1364 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



20 at once und || called all the full-grown men, the ancestors of the | 

 Kwag'ul. I 



At once all the fuU-growii men came into the house, | for, indeed, 

 NEqaplEnk'Em was really feared by his tribe. | As soon as all those 



2.5 who had been called had come in, Hamdzid || came into the house, 

 carrying many hemlock branches | which he put down in front of 

 the place where NEqaplEnk'Em was sitting. Then | NEcjaplEnk'Em 

 arose and spoke to his tribe, the Kwag'ul, | and said, "Do I not wish 

 you to come and listen to the way | my mind is on account of the news 

 that arrived at our beach in regard to what has been done by my || 



30 brother-in-law, Q !omoxs^ala, and my sister, LElelslgawe, | and my 

 niece, K' !ox"se'stili-'lak". Now I | will ask you tribes who shall 

 wail. Shall I do it or some one else?" | Thus he said, as he tried to 

 take hold of the body ' of his tribe. | 



35 Immediately, a warrior, whose name was H6x"hox"dze, || rephed 

 to the speech of NEqaplEnk'Em. He said, "Do not j-ou | wail, 

 Chief, let someone else wail among the tribes. | Now put up the 

 cedar pole." Thus he said. | 



Then Hamdzid took a cedar pole that had ah-eady been sharpened 



40 at the end, | one fathom in length, and four fingers in || thickness. 

 He drove it into the floor as a holder for the hemlock wreath which 



20 qa^s la Lex"LElsaxa ^naxwa e&.lak"!En bebEgwanEmsa g'alasa 



Kwag'ul. 



Wii, a^mise hex'^idaEm g'ax ^wi^la hSgwcLa ealakMEn bebEgwa- 



nEma qiiLaxs alak'Ialae k'ilEme NEqap!Enk"Emoiases g"6kul6te. 



Wa, gil^mese g'ax ^wFlaeLeda LexXEldzanEme g'axaase H&mdzi- 

 25 dole g"axeLa laxa g'okwe gEmxalaxa q!enEme qlwaxa qa^s gEmx- 



^aliles lax Llas^alilas klwae^lasas NEqap'.Enk'Emole. Wa, la^me Lax- 



^walile NEqap !Enk"Em6le qa^s ^yaqlEg'a^lexes g'okiilota Kwag'ule. 



Wa, lii ^nek'a: "EsaeLEn aEm ^nek" qa^s g'axaos hoi.elax gwalaa- 



sasg'En naqek' qaox ts!EkMalEmaxsa g'ax^alisex qa gwex'^idaasasEn 

 30 qlulesdae Q!omox's^alax'da le^weh wuq!wax-dae LElIl-'Elga^wex-^da. 



Wit, he^mesEn Lo^egasdae K"!5x"se«steli^lak"da. Wii, la^mesEn 



wuLaLol, g'olg'iikulot, angweda q!wasaLa lo^ nogwaEnil lo^ ogula- 



Eml," ^nex"4aexs lae dadaletlaxes g"6kul6te. 



Wa, hex'-ida^mesa biibak!waxa LegadEs Hox"hox"dze na^nax- 

 35 ^mex willdEmas NEqap'.Enk'Emole. Wa, lii ^nek'a: "Gwala so 



qlwasax g'lgame^, ogu^la^max"! qlwasa laxwa lallaqalax. Wa, weg'a 



Lag'alilas klwaxLiiwa," ^nek'e. 



Wa, lii Hamdzidole ax^eilxa gwa^lile dzodzox"baak" k!waxLa-waxa 



-nEmp'.Enk'as ^wasgEmase laxEns biiLax; wii, lii modEnx'sawe ^wii- 

 40 g'idasas. Wa, la dex^walilasa qEX'pIeqLasa q'.waxe wulk'Elaltsa 



1 In modern usage this word means "to judge." 



