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620 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WTH. ANN. 85 
Weatuer CHARMS 
I was walking along in Fort Rupert. I begged Ha‘misk-ifnis | to 
tell me about what he would when he wished the northwest wind to 
come. | He spoke at once, and said, ‘Listen, | that I may teach 
you!”’ Thus he said. ‘One time, when I || was going south to 
Victoria, we arrived at O’srq", and | the southeast wind began to 
blow strong. The wind lasted all day and all | night. Then I arose 
in the morning, and T saw that the | southeast wind was still blowing. 
I started our campfire; | and as soon as the fire blazed up, I went 
down to the || beach, for the tide of the sea was half out. | Then I 
searched for small crabs underneath the stones, and | I found four 
crabs. I carried the four and | went up the beach. Then I took 
cedar-bark and split it into strips. I | took four strips and tied them 
to the right claws of the || crabs. As soon as I had tied the cedar- 
bark to the four crabs, | I took poles and drove them into the ground. 
Not | really upright were the poles, which were two fathoms (long) ; 
but it was thus,” | said Ha‘misk‘ifnis (imitating on the ground with 
cedar-sticks what he said, | while he placed them down on the 
ground): The poles leaned over, and || to the ends he hung the four 
crabs. ‘‘ThenI watched them, | and as soon as I saw that the shells 
began to be red, I | took them down, and I untied the cedar-bark 
WEATHER CHARMS 
Qa’enakulék’ lax Tsa’xisé. Wi, len hawa’xplax Ha’‘misk’ifnésé 
qa gwa’gwex's‘alés lax gwé’gi‘lasaséxs ‘né’k-aé qa- dza’q lx’ dés. 
Wii, hé’x*idatmés ya’q!eg‘a‘la. Wai, la ‘né’k'a: ‘‘Wé’g'a, ho’Lélax 
qen q!a’q!lot!a’masé loL,” ‘‘éx. “Wa, -hé’*maaxg‘in la’dtek: 
énp’Ikila la’xa Ts!a’masé. Wai, lanufx" 1a’g-aa lax O's‘Eqwé, la’é ya’ x- 
‘widéda 1i’k!wemasé ‘meli’sa. Wii, la se’nbé ya’laxa ‘na’/la Letwa 
ga/nuLe. Wa, len La’x*widxa gaa‘la. Wa, len do’qilaqéxs ya’- 
lax‘sifmaéda ‘mela’se. Wii, len x‘a’x‘iq!px“idaxenu‘x" Inq !tisé’. 
Wa, gi/lfmis x‘i’qostiweda Ieq!tisa’xgin lek: In’nts!ésa, la’xa 
Lipma‘ise qaxs le‘ma’é nan’ nxs‘ag‘ilaliséda xa’ts!axbléda de’msx‘é. 
Wii, len a’liixa &’m‘ima‘yé q!6’*miitsa 6’*wai’bityasa t!é’semé. Wii, 
len q!a’xa mO’sgemé q!0’miisa. Wai, len da’laxa md’sgemé qen lé 
la’sdésa. Wii, len &xe’dxa dena’sé qen dzedzEexs‘a'léq. Wai, len 
ixe/dxa mO’ts!aqé qen mo’x‘widés lax hélk:!olts!ana q!é’q!ee'imsa 
q!o/miise. Wi, gi’l'mésen ‘witla mo’x"bentsa mO’sgemeé q!6’miis 
la’xa dena’sé, lék: &xse’dxa dzo’xtimé qen dé’x*witlséq. Wii, la k-!és 
A/lanm negeta’léda ma‘tp !e/nk’é la’xens ba’Lex dzo’xtima. “ Hé’t!la 
gwiiléda,”’ ‘nek’é Hatmisk itnésé mens‘elsaxa k!watxia‘we, ‘ne/k'Exs 
la’é mo/gwak’lsaq. Wii, la gwe’xtdléda dzo’xumé laq. Wii, hé’*mis 
la té/x"bafyaa’tséda mo/sgEmé q!o’miisa. ‘Wa, len q!a’q!a‘la/laq. 
Wa, gilfmésen do’qtlaq la Lle’L!a’x*widéda e0’sgEma‘yas, lé’e-en 
ixa’/xodeq. Wa, len qwé’lilaxa dena’sé lax q!é’q!eg'imas. Wa, 
