1338 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL, [etii. anx. ,v. 



cliicf by the woman who digs shoU fish. — enough to be eaten by the 

 wife of the | rhief. I think this is all about this. | 



This is another thing asked b_v you on the 22d of the | month of May : 

 namely, about the hunter. When he has sliot | three bears, he gives 



10 one to the chief of his numaym ||and he keeps two bears; and when a 

 sea hunter has killed three sea otters,] he gives one to the ehief of his 

 numaym. This is done with | everything that is obtained by 

 hunters and sea hunters and] canoe builders. The canoe is generally 

 given to the chief. | That is all about this. || 



15 This is another matter asked by you regarding the carvers of the 

 chief I in his numaym. It is true what you say. Generally,! the chief 

 and liis carvers live together in one house. When the chief | wishes 

 to change his house and to have carved | posts, then the chief just tells 



20 his carver that he washes for||carved posts for his house. The carver 

 knows I all the carvings that belong to his chief, and, therefore, | the 

 chief never tells the carver what he is to carve on the posts of the | 

 house, for the wood carver knows what he will carve, because | he 

 knows all the carvings that belong to the chief. || 



25 Another man, belonging to the numaym of the chief, | has to get 

 cedar trees to be carved by the wood carver. \s soon as| the cedar 

 trees lie on their backs on the beach of the house of the chief, the | 



5 gEnEmasa g'lgama^ye qa a.Em helkMEsalaso^ ts'.ekwasosa gEnEmasa 

 g'lgama^ye. Wa, lax'st!aak"^Em ^wPla laxeq. 



Wa, g'a^mets ^nEmx'^idala wuLaso-xa malExsag'Eyo ^nala laxa 

 ^niEkulasa mElelasgEmxa hanL'.enoxwaxs g'il^mae ha.nLEkwalaxa 

 yuduxwe L'.a'ya lae tslasa ^nEme laxa g"Igi\ma^yases ^nE^memote. 



10 Wii, la axelaxa ma^le L!tVya. Wiix'I yuduxwa q!asa alewanEmsa 

 alewiuoxwe laxae ts'.asa ^nEme laxa g"igama^yases ^iiE^memote.xa 

 ^naxwa ^yanEmsa hiin-'EnL!enoxwe Le^wa es-'Elenoxwe Lo^ma i.eEl- 

 q'.enoxwaxa xwakliina, heEmull aEni q!unala ts lE^wexa gugiimafya 

 xwak !una. Wa, laEm laba laxeq. 



15 Wa, g'a^mets ^iiEnix'^idala wiiLasowa g'it lenoxwasa g'lgama^ye 

 laxes ^nE^memote. Wit, t^hxEm laxes waldEmos, yixs qlunalae 

 ^nEmaele g"igama^ye LE^wis g'itlenoxwe. Wa, gll^meseda g'lga- 

 ma^ye walaqela qa^s i. layogtilsexes g'okwe qa k" lex'k" !adzEkwes 

 i.eLamas, wa, annesa g'igama^ye nela.xes g'it lenoxwaxs ^nek'ae qa 



20 k' lex'k '.adzEkwesa LeLamases g'okwe. Wa, leda g'itlenoxwe ^na- 

 xwaEm q!aLElax k' !ek- h:s-'ases g-Igama-'ye. Wa, he^mis lag-ilas g"iga- 

 ma^ye hevvaxa netaxes g"it!enoxwas gwexsdEniLas k'laLasa LCLamasa 

 gokwe, qaxs has^mcLaxa g'itlenoxwe n^qeLes k'laLa, qaxs ^naxwa- 

 nnae qlaLElax k' !ek' lEs^ases g'lgama^ye. 



25 Wii, laLe ogii'laEm bEgwauEm g'ayol lax ^nE^memotasa g'lgSma^ya 

 la ^wawPlaxa wllkwe qa k" lasosa g'it lenoxwe. Wa, g'il^mese g'ax 

 k'atEmg'alisa welkwe liix Llema^isas g'okwasa g'lgSma^ye, laeda 



