1356 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



his elder brother, for he can not | keep it. The younger brother only 



65 borrows the LEWElaxa from his || elder brother ^mEmx'o ^maxwa. | 



The only time when the LEWElaxa, and the family history, | and 



the house, and what is in it, and the privileges, and names, | can be 



given to the younger brother, is when ^mEmx'5 ^maxwa says so when 



he is d3"ing, | for then the younger brother takes the privileges, and 



70 the names, || and the family history- of the house, and everything in 

 it. I His tribe can not object to the. last word of ^mEmx'6 | ^maxwa, 

 if he says so before he dies. ] 



But ^mEmx'5 ^maxwa can not give it to his j-ounger brother, | if 



75 he has a child Wawalk'ine; but if Wawalk'ine should die, 1| and 

 ^mEmx'o ^maxwa has no other child from his wife I HamEntsag'i- 

 layugwa, then ^mEmx'o ^maxwa wUl send away ] his wife HamEn- 

 tsag'ilayugwa, as the former Indians used to do after | the marriage 

 debt had been paid, and if the chUd | Wawalk'ine had died. || 



80 Then ^mEmx'o ^maxwa married O^mag'iUs, the princess of | 

 NEg'adze, head chief of the numaym G'Ig'Elgam | of the ^walas 

 Kwa^il. ^mEmx'6 ^maxwa wished to | have a child with his wife 

 O^mag'llis; but after | ^mEmx'o ^maxwa and his mfe O^mag'ihs had 



85 been married for seven || winters, they never had a child. Then 



^idaas xEkMaaq qaxs a^maeda tsla^ya Lek'&nEmaxa LEWElaxa laxes 



65 ^nole ^mEmx'a ^maxwa. 



Wa, lex\a^mes lax'dEm laxs xEk' !a laxa LEWElaxa LE^wa mlyam- 

 balise g'ok" LE^wa g"ex'g'aele laq LE^wa k"!ek"!Es^5 LE^wa lcle- 

 gEme laxa tsla^j^a qo nek'lEXLa laxe ^mEmx"4 ^maxwaxs lae wawi- 

 k"!Eq!a qa he^meses tsla^ya helax k'lekMEs^ts LE^wis LeLEgEme 



70 LE^wis nuyambalise g"okwa LE^wa ^naxwa g'ex'g'aelEq. Wii, la 

 k"!e^s gwex'^idaase g'QkOlotas qaqadalax waldEmxLas ^mEmx'S. 

 •maxwaxs lae ^nek'lEXLaxs lae wawik'lEqla. 



Wa, laLa kMeas gwex'^idaas la ^mEmx'a ^maxwas laxes ts!a^yaxs 

 lE^mae xungwada yls Wawalk'ina^ye. Wa, qo lE^laxe Wawalkina- 



75 ^ye, wa la k"!es et!ed xQngwadEx'^ide ^mEmx'^ ^max'wa laxes gEUE- 

 me HamEntsag"ilayugwa, wa la k'ayawElsa ^mEmx'^ ^maxwaxes 

 gEnEme HamEntsag'ilayiigwa lax gweg"ilasasa g'ale bak!uma qaxs 

 la^me gwal qotex'asE^wa. Wa, he^mesexs lae lE^les xQnox"de, ylx 

 Wawalk"inex"de. 



80 Wa, la gEg'adEX'^ide ^mEmx'a ^maxwas 0''mag'ilis, yix k' !edelas 

 NEg'adze, yixs xamagama^yae g'igamesa ^UE^memotasa G'lg'ilga- 

 masa ^walas Kwag'ul. Wa, la^me ^mEmx'a ^maxwa wiihiqela qa^s 

 xiingwadEX'^ide la.xes gEnEme O'mag'ilis. Wa, la aLEbox^unxe 

 tsiawQnxas hSyasEk'ale ^mEmx"a ^maxwa LE^wis gEnEme O^magihs. 



85 Wa, la hewaxaEm laEm xiingwadEX'^Ida. Wa, la^me yax'^ide 



