396 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 35 
selves when they leave the house | of their host, and they say about 
65 the woman that she is lazy, || although she may be of chief’s blood and 
a chief’s wife. However, | the wives of those who are not of chief’s 
blood do not give up | trying to get milky the liquid of the kelp-fish 
that they are cooking. When | the liquid of the kelp-fish is really 
milky, the | kelp-fish kettle is taken off the fire, and now it is done. || 
70 Then the woman brings out of her room her dishes, which | she keeps 
in the inner room. She puts them down on the floor next to the | 
kettle in which the kelp-fish were boiled; and she takes the same 
large | ladle with which she dipped up the liquid of the kelp-fish 
when she was cooking it, | and she dips up with it the boiled kelp-fish 
75 from the || kettle, and she pours them into the dishes. Both the 
liquid and the | meat are put into the dishes. As soon as the dishes 
are filled evenly,| —for they are not entirely full | of liquid and 
meat,—and as soon as everything | is ready, the spoons are distrib- 
g0 uted among the small party of guests. || Then the dishes are placed 
before the guests; and there is always | one dish for four men. | 
First, they drink some cold water; and after they have finished 
drinking, | the host speaks to his guests, and says, | “Think of your 
throats and do not swallow the bones!’ Then they all begin to 
85 eat with || spoons. It takes them a long time to eat the boiled kelp- 
kwas Lélanemax'diq. Wii, lan’m ‘né’x'sE‘wéda ts!nda’qaxs q!n/m- 
65 ts!exLaé, yi’xa g‘i’qamené yixs genk/maasa g'i’gima‘yé. Wa, la’La 
‘na’/xwa'me gEgEnn’masa wa’x ‘me k:!és gi’qamén k:!és ya’x‘id qa 
dzemx"stox'widés ‘wa’palis hi‘mé’x'siliis pexi’ta. Wa, g-i/l'mésé 
Alak lala la dzn’mx"stox*widé ‘wa’paliisa prxi/taxs la’é ha’nx- 
sEntsE’weda pEx'i’té‘lats!€ h&’nx Land. Wa, lan’m L!d’pa. Wai, 
70 hé’x*ida‘méséda ts!mda’qé Ax‘wtit!ali’/laxés lon’Iq!wixs ha’x-dé 
kimts!4/lita ots !4/lilé qa‘s g-a’xé k-a’g-alitelas lax ma’o-‘inwalitasa 
pexi’télats!é hi/nx'Landé. Wa, hé’*mis &x‘é’tsoséda ‘wa’lasé k-a- 
ts!pna’q, yix tségostalayo’séx ‘wa’palisés hi’nx LentsE’wé pEx’i’ta. 
Wa, |é tsé’yolts!ots la’xa hi’nxLaakwée ppex‘i’ta la’xa hi/nx’La- 
75 nowé qa‘s lé tséts!4’las 1a’xa 16’nlq!wé, na’xwatmeé ‘wa’paliis LESwa 
q!emla’lé la tséts!4’layo la’xa 10’Elq!wé. Wa, gi’lfmésé la ‘nema’x’é 
iw4’xats!nwasasa 10’nlq!wiixs na’xwatmaé k'!és A’lamm qd’qt- 
tlaxa ‘wa’pala LE‘wa q!e/mlalé. Wai, gi’l'mésé ‘witla la gwa’- 
lalaxs la’é ts!ewanaé’dzema k-a’k-Ets!enaqé 1a’xa_ k!wa‘k!we- 
80 lemixs la’é ka’x‘idayuwa {0’Elq!we. Wa, hé’mrenalarm maé- 
mé‘léda bée’brgwanbmaxa ‘na’lfneméxia 1o’q!wa. Wi, le na’‘na- 
qalg'‘nyOrmxa wtida‘sta’ ‘wa’pa. Wa, gi’/lfmésé gwal na’qaxs 
la’é ya’q!pg'aleda k!wé/lasaxés Lé’‘linemé. Wa, la ‘né’k-a: “ya’- 
xda‘x" melq!tixaé/lano qa0ox xa’qas.’”’ Wa, li ‘witla yd/s‘itsés 
85 k'a’k'ets!enagé. Wa, li gé’g‘ilit yo’saxa yrwe’kwé pEx'i’ta qaxs 
