1376 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [etu. anx. 35 



80 LElelElgawe and K' !ox"se^stiliMak" and ll Chief Q!6moxs=ala. This 

 I have obtained in war." | Thus he said and shouted "Ye e e," and 

 at the same time the warriors cried "Ye e e." Then | all the war- 

 riors became excited and held up the heads | which were now only 

 scalps taken off. that they should be seen by those who had stayed 

 at home. | 



As soon as they had done so, they all stepped out of the war || 



85 canoes, and all the warriors carried in their hands | the heads, and 

 the girl slave followed her | master GwaxwaLEylg'ilis. As soon as 

 they had gone into the houses, | they were called together in the 

 house of the Chief | Ts !Ex"ts !aes. || 



00 I do not know what they said for I was not allowed | by my father 

 to listen to their speeches, because G'exk'Enis had been shot, | and 

 the warriors almost had a fight when they came home to | Fort 

 Rupert, for they found out that Tslagayos, the younger brother of | 

 Yag'is, — that is, NEqaplEuk'Em, — had shot G'exk'Enis, because || 



95 G' exk'Enis wanted to marry i. !aqwax'sa, the princess of PEPnakulag'i- 



lis, I chief of the numaym Kiikwak !um of the Q !6moya^ye. | First 



Ts lagayos had asked for l !aqwax"sa, | but she had refused Ts lagayos, 



because he was a mischievous | man. G'exk'Enis was wanted by 



300 iJaqwax'sa, II because he was not mischievous, and also because she 



yaqoleswuts LElelElgawex'da lo-' K' !ox"se^stelFlax"da LE^wa g'lga- 



80 mex'dae Q'.omox'salax'dii. Wii, g'a^mesEn wJnanEmaxg-ada," 

 ^nek'Exs lae yeeexa. Wii, lii ^uEraadzaqweda wlna yeeexa. Wa, la, 

 ^naxwaxwaxusoweda bababak'.wtlxs lae dzox^ostotses qeqag'Ekwexa 

 k^iae la sabsk" sE^ya qa d5x^waLEles yisa amlex'de. 



Wii, g'il^mese gwala laase ^wPla hoxwulta laxes wPnatslex'de 



85 xwaxwak'.una. Wii, la^nie ^naxwa^ma biibabaklwa diik' lotElaxes 

 qeqag'Ekwe. Wa, he^misa ts!ats!adagEme qlak'a laEm liig'exes 

 qliigwide Gwiixwai>Eg'ig'ihs. Wii, g'll^mese la hogwiL liixes g'ig'o- 

 kwe laase Le^alasE-'wa qa^s le Lltixwa lax g'okwasa g'Igilmaolae 

 Ts!EX"ts!aesole. 



90 Wa, la^mEn k'les q'.iiLElax waldEmas qaxg'in k' !esek- helq !olEm- 

 sEn dmpwula la hoLelax waldEmas qaeda hanLakwe G'exk'Euisole 

 yixs halsEla^mae k" !es xomal^ideda winax'daxs q'axae na^nak" liixg'a 

 TsaxisEk' qaxs lae q!iistas6xs hiie Ts laga^yosole yix tslii^yiis 

 Yaw'ise, yix NEqiip'.Enk'Emole, lianHidEx G'exk'Enisole g'iig'iig'iLEla 



95 lax G'exk'Enisotaxs g'ayalaax rJ.aqwax'sa k'ledelas PEl^nakula- 

 c'llisole, yix g'igamaolasa ^iiE^memotasa Ktlkwilklumasa Qlomo- 

 ya^ye. Wa, la he g'iilagawe g'iiyale Ts !aga^yosoiax Lliiqwax'sii. 

 Wa, Wlae l laqwax'saol ^yax'yEk'EX Ts !agEy6laxs aletaes bEgwauE- 

 ^mena^yol. Wii, he^mis liig'ilas he ax^exstsos Lliiqwax'saole G'ex- 

 300 k'Ejiisole qaxs k' !ese aleta. Wa, laxae k' !es LEmqa. Wa, he-'mis 



