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432 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH. ANN. 35 
winter, the tallow is taken and chewed; and | when it is all in pieces, 
it is put in the palm of the right hand. || (The man) pushes the palm 
of his left hand over it and rubs the hands together, | so that all the 
fat is between the hands. Then he presses it all over | his face; and 
when the face is covered with it, it is white all over | with tallow. 
Then the cold and the | wind do not go through it. Generally it is 
the woman who works on the || kidney-fat of the mountain-goat when 
it is melted; but sometimes the | man melts the kidney-fat of the 
mountain-goat, when his wife does not know | how to do it, for not 
everybody knows how to melt it and | how to handle it. The 
kidney-fat of the goat is not used as food, | for it is only good for 
greasing the face. That is all about this. || 
Stomach-Fat of Mountain-Goat.—Now I will talk | about the 
stomach-fat when it is eaten. When the mountain-goat hunter has 
much of it, | he keeps it. Sometimes he has eight | large boxes of 
the stomachtat of mountain-goats. || 
The mountain-goat hunter does not often give a feast of the | 
stomach-fat, for the head chief of the tribe | always gives feasts of 
stomach-fat of the mountain-goat, when, if the hunterhas the daughter 
of the head chief for his wife, | he gives as a marriage-present the 
stomach-fat | to his father-in-law; and when the chief has no 
daughter, || a canoe will be due the mountain-goat hunter, or his son 
ts !Awtinxaxs laé 4x°étse*wéda ‘yasekweé qa‘s maléx¢widéq. Wii, gvil- 
‘mésé la Swifwelx'sexs laé axdzox'ts!anwnts lax negEdzésyasés hél- 
k-lotdzayatyé. Wai, li Lax‘itsés gemxdlts !ana‘yé lagéxs laé dzak‘ddeq 
qa lis gwégtldzod laxés ‘wax:sdlts!anatyaxs laé k!wa’k !itx¢wots 
laxés gogumatye. Wa, gilfmesé hamelqtmxs laé fmm ‘melgemés 
gogtimatyasa syasekwé. Wi, lapm ‘wéx’sEwatsa ‘widala Lpwa 
yala laxéq. Wa, lama q!imala hédéda ts!edagé éaxalaxa ‘mrt !0- 
sasa ‘meEIxLowaxs laé tséxaq. Wa, la ‘nalnemp!ena hé‘méda 
begwanEmé tséxaxa ‘met !Osasa ‘mEIxLAxs k lésaé q!ALElés geEnEMax 
gwegilasasa tséxiq qaxs k'lésaé ‘naxywa q!aveléda ts!édaqax 
gwegilasaq. Hérm k'les ha*ma‘yeda ‘met!osasa ‘mElxLowé qaxs 
lexcamaé ék-lilax ‘yasekiilixa gogtimatyé. Wa, lazm gwal laq. 
Stomach-Fat of Mountain-Goat.—Wa, la‘mésen gwagwex's‘ilal 
laxa ‘yEx"sema‘yaxs laé hi‘matya. Wa, hé‘maaxs laé q!énemé la 
axélax"sa tewenénoxwaxa ‘mElxLowé yixs ‘nalinemp!Enaé qoqitt !é- 
da ‘maltsk’mé iwi’ xexEtsEmxa ‘yEX"spma‘yasa ‘mElxLowe. 
Wi, la k és q!inala hé k!wélasa tewenénoxwaxa ‘mrElxLowasa 
*‘yEX"sEma‘yé qaxs hiéda xamagematyé gigimésa léiqwilara‘yé hé- 
menala k!wélatsa ‘yEx"sEma‘yasa EaucleLone yixs grgadaas xtino- 
kwas. Wa, 1&8 wawadzéda trwé*nénoxwaxa emnlernece ©VEX"SEmAa- 
‘yasa ‘mElxLowé laxés negimpé. Wai, eg ilfmésé k leis xtnokwa 
10 tewenénoxwaxa ‘meElxLowé laé gviilasa xwak!ina laq LOxs xwésaaq 
