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636 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 35 
When there is no rain in the world | and the rivers are low and the 
salmon can not ascend the rivers | because they are very dry, and 
we waitin vain | for the salmon to ascend the rivers; then, when we |) 
get tired waiting for rain to come, we see that | the bodies of the 
salmon turn black. Then we take castorium | (of the beaver) and 
we give it to a virgin | to dip four times into the river, for four days 
in the morning. | And the virgin is instructed what to say || every 
time she dips the castorium into the river. She says: | “Let your 
weather come, Weather-Owner! This one who — | calls you, South- 
west-Wind, and Southeast-Wind. Now | you will come and bring 
rain, Rain-Wind and Hail-Wind. | Rain, rain, flood.” Thus says 
the virgin every time, || after she has dipped the castorium into the 
river. | Sometimes it will rain at once at night, | when the castorium 
is used. | Sometimes it may not rain for four days, | for this is a 
strong rain-caller of the Indians. || And there is one next to cas- 
torium. | 
Now you will listen (to it). Another one is blue hellebore. | 
When there is no castorium, | dried blue hellebore is taken and put 
Wa, gi/lfem hé’mernala ts!Ets!é’xasens ‘na’lax, wi, la hé’x’4- 
darm k’d/lidéda wi’wa; wii, la k-!ed’s gwé’xidaas ts!n’/lx*éda 
k!o’/klitela qaxs 1O’maé la lalr’mxwasa; wi lanufx® witlfe’m 
nEmé’sa li’xa k'!6’tela qa ts!e’lx“‘idés; wa, g'i’/l’mésEnuSx” ya’- 
yaéx‘ida @’sEla qa yia’gwax"idés Loxgwanu‘x" lek: doqilaqéxs 
la’é ts!0’ts!ar‘enx’‘idéda k’!o’talexg-anu®x” lek” &x*e’dxa gwa’ya- 
‘lats!ésa ts!a’wé, qanu®x" ts!A’wés la’xa k'!nya’la ts!eda’qa qa 
lés mo’p!ena hapEnsaq la’xa wixa gégai’lasa mo’xsa ‘na’la. 
Wi, la 1Lé’xsex“itse‘we’da k-!nya’la ts!eda’qa qa wa’tdemséxs 
la’naxwaé gwal hapenaxa gwa’ya‘lats!ésa ts!a’we. Was, la ‘ne’ka: 
“Wé’gitlax’ds ‘na’léqods ‘né‘nalanukwéx. Gradéga hé’lemx’stasilak: 
Léelalon wia’sbalanukwé, Le‘wox Mela’lanukwéx. Wi, lar’ms 
gaxLt yu'x‘widtesa Yi’gwalanukwax, Le‘wa Tse’lxtselxalig'E‘ya. 
Yu’gwas, yii’gwas wamd,” ‘né/Xnaxwéda k’!eya’la ts!eda’qa la’é 
gwat mo’p!ena haprensa la’xa wa, yi’xa gwa’ya‘lats!ésa ts!a’we. 
Wii, ‘na’nemp!ena la’é hé’xidasm yt’gwax"idxa la ga’nul‘i- 
dayas gi’lx'demas 4x‘é’tse‘wéda gwa’ya‘lats!ésa ts!a’we. Wi, 
la’‘laé ‘na/inemp!ena la’laa lax mod’p!enxwa‘sé ‘na’‘lés k°!és 
yu’gwax“ida, qaxs g'a‘*maé tA’k!wemas ya’yuk!wa‘layiisdxda ba’- 
kluméx, Lefwa ma’kilaraqek: laxg‘a’da gwa’ya‘lats!ég-asa ts!a’we. 
Wii, lafméts hod’nélar. Wi, hé’*mis ‘nn’mx‘idaréda 4’xsolé. 
Wi, gi’l'em k'lea’s gwa’yoLasxa gwa’ya‘lats!ésa ts!a’wé, la’e 
ixé’/tse’weda A’xsdléxs |lm’mxwaé qa‘s lé Axsta’nd la’xa wa. 
