220 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WTH. ANN. 35 
1. Picking Dogwood-Berries.— | The women use the same large basket 
and medium-sized basket | and front-basket. When the man thinks | 
they will give a feast of dogwood-berries, he engages many old || 
5 women to go and pick the berries. They each carry on the back 
their | three baskets, one inside the other; and when | they come to 
a place where there are many of them, they put down the baskets, 
take out the | front-basket and hang it in front of the body, and begin 
to pick. | They pick the berries very fast, and some people call the 
10 picking qzka. || As soon as the women fill the front-basket, | they 
pour (the berries) into the large basket and go on | picking as 
before; and when the front-basket is filled, | again they pour the 
contents into the large basket. They continue | doing this while 
15 they are picking; and as soon as the three || baskets are filled with 
berries, they carry them on their backs,—the| large baskets,—and hang 
the front-baskets in front of the body, | and then they go home to the 
house of the man who engaged them. As soon | as they go in, they 
put down the large baskets, and | the man takes an empty oil-box 
20 and pours the berries || into it. When the large basket is empty, he 
gives it ‘back to the | owner, and then the women who picked the 
berries go | home. They take for themselves the berries in the front- 
1 Picking Dogwood-Berries—Qrkixa qpk!aalé! yixs hé‘maé lai qz- 
g-ats!ésa ts!edaqés niig'atyé ‘walas lpxa‘ya LeSwa hélomagumé I|z- 
xafya Lo'més nanaagemé Iexafya, yixs gilfmaé nénk’!éqrléda 
brgwanrmé, qa‘s qrk‘éléxa qrk:!aaliixs laé hélaxa q!eyokwe larl- 
5 k!tinafya, qa lis qukaxa qrklaalé. Wa, li ‘nixwarm oxralaxés 
yaéyudiix"sEmeé lablxa‘yaxs k!wak!isilae. Wa, gilfmésé lig-aa lax 
qlayasas, laé Oxiug-anlsaxés lanlxatyé. Wai, li Ax*wults!odxa 
ninaagEmé lexatya, qa‘s li tek!tiprlaqéxs laé hims‘ida. Wa, li 
Lomax"‘id halabaléda himsaxa qrk:laalé, yixs qrk-axrlaéda wad- 
10 kwé ts!édaqxa himsaq. Wa, gil*mésé qot!@ nanaagemé lexii- 
séxs laé gitxts!ots laxés nig-é ‘walas lmxafya. Wa, la ét!éd ham- 
s‘idaxat!. Wa, gilfemxaaiwisé qdt!é nanaagemas Ipxixs laé 
ét!éd gtixts!ots laxaaxés niig’é ‘wailas Imxatya. Wa, li héx'si 
gwegilaxs himsaé. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘naixwa qodqtit!é yidux"sEmé 
15 qéqrg‘ats!és larlxa‘yaxs, gixaé dxtolt!ilaxés qng'ats!é nig‘é 
‘walas lexatya. Wa, li tek!tipplaxés qngats!é nanaagemé lexa- 
‘yaxs gaxaé nifnakwa laxa gdkwas hélanemiiq. Wa, g‘fl‘mésé 
laéLExs laé Oxieg‘alilasa qmg'ats!é ‘walas Imxafya. Wai, léda 
bregwinkrmé ix‘édxa dengwats!émoté, qa‘s li gixts!dtsa qrk !aalé 
20 laq. Wai, gilfmésé la Jopts!Awéda niig’é ‘walas lpxiixs laé ts!4s lax 
ixndgwadis. Wa, hé*mis la né‘nagwatsa ts!mdiqé qukilg ts laxés 
gokwé. Wi, la‘mé adk!tinaxa qrg‘ats!é ninaagem Ipxatya. Wa, 
1 Cornus canadensis L. 
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