52 
55 
60 
55 
60 
65 
566 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN. 35 
winter-dance songs, | all the young men of the host’s numaym sit 
down by the side of | the dishes in which the elderberries are rubbed. 
Each takes hold of a soaked | elderberry-cake; and they rub them to 
pieces, since the liquid has all been soaked up || into the elderberry- 
cakes. When they are all | in pieces, they rub them with the open 
right hand, so that they become really thick | and well mixed with 
water. After doing so, they take | oil and pour it into the whole 
‘number of dishes. | They put in much oil; and after doing so, they 
give || the spoons to the guests; and after every one of those who are 
to eat the elderberries have one, | they carry the elderberry-dishes, 
one for each six | men, and immediately the guests begin to eat the 
elderberries. They | just suck out the juice and blow out the seeds, | 
but the old people swallow them with the seeds. || After they have 
eaten, water is passed around, and they | rinse their mouths, because 
seeds remain | inside the mouth. After doing so, they drink a little | 
water, and then they go out when they have | finished. || 
I will talk about the elderberries that are not tied into bundles | 
when I talk about the salal-berries when these are picked, | for the 
elderberries get ripe first of all the various kinds of berries. That is | 
why they go first to pick these. | 
2 ‘witlaima hi‘yaliis ‘ne‘mémotasa ts!éx'tslanasé la k!tisigelitaxa 
yilyats!ixa ts!éndzowé torlq!wa. Wa, lax-da‘xwé dax-‘idxa pégr- 
kwé ts!éndzowa qa‘s q!wéq!tlts!aléq yixs.laé la lemx‘walts!awé 
‘wapalas, yixs lae ‘wiwElaqaxa ts!endzowé. Wiis, g-il*mésé ‘witwelx’- 
sexs laé yilselgesés hélk-!dts!anatyé laq qa Alak:!alés genk-axs 
laé lelgi Lefwa ‘wipagafyas. Wai, gilfmésé gwalmxs laé ax‘é- 
tsr‘wéda Lena qa‘’s k!ting!eqés lax ‘waxéxtaasasa lonlq!we. Wi, 
lamm q!éqxa L!éna. Wa, gilfmésé gwalpxs laé ts!ewanaédzeméda 
kak-rts!enaqé. Wa, g-il‘mésé ‘wilxtowéda ts !@x'ts !ax'Laxs laé k-ax-- 
dzamolilmma ts!éts!px-ts!4la lonlq!wa laxa q !éq!eLt!okwé bébr- 
gwanrma. Wi, héx-‘ida‘mésé ts!éx‘ts!ax-‘idex'da‘xwa. Wa, la‘mé 
aix‘dasx"“em klimtailax ‘wapagafyas qa‘s pox’dléx mek!tiga‘yas. 
Wii, laaras ‘witlafem neqwésd‘sa q!ilsq!ilyakwé Letwés mak!i- 
gafye. Wii, gilfmésé ‘wilaxs laé tsayanaédzeméda ‘wapé qa ts!n- 
weL!exodés qaxs laé gwéléL!exawatya mek!tiga‘yasa ts!éx-ts!ax’- 
sE‘was lax iwéi!mxawatyas. Wii, g:il’mésé gwalexs laé xaL!e- 
xid nax‘id laxa ‘wapé. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé la hoqitiwelsexs laé 
owala. 
| Wi, atemiwisen gwagwex's‘alat laxa k-!ésé yiltsemak" ts !@ndzowa 
qenLo hél gwagwex's‘alasta nek!ité qo lat nekwaso°Lo qaxs léx‘a- 
‘maé gil Llopa ts!éx‘indisa ‘naxwax ‘nanelémasa. Wii, hé‘mis 
lagitlas léx-amnm gvil ts !@x‘asE‘we. 
