^s k"adEdz6dales laxa LEblle le^wa^ya. 

 Wii, laxEnte hosaEmxa Laxabalise qa lak'lEudes lii yiL03^6tsa ts!eq!a- 



65 dzo dsnas laq. Wa, lieEm gwE'yosa ts'.ots'.enoxwe ts'.Edaci ^uEmx'sa- 

 yok" Laxabalisa he gwale. Wa, g'il^mese ^wl4a la yacLoya^axs lae 

 aek"!cda t!5ts!enoxwe ts'.Edaq axtslalas laxa hel^a L!abata. Wil, 

 g'lUmese qot'.eda Laxabats'.e L'.abata lae g'exaq, yixs ^na^nEmp!E- 

 nae q'.enEma LeLaxabats'.e L'.aLlEbata. Wa, laxae qlenEma t!et!E- 



70 gwatsle LlaLlEbata. Wii, g il^mese gwala, lae na^nak" laxes ts!awttn- 

 xase g'okwa. Wii, laEm gwalElasm ogugExsa ISec i^E^wEndEmxa 

 g'igama^ye LeLaxabatsIe LlaLlEbata. Wa,g"il^meselag"aliseda ts!ots!e- 

 noxwe tslEdiici LE^wis la-wunEnie lax LlEma^isases g'okwe, laasa 

 bEgwanEmc liiqillaxa gigama^ye qa^s Le^liilaci qa gaxeslalalaq. Wii, 



75 hex"^idats!emas^mesa g'lgama^ye g"ax g'iig'axalaxa tslotslenoxwe 

 tslEdfiqa. Wii, g'iPmese lag'aa hixa g'iix^alise laeda la^wiinEmasa 

 ts!ols!enoxwe tslEdaq nelasa LCLaxabats'.e LlaLlEbat laxi g'iga- 

 ma^ye. "Wii, la^mox LlE^WEndEmsg'in gEnEmk" laL, g'Igame," 

 ^nelc'Efj. Wii, tVmise mo^leda g'Igctma'yais wiildEmas. Wii, la- 



80 ^meda g'lgama^yc Le^hllaxa hii^yiib'a qa liis ^mosdesaxa LeLaxabats'.c 

 LliiL'.Ebata. Wii, laEm k'leas LlE^WEndEms laxa t!et!Egwats!c Llti- 

 i.lEbata Mxa g'lgiima^ye, qaxs lex"a^maeda g'igEgama^yi^ LElaxaji- 



