1368 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [etu. anx. M 



6 tight. They | tied the months of the kelp stems, all at the same 

 time, so that the breath should not leak through. | After thej^ had 

 done so, they all at the same time took the round head of the kelp 

 stem, I squeezed it so that the breath inside should be pressed to one 

 end at the mouth of the kelp, | and when the round end of the kelp 



10 stem was flat, they twisted it || going towards the mouth of the kelp 

 stem, and when the twisting reached | the middle of the length of the 

 kelp stem, they tied it firmly so that | the air should not leak through. 

 And after they had done so, they turned to the | thin end of the kelp 

 stem and they twisted it so as to bring the air together in the | middle 



1 5 of the kelp stem, and when it was five spans long || where the air was 

 brought together, they took a strap of raw hide and tied it where | 

 they stopped twisting, and after tying it, the}- cut it off | from the 

 place where it was tied, four finger widths long. | After they had cut 

 off the ends, they bent it into a ring | and tied the ends together. 



20 Now it was a neck ring, and after they had finished the || breath- 

 holding kelp neck ring, the warriors and their | crew put them on 

 their necks. | 



Then Q lomogwa arose and spoke. He spoke and | said: "Now 

 take care, warrior women. When you stay at home, | rub your 

 bodies all the time with hemlock branches, in the morning and in the 



25 evening, || as long as we are away, and take care of this which is | 

 the breath of your husbands. It will be put round j'our necks | 



6 -nEmagilllExs hie mogiixstEndEX awaxsta^yas cja k'esese hatsala. 

 Wa, g'il^mese gwaia lae ^uEmax'^kl tlax'^IdEx poguxLa^yasa 'wa^wade 

 qa^s q'.wes^Ideq qa la^s EnxbEndeda hasetslawas laxa awaxsta^yas. 

 Wil, g"il-mese la pExsEma p5guxLa^yasa ^wa^wadiixs lae sElpIedEq 



10 gwa^yolEla lax awaxsta^yasa ^wa^wade. Wii, g'il^mese lag'ae sEl])a- 

 ^yas laxa nEg5ya^yas ^wasgEmasasa ^wa^wade lae aalaxs lae yll^idEq 

 qa k'leses hatsala. Wa, g'll^mese gwala lae xweMdxa ^WiVwade 

 laxes ^wllba^ye. Wii, laxae sElp!edEq qa lasa hasa-ye q !ap le^nakula 

 laxa nEgoya^yasa ^wa^wade. Wa, g'iPmese sEk"!ap!Enk'e ^wasgE- 



15 masasa la q!ap!Eyatsa hasa^yaxs lae ax'edxa k' !Elx'Iwakwe qa^s 

 yiHkles lax 'walalaasases sElpa^ye. Wii, giPmese gwiii yiLaq lae 

 t'.osodxa modEne laxEns q!wfiq!wax'ts!ana^yex g'iigiLEla liixa 

 yiLa^ye. Wa, g"tl^mese t!osEwakwe oba^yase lae wax"ts!ag'i^laq. 

 Wa, liixae yaLodEx oba^yas. Wii, la^me qEnxawa^ya. Wii, gil- 



10 ^mese gwala hasayaatsle ^wa^wadek" '.En qEnxawa^ya lae ^naxwa^ma 

 biibabak'.wa EE^wis k!weme qEnxots. 



Wa, la Liix-'illile Q'.dmogwaole. Wa, lii yaq!Eg'a-la. Wii, lii 

 ^nek'a: " Wa, g'ffla yaL!aLEx yoL wPwInaxsEm, qaso iimlex''Lo qaxs 

 liemEnala^meLa q5s q!wiixetasa qlwiixaxa gegaala LE^wa dzadzEqwa 



25 liix WilwasiilaasLa-'nu.x" qag'ada hllg'os aaxsPla.x"LEg"ada lak' g'lts'.E- 

 -watsg'a haseg"asg"as lela^wtinEmg'os qag"o lal qEx'odzEml lax"- 



