224 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 85 
him who goes to | steal salmon with the hook. Therefore the 
20 Nimkish always || disappear at night, for they club one another when| 
one does not give in to the owner (of such a place). Therefore they 
just | club one another with their punting-poles. (I just wish to | 
talk about this.) As soon as evening comes, the | river people start, 
25 and tie their canoes to the tying-places || where the salmon go to 
spawn. When it gets dark, (the man) feels about with his hook tied 
to a long shaft. When there are many | salmon, it does not take 
long before he fills (his canoe). When it is full, | he goeshome. As 
soon as day comes, his wife takes an | old mat, spreads it over her 
30 back, and then she takes her || belt and puts it over the old mat on 
her back. | As soon as she has done so, she takes her carrying-basket, | 
puts it on her back, and goes down to the place where the salmon- 
canoe of her husband is. | Then she first takes up the best of the dog- 
salmon, whose skin is not white. | Of this she makes preserved sal- 
35 mon. Afterwards she carries up those whose skin is white; || and 
when all the best salmon have been taken up from the beach, | the 
one with white skin is first cut open. She does the same | as she 
does with the one about which I spoke first,;—namely, the salmon 
speared at the mouth of the river,— | when it is cut open. The only 
point that is different is when | it is roasted, for the salmon with 
gildra gata lag. Wi, héem lagildiséda ‘nemgésé q!tnala 
90 xisaxOx ganuLex, qa‘s kwéxap!ex“‘ida‘maaxs yix'stdsaéda ‘nE- 
mokwaq gixa &xndgwadis. Wa, hé‘mis lagilas fem la 
kwéxap!ex‘‘itsés dzdmég:alé laxéq. (Wa, a'men ‘nex’ qEn gwa- 
gwex’sEX'Ex"idé laxéq.) Wa, gil'em dzagwéléx‘na‘ktilaxs liasa 
wiwameéets!énoxwé aléx‘wid qa‘s lé mox‘watrla laxés mokwa‘yé laxa 
95 ts!enadasasa k'lotelixs xwéla‘waé. Wa, gilfmésé p!ndex‘idExs 
laé Iex‘tilx‘itsés galbala gvilt!a samnts!4. Wi, gil‘mésé q!énoma 
k-lotwliixs laé k-!és géx‘idexs laé qot!a. Wa, gil'mésé qot!axs 
laé natnakwa. Wa, giilfmésé ‘nax‘idexs laé genemas ix‘édxa 
k-lak:lobané, qa‘s Lebég'indés lixés Awig'atyé. Wis, la ix‘édxés 
30 wtiség’anowé, qa‘s qeEkiyendés laxa k-!ak!obanatyé la LEbég-is. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé ax‘édxés Oxtaats!é lexa‘tya, qa‘s Ox- 
Leléqexs laé lents!nyala lax hinaasas yilnegwats!isés la‘wimemé. 
Wai, lafmés hé gil ax‘étsdsa ék'é gwa‘xnisaxa k'!ésé ts!Elak-a. 
Wai, héem xa‘masilasoltsé. Wa, al‘mésé la oxiex“idxa ts!éts!ela- 
35 k'axs laé ‘witldsdpf‘yamasxa éké k'!otela. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlds- 
de‘yamasgéxs laé hé gil xwalitse‘wa ts!nlake. Héem gwégii- 
laqé gwégilasaxen gvilx'dé waldema smginété lax Ox"siwa‘yasa 
wa,! yixs lax'dé xwatasp‘wa. Wi, léx‘a‘més dgtiqala‘yoséxs laé 
LlopasE’wa, yixs k'!ésaé alarm L!opa ts!elaké L!obekwa yixs laé 
1See p. 223. 
