1386 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 3s 



The Kwakiutl Settle at Qalogwis (to p. 835) 



1 Now I will answer what is asked by you, why the Kwakiutl | lived 

 at Qalogwis. It was when the myth people were scattered, | when 

 they discovered that the princes of the viUage had been | killed by 



5 Mink. Their village site was really good; || for K !wek Iwaxawe^ had 

 naade the village site of the myth people. | 



Now for a long time there was no village there. Then | the Chief 

 of the numapii Ma&mtag'ila, ^maxuyalidze | came from where his 

 house stood at K' lodagala, with his wife Aomol and his | three sons 



10 and their wives and many children, || and also with two daughters 

 and their husbands | and their many children. They travelled in 

 four canoes, | for indeed they moved away from K' lodagala to look 

 for a good | place for a village. They passed Fort Rupert, and | 

 ^maxuyahdze wished to go to ^wIwEx"dzEq. He arrived || at 



15 ^nox"dem and in vain he looked for water. He | did not find any. 

 Then they paddled and went eastward and | he saw Qalogwis which 

 was a very good village site. Then | ^maxiiyalidze and his sons-in- 

 law unloaded their cargo at that place | and immediately they built 

 houses there. || 



As soon as the houses were finished. Chief | ^maxuyalidze said that 



20 they would invite the tribes. Then he came | to Fort Rupert, for 



The Kwakiutl Settle at Qalogwis 



1 Wii, laEmxaEn na^naxmelxes wuLasE^wos lax lag"ilasa Kwag'ul he 

 g-okiile Qalogwise. Wa, he^maa^laxs lae ^wFla gwegwal'ededa nux"- 

 nEmis ylxs lae qliista aLolenoxWaxes LOLaElgSma^yaxs lae kMe- 

 lax'^itsos L!esElag-i4a. Wa, laEm^awise ala ek'a g-6x"dEmse qaxs 



5 hSsaax K !wek !waxawa^ye axa^ya g'ox"dEmsasa nux"nEmise. 



Wa, laEm4awise gala la k" !eas g'okQla laq. Wa, la^lae sEx^wide 

 g'lgama^yasa ^nE^memotasa la Maamtag'ila, ylx ^maxiiyalidze, 

 g'iix'^id laxes g"okwe lax K' lodagala LE^wis gEUEme A6m5l LE^wis 

 yuduk" bebEgwanEm sasEma LE^wis gEgEnEme le^wIs qlenEme se- 



10 sasEma, he^meses ma^dkwe tsledaq sesasEma LE^wis lela^wiinEme 

 Lo^xaes qlenEme sesasEma. Wa, laEm^ae motslaq xwaxwak'.tine 

 ya^yatslas, qiiLaxs lE^maaEl ^mawa bas K' lodagala qa^s la ala ek"a 

 lax g'okulase. Wa, la^lae haj^aqalaxg'a TsaxisEk'. Wa, laEm-'lae 

 ^maxuyalidze ^nex' qa^s la laxa nvPwEx''dzEqe. Wa, la^lae lag'aa 



15 lax ^nox"dEma. Wa, laEm^lawis wax' alax ^wapas. Wa, la^lae 

 kMeas q!as6s. Wa, la^lae sex^wida qa^s la ^naloLa^yala. Wa, la^lae 

 dox^waLElax Qalogwisaxs alae ek" g'6x"dEmsa. Wa, lasm^lae 

 ^maxuyahdze ^moltodxes ^mEmwala laq LE^wis naEngilmpe laq. 

 Wa, la4ae hex'^idax'da«x"-'Em g'okwela laq. 



20 Wii, g'tl^Em^awise gwale g'ig-okwela^yas laalasa g'lg&ma^ye ^ma- 

 xQyalidze ^nex" qa^s wag'i LelElaxa lelqwalaLa^ye. Wa, g"ax^Em- 



