1344 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ktii. anm. ss 



75 your numaym, chief." Thus lie says, holding || one pair of blankets 

 in his hand while he is speaking. Then he says, "This | will be the 

 rank of the new name of ray child, according to my kindly feeling 

 towards you, chief. ! Now count, counter of the house." | 



Then he counts one hundred blankets and after he has done so, ! 

 the one who is next to the chief is asked to go and count what is 



80 contributed for the pctlatch, || by the one next in rank, and the one 

 next to the chief 1 speaks for his numaym. | 



When all the blankets contributed for the potlatch have been put 

 down, I the chief asks his numa\'m to bring out of his room the five 

 hundred | blankets to be piled on top of the blankets given for the 



85 potlatch. II Sometimes more than a ] thousand blankets are given 

 by the tribe to their chief for his potlatch. | — -| 



All the numaym fellows do not expect the chief to | return what is 



90 given for the potlatch. Then the chief || gives away in the potlatch 

 the blankets given to him. That is | all about this. ( 



Marriagk . L.vws (to p. 782) 



And this is the last, what you refer to, for me to answer, j You ask 



about a woman who is the daughter of a first husband. | When the 



95 first husband die.s, and (a woman) marries another |i man, and she gives 



75 ^nEmxsa p '.ElxElasgEmxs yaqlEntlalae. Wa, la ^nek'a: "LaEm 



o^mayoLEs ale LegEmsEn xunokwaxg'ada eg'in naqe qa^s g'lgame^. 



Wa, wiig'a hosElaLEx hawasemil." 



Wa, la hos^Idxa lak" '.Ende p '.ElxElasgEma. Wa, g'll^mese gwala 



lae axsE^wa, yixa mak-Ilaxa g-Igama=ye qa^s la hos^edEx p IsdzeLE- 

 80 masa mak'ilaq laxes Laxwa^ye. Wii, hex'sa^mesa miik-ilaxa g'iga- 



ma^ye yaq '.Ent'.fda qaes ^uE^memote. 



Wa, g-itmese ^wFla a.x^alileda p '.EdzeLEme p IsLxElasgEma laeda 



g-Igama^ye axk' lalaxes ^nE^memote qa ax^wults lalilesexa sEk" !ap '.En- 



Eyag-g p '.ElxElasgEma qa^s g'axe mEweg'alilas laxa p '.EdzeLEme 

 85 p lElxElasgEma. Wa, la^me ^nai^nEmp !Ena lag'aa lax hayaqax 



loxsEmx-^ideda p!EdzeLEme p lELxElasgEmsa ^nE^memotaxes g'lga- 



ma^ye. 



Wa, la^me k' !es ^nak' laleda ^naxwa ^nE^memotsa g'lgama^ye qa 



L'.ayowesa g-igama«yaxes p'.EdzeLEmaq. Wa, lE^ma g-igama^ye 



90 p i.Es^itsa p lEdzeLEme p lELxElasgEm laxa lelqwSlaLa^ye. Wa, laEm 



laba laxeq. 



Marriage Laws 



Wa, g'a^mes la eIxlc gwE^yos qEn na^nax^mesogwada, yixs 



wOLaaqos laxa ts'.Edaqaxs tslEdaqaes xunokwe laxes g"ale la^wfuiE- 



ma. Wa, g-il^mese Ie^Ic la^wunEmx'diis laxae la'wadEsa ogu^la-'me 



95 bEgwanEma. Wa, la mayol^itsa babagume. Wii, g'll^mese ^nE^mala 



