1382 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIITTL [etu. asx. 3S 



16 buried them, QasElas went home | to his house, and ^miixwa and 

 L.'aqwag'idEk" followed him and | sat down where QasElas was 

 seated. They had not been sitting there | a long time when QasElas 

 rose and went to the place where his two guns were standing. | He 



20 tooli out one of them and spoke. || He said, "Now I shall follow the 

 waj's of my thoughts. | You wUl be the ones whom I pull under my 

 prince, both of you." Thus said | QasElas to ^maxwa and Llaqwag'i- 

 dEk". I 



Then ^maxwa answered at once and said, "Do not | say that, 



25 brother. There is smoke at Omanis and there are || people to whom 

 it belongs. Let us go there." Thus said ^maxwa to | his brother 

 and then QasElas agreed to what he said. | 



Immediately they got ready, for it was morning, and the | tliree 

 of them started in a small canoe and paddled, each | carr3'ing a gun, 



30 and they carried their spears, ^maxwa was || sitting in the bow, 

 QasElas in the middle, and | Llaqwag'idEk" was steersman. They 

 told their people that they were going hunting sea otters | at K'awaq 

 and Ayaaxsiwe^. They steered for it and the | Gwats !enox" guessed 

 that they were going to kill some one to die with the | child, for they 



35 started at once after they had buried || the child. | 



Then they steered for K'awaq, and as soon as they arrived there, 

 they tore off a | narrow strip of their blankets and tied it on firmly 



16 laxes g'okwe. Wa, la lasgEma^ye ^maxwa lo« L'.aqwag'idEkwaq qa^s 

 la klOs^alll lax k!waelasas QasElas. Wa, k'!est!a gael k!udzehi 

 laas Lax^fdile QasElase qa^s la lax qlwaelasases ma^lts^Eme hanhan- 

 LEma. Wa, la dax'^idxa ^nEmsgEme lilq. Wa, la yaq'.Eg'a^la. Wii, 



20 la ^nek'a: "Lak-as^maeg'ln dax'^IdLEXg'a gwalaasg'asg'in naqek', 

 sokwas^Emxat! nedzEmsEn LS,wElgamax-da, y6k'asda^x5L," ^nek'ase 

 QasElasax ^maxwa l6^ Llaqwag'idEk". 



Wii, het'.a ^maxwa naqEmala na^naxmeq. Wa, la ^nek'a: Gwa- 

 k'asla ^nex'oL, ^nEmwot. Kwax'axae Oma^nisxe kwax'a lak'ase 



25 bEgwanEmsE^wa. Wek'as lag'ax'Ens laqene," ^nek'e ^maxwaxes 

 ^nEmwEyote. Wa, la^me ex"^ak"e QasElasax waldEmas. 



Wii, hex'^ida^mese xwanal^ida qaxs gaalae. Wa, la^me iilex^wida 

 yudux"ts !alaxa xwaxwagflnaxs lae sex^wida laxes qlwiilxo^mae 

 hanLatsa hanh&nLEme. Wii, lii mastowaqslaxes mastowe. Wa, 



30 la^me k'.wag'iwa^ye ^maxwa. Wii, la klwaya^ye QasElas. Wa, la 

 LEnxLa^ye l laqwag'idEkwe. Wa, la^me ^nek'xes g"6kulotaxs q!a- 

 qlasael liix K'awaq l6^ Ayaaxslwe. Wa, lax'da^xwe LEx^eda. Wii, 

 la^me k'oteda Gwats lenoxwaq laEm lal k'!elak'as6nuk''L qa 

 hagumses xujiox"de qaxs xEnLElae hex"^idaEm LEx^edExs lae gwal 



35 wunEmtaxes xunox"de. 



Wii, la LaxsgEmex K'awaq. Wa, g'll^mese liig-aa lilqexs lae xwa- 

 sodxa tsleqladzo laxes ^naEnx^una^ye qa^s ylLatodes lalak!wat!as 



