634 ETILNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (PTH. ANN. 85 
12 says, | “O Supernatural-Ones! you say that you can control the 
weather. Let | your world be all wet; for therefore I oil your | 
15 heads, that it may begin to rain, and that the || rivers may rise, for 
we are waiting for the salmon to jump in the | mouth of the river.” | 
As soon as the one who has invited them stops speaking, | the twins 
will sometimes cry, | and they go out of the house and tell their | 
parents about it. || 
20 When an Indian wishes for good weather, he | calls twin children; 
and as soon as the | twins come into his house, the person who 
invites them | spreads a new mat in the rear of the house. | He takes 
25 a cooking-box and pours water into it, and he || picks up four red- 
hot stones and puts them | into the water in the cooking-bex. As 
soon as the water is lukewarm, | the one who invited the twins calls 
them | to sit down at each side of the cooking-box, and the | man 
30 calls his wife to wash their faces. || Immediately the woman sits 
down between them. | She takes the head of the one first born and 
washes his head; and when she finishes, she takes | soft, shredded 
cedar-bark and wipes off the head of the twin-child; | and as soon as 
35 she finishes wiping the head of the twin-child, || the woman takes 
12 “Wi, nana’wilakwé, ‘né’k-aa’qds ‘né‘na’/lanukwa. Wé’g-ax’dx 
ga’xstafyos ‘na’léqos qaxgiin hé’*mék: la’gila 1La’datodxds 
x'éx'd’msaqods qa wé’giltsOx yi’gwax‘idpL, qa _ pa’iidéltsa 
15 wa’x'a qanuSx" na’métse’wa g’a/xéx mana’la k:!6’tela la’xwa 
0/x"siwafyaxsa wax.” Wii, g‘i/l'em‘la’wisé q!wé’lfid ya’q!ent!a- 
léda Lé‘lanemégq la’é na’lnemp!Ena q!wée’g-a‘té yikwi’‘lemé v!é’L!a- 
Liayadzafya qa‘s lé ho’qiiwelsa la’xa g’d’kwé Loxs la’é né’taxés 
g'i’g'adlnukwe. 
20 Wa, gi’l'més wa’laqnléda ba’k!umaq aé’giséda ‘na’la, la’é Le’- 
‘lalaxa yikwi’‘lemé L!é’Llatlayadzatya. Wii, gi’/lsmésé g-a’xéda 
yikwi’‘lemé L!é’L!an!afyadzé ho’gwin la’xa g°d’kwé, la’éda Lé’‘linr- 
méq Lep!a‘litxa ald’masé 1é/watya li’xa 6’gwiwalilasés g*d/kwé- 
Wa, la &x‘é’dxa q!o’lats!é qa‘s gtixts!6’désa ‘wa’pé laq. Wai, la 
25 klip!é’dxa mo’sgemé x‘i’/x‘ixsemala t!é’sema qa‘s k:!ipstn’ndés 
la’xa ‘wa’pé q!0’ts!ixa q!o’lats!é. Wi, gi’lf'mésé kux"staxi’déda 
fwa’pé, la’éda Lé‘laneméxa yikwi’‘lemé v!é’Llat!ayadzée Lé’‘lalaq 
qa lés klis‘a’lit lax ‘wa’x'sdtga‘yasa q!d’lats!e. Wa, 1é’da 
begwa’nemé Lé’‘lailaxés genk’mé qa lés ts!6’ts!oxtimx’‘ideq. Wa, 
30 hé’*x'fida‘mésé lé’da ts!eda’qé qa‘’s lé k!wa’k!wago’deq. Wa, 
le’da ts!eda’qé@ da’xidpx x°6’msasa g*a’lé ma’yuLEmsés abe’mpé, 
wii, la kwii’s‘idex x'd’msas. Wai, gilfmésé gwa’la la’@ Ax‘é’dxa 
q!o’yaakwé ka’dzpkwa qa‘s dii’sgemdés lax x*6’msasa yikwi’‘lemé 
L!a/Llayadze®. Wi, g'ilfmés gwat didisgemax x’6msasa yiyEkwi‘lemé 
35 LiéLlatlayadzafya la’é &xe/déda tsl!edi’qaxa ya’sekwé qa‘s 
