Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 623 
three shells into it; and then || again take one shell and pray to it, 70 
and | say: ‘‘Now warn your friends to call | strongly the northwest 
wind and the east wind, | else you will not go back to the beach, if 
you do not get | what has been planned for you and your friends.” 
Thus you shall say to us, || and you shall put the one into the hole. 75 
Then | leave them, and the northwest wind will come at once.’’ 
Thus he said. | Therefore it is known by the later (generations of) 
people. | 
IT left H&’*miski‘nis, and went into the house of | Kw&’ewa‘nd; 1 
I questioned him and said, ‘‘This is the reason why I walk about, | 
that I beg you to teach me the | strongest way of calling the north- 
west wind.’ Thus I said to him. He || replied at once, and said, | 5 
‘Listen to me! for it is good to know how to call the northwest wind, | 
even if the southeast wind is strongest. Whenever you are desirous 
to | go to Alert Bay, then go back to the woods and search for | a fern; 
and as soon as you find it, dig out four || roots of fern-plants, and take 10 
care that you do not break off | one of them from the leafy stem. As 
soon as you have the | four roots, carry them home; and when you | 
enter your house, put the fern down. Then take | twenty dentalia 
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é’tled &x*é’dxa ‘ne’msgrmé xi’laésa qa‘s ts!e/lwaqadsaq. Wii, las 70 
né/k-a: “ Wa/git la haya’b!o‘latexds, ‘nénemd’kwaqés, qa wa’- 
‘lemk-a‘méltso vé/‘lalarex Dza’q!walanu’kwa LO* Xa‘yd’lisanagii, 
a/tas kléslax la’lax aé/daaqalax la’xa L!ema‘isé qasd wid’L 1a’xa 
sé/nat!elsiiyOL, LESwos ‘nénEm0’kwaq!ds,” ‘né’x"Les g’a/xEnu‘x".’ 
Wa, las &xbrtn’ndxa ‘ne’msgEmé. Wai, las bis. Wii, hé’x“i- 75 
darmlwisé dza’q!wax“idEL,” ‘né’x“laé. 
Wi, hé’rem la’giltsox q!al yisd’xda a’téx brgwa’nema. 
Wii, len bas Ha’*miskinésé qmen 1é laé’n lax gd’kwas Kwa’- 1 
gwand. Wa, len wta’q, wa, len ‘né’k'nq: “ Hé’den qia’ts!éna‘yé 
qa‘s waxa’ds q!a’q!oLlamas ga’xmntasa dzkdza’q!watlixa 4/lé 
La’k!wémasa lax we’‘lalax dza’q!wa ya’la,”’ ‘né’k-‘Entax.’ Wai, 
hé’x‘ida‘més na’nax*mé g‘a’xEn. Wa, la ‘né’k'a: “ Wé’g'a 5 
ho’Léla g’a’xen qaxs 6’kaéda q!A’Leliixa Lé/‘lalixa dza’q!walanu- 
kwé wa’x**maé La’k!wemaséda mula’sé ya’la, yixs ‘né’kaa’qos qa‘s 
la’ds lax ‘ynli’se. Wa, las a’Lésta lai’xa a’/L!é. Wé, las a’/léx-‘id- 
xa sa’laédina. Wa, g‘i/l*méts q!aq, wi, las ‘la’p!eqodxa md6’ts!a- 
q!exia 1a’xa sa’laédana. Wa, las aé’k ila qa k!ea’sés k‘d’x‘widé 10 
‘ne’mts!aqa lax ma’mi‘map!éqas. Wa, gi’/lfmets ‘wiloqimasxa 
mo‘xLa’, wi, las da’laq qas la’ds ni’*nakwa. Wa, g‘i/lfméts laé’L 
la’xds g'0’kwax, wi, las ax‘a’litxa sa/laédina. Wa, las &x*é’dxa 
