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622 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL LETH, ANN. 85 
He replied at once, and said: | ‘You know about all the Myth 
people,—all the different | quadrupeds, and all the different birds, 
and also all the | different crabs: they were all like men, and also the || 
trees and all the plants. Then war was made against the | south- 
east wind by the Myth people.! That was the place where | Great- 
Inventor questioned his younger brothers, and said: ‘O younger 
brothers! | who, indeed, controls the weather among you?’’ Thus 
he said. ‘‘Immediately | a short man spoke, and said, || ‘O Myth 
people! when you wish for the northwest wind in our | world’,—thus 
said the Crab, for that was the name of the short | man,—‘then take 
four of the crabs that look just | like me, and take four long | pieces 
of cedar-bark, and tie the ends of the cedar-bark to the right || claws, 
and hang them right over your fire; | and as soon as their backs begin 
to be red, take them down, untie | the cedar-bark from the claws, 
and search for four | large clam-shells; and put the crabs | into them, 
and tie them with the cedar-bark that was tied to the claws || of the 
crabs. Then when each crab is in | one shell, and after you have tied 
them, | go into the woods behind your houses, and search for a | hole 
in the bottom of a tree; and as soon as you find a hole in a | tree, put 
Wa, hé’xfidaf‘mésé na’naxtmatya. Wa, la ‘né’ka: “fya, q!a’- 
LEla‘maaqosaxa ‘na/xwax nii’x*né‘misaxa ‘nixwa dgtiqala g‘i/lg-a- 
Omasa LESwa ‘na’xwa O’etiqala tsé/tts!ek!wa LO‘mod/xda ‘na’xwax 
O’gtiqala q!éq!0’miisaxs “na’/xwaSmayole’ bée’brgwinrma Lo'mo’xda 
LAX"LO‘s@*x LOSMOx ‘na’xwax q!wa’sq!tixp’la. Wii, la wi’nasE‘wé 
Meta’lanukwé yi’sa ni’/x"né‘miseé. Wii, hé/*mis la wura’ts K!we- 
k!waxa’wa‘yaxés ts!a’tslafya. Wi, la ‘né’k'a: ‘ya, tsla’tslatyi, 
i/ngwadzés ‘néna’lanukwaq!ds;’ ‘né’x*‘laé. Wa, hé’x-fidarm‘la’- 
wiséda ts!n’k!ixsdé brgwa’nrm ya’q!rg‘atta. Wii, la‘laé ‘né’k-a: 
‘eva, ni’x"ne'mis. Hé’‘maaqaso ‘né’x'lax qa dza’q!tx-‘idésrns 
‘na’lax,’ ‘né’x*‘laé q!omisé, qaxs hé’*mae Lé’gEmsa ts!p’k!iixsdé 
brgwa’nema. ‘Wi, las &x‘é’dxa mo’sgemé 1a’xen ‘nEma’x"isé 
LE‘WE/niaxg'in q!0’miisek*. Wi, las &x*é’dxa m0’ts!aqé gi/lsgilt !a 
drni’sa qa‘s mo’x‘watElodadsas Oba’‘yasa dena’sé lax hétk:!ol- 
ts!anafyé q!egi’ms. Wi, las té’x‘wides lax neqd’stisés lngwilds. 
Wi, gt’'més L!a’x*widé Awi’g'a‘yas, la’aqds ixaxd’deq qa‘s qwe’- 
Kidaydsaxa dmna’sé lax q!éq!Hgi’mas. Wi, las a/léx‘idxa m0’s- 
gpmé iwi’ xa’laétsa ga’weq!anmmeé. Wii, las &xts!0’tsa q!dmi’sé 
laq qa‘s yiltse’/mdaydsasa dena’sé, yi’xa yaé’Lalax'dé lax q!ng‘i’- 
masa q!omi’sé. Wii, lam’m ‘na’Knemsgeméda q!omii’sé g-its!&’ 
la’xa ‘na’/nemsgemé xa’/laésa. Wii, gi’l'méts gwal yaé’Itsemaq, wii, 
la’Lus qa’s‘idet lax a/Landfyasés g°d’kwos qa’s la’yds a’lix kwa’- 
waga‘yasa La’x"Lo‘se’, Wi, gii’lmeéts q!a’xa kwa’waga‘yasa 
See Boas and Hunt, Kwakiutl Texts (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition [Leyden], 
Vol. Ill, p. 350, Vol. X, p. 98; Boas, Kwakiutl Tales (Columbia University Contributions to Anthro- 
pology, Vol. IJ, pp. 227, 494. 
