640 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WPH. ANN. 86 
quickly, and she sits down | and sits still without moving, and she only 
60 eats a little. || She does not allow herself to eat much, so that | what is 
hunted by her husband may do the same. This is called by the 
people of olden times | ts! xgwelk® (“made short inside”), when she 
does this purifying herself. Some hunters never lie down with their 
Wives. 
65 When he cohabits with another woman every fourth || day and when 
it isknown by the wife of the hunter that her husband has a sweetheart | 
and she is expert at purifying herself on behalf of the hunter, | the 
hunter’s wife gives a blanket | to the woman, the sweetheart of the 
hunter her husband, so that it may not | remain a secret that the 
70 woman and the husband of the || hunter’s wife are sweethearts. Gen- 
erally the husband of the | woman knows that she has a hunter for her 
sweetheart, but he does not become | jealous because he takes the 
blankets that are given to his wife. | Sometimes forty, or even a hun- 
dred, blankets aregiven | by the hunter’s wife to the husband of theone 
75 who is the sweetheart of the || hunter her husband, and then the whole 
tribe know that the hunter and the woman | are sweethearts. 
And this is the reason why the hunter does this. He does not lie 
with his wife, and his sweetheart does not lie down with her hus- 
80 band; and after four days the hunter comes || and lies down with his 
58 laew laxés gokwe k:!ésxat! yinéra. Wii, li k!wagalila. Wa, 
ismisé la seldéla k:!és yawix'Ela dgti‘la laqéxs dsmaé hémenél xav!a 
60 hismapa laxés k'!éts!énatyé hélq!ala qlék'!esa qa his gwégilé 
hinav!ase*was la‘winrmas. Wa, hérm regad laxa gvalé ‘brgwa- 
nems ts!egwélk'xa hé gwégrila q!éqale. Wiax'éda wadkwe hinent!é- 
noxwa ii héwiixa kilé‘lénox" Lefwis genemé. 
Wii, li ogitlanm ts!mdaqe lanaxwa nexwalaso‘séxa maémop!en- 
65 xwatsé ‘nila, yix q!alfmas genmemasa hini!énoxwéqexs LAlasés 
la‘wiineméxa égilwaté lax q!éqnla qaéda hinn!énoxwe. Wii, 
hé‘misa hint !enoxwaxsemé genrmsa hinw!éenoxwé ts!asa p!elxr- 
lasgemé laxa ts!edaiqé, Lalases hinu!énoxweé latwtinrmeé, qa k !ésés 
tlat!aayaata laxés witdlaénatya ts!edaqé Lo* lafwtiinemasa hinw!eé- 
70 noxwaxsemé ts!edaqa. Wa, li q!tinala q!alatme la‘winemasa 
ts!edaqaxs Litlanokwaés geEnrmasa hinu!énoxwe. Wa, li k-!és 
babala qaxs hémaé axtedxa plelxelasgemé ts!eweéx qaés genk- 
méxa ‘nalfneEmp!ena mox"sokwa Loxs lak !endaéda p!elxelasgemé 
ts!ewesa genEmasa hinw!énoxwe lax la‘winrmas Lilisés hinx!é- 
5 noxwe lafwiinemée. Wa, li ‘naxwatmé g‘dkiilotasa hini!énoxwé 
qlalaqéxs wailaé. 
Wa, hémis lag‘itas hé gwégiléda hin!énoxwé, yixs k!ésaé 
kilktlk'a Lefwis gEneEmé. Wai, laxaé Lalis k'!és kilktlk'a Lr‘wis 
laewiinemé. Wi, g'ilfmésé mop!enxwa‘sé ‘nalis g'axaéda hinw!é- 
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