438 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 35 
As soon as they sing, | the rival of the host rises; and when his song 
30 is ended, || he promises a feast. After he has done so, he sits down. 
Then the | boxes of stomach-fat are opened, and the stomach-fat is 
taken | out of the boxes and placed on mats. It is cut into pieces | 
by the young men. When it is all cut up, the kettles | are taken 
35 from the fire and placed around the || fire, so that they are slightly 
heated on one side and that they hardly | boil on one side. Then 
the stomach-fat which has been cut into pieces | is taken and put 
into the boiling liquid of the boiled goat-briskets. | As soon as it is all 
in, the young men take | spoons and put them down; and when the 
40 brisket is done, || they take many dishes and put them down, and 
they also take long tongs. | With these they take out the boiled | 
briskets and put them into the dishes. There | is one brisket in 
each dish. When | it is all in, the spoons are distributed among the 
45 guests. Then || the dishes are distributed, one dish to each two 
guests. | Two young men carry the kettle, one on each side, | and 
put it down in front of the rival of the host. Then one | of the young 
men says, ‘‘ Now, eat, chief!” and the chief says, | ‘I shall do so.” 
50 Then the young men do the same with the other kettles || to the other 
guests. Then they all eat with spoons | the tallow that is on top 
28 lafyalafyasa &psélasa k!wélasé. Wi, g'il‘mésé denx‘idexs laé 
Lax‘tililéda Apsilasa k!wélasé. Wa, gilfmésé labé q!smdEmaséxs laé 
30 qasd. Wii, gil'mésé gwilexs laé k!wag-alila. Wé4, li x'0x‘witsE*wa 
‘yEx’sema‘yaats!é xEtsEma. Wi, la Ax‘wtilts!Alayuwa ‘yex"sema‘yé 
laxa xetsEmé qa‘s ixdzolélemé laixa lé*watyé. Wa, la t!ot!ets!a- 
lase‘wa yisa hi‘yal®'a. Wa, g:il'mésé ‘witwelx’sexs, laé hinemx's‘a- 
laskEewa hinenx’Lanowé laxa Ingwilé qa‘s hiné‘stalayuwé laixa 
35 Ingwilé qa hilsrla‘mésé x‘igen‘wala. Wa, la hilselaem la me- 
drlqtlé épsanafyas. Wa, li &x‘étse*wa t!ot!ets!aakwé ‘yEx"semé 
qa‘s la Axstand lax ‘wapaliisa hinxLaakwé toq!ibanosa ‘mElx- 
Lowé. Wai, gil'mésé ‘witla‘staxs laéda hi‘yalfa ax°édxa k-ak‘n- 
ts!enagé qa‘s gaxé &x‘ililas. Wa, gilfmésé Lldpa loq!ibanaixs 
40 laé &4x‘étse‘wa q!éxta forlq!wa qa‘s g'axé meEx‘alélema. Wai, 
laxaé Ax‘étsE‘wa gvilt!a k'liprala. Wa, li tex‘tistendxa hanx'La- 
akwé tfoq!ibina qa‘s li &xts!alas laxa lonlq!wé. Wa, larzm 
‘nalnemts!4wéda loElq!wixa loq!tibanowe. Wa, g‘il‘mésé ‘wi‘lo- 
‘staxs laé ts!ewanaédzema k-aknts!enaqé laixa k!welée. Wa, la 
45 k-ax‘idayowa lorlq!wé lasm maémal‘éda k!wetaxa ‘nal*neEméxLa 
loq!wa. Wai, lai *‘wax'sanddéda ‘ma‘lokwé hi‘yal‘axa hinx Lanoweé 
qa‘s li hingrmlifas lax Spsilasa k!wélasé. Wa, la ‘nék-éda ‘nemokwe 
héla: ‘Larms himx‘idiot gigimeé®.” Wa, la ‘nék-a g‘igima‘ye: 
“Héten gwilaré.”’ Wai, li hanata ha‘yal‘isa wadkwé hanhinx:- 
50 Land laxa wadkwé klwéla. Wii, héx*ida‘mésé ‘naxwa ‘yds‘idxa 
‘yasekweé lax dkttya‘yasa ‘wapaliisa hinx'taakwé loq!tbino. Wa, 
