708 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 35 
56 hair is hanging over his face, then the shaman knows that the sick 
one will die. | When he dreams that he is laughing, then the 
shaman | sings his sacred song and goes into the woods. He goes 
to search for the soul of the one who | lies sick abed, to bring it 
back to him. At once the parents of the one who lies sick abed 
60 feel-good || at heart when they hear the shaman | singing his sacred 
song. And when they do not hear him singing his sacred song, | 
then they know that the shaman dreamed that hair was hanging 
over his face. | Then he never sings his sacred song. | 
65 Inthe morning, when day comes, the hearts || of the parents of the 
one who lies sick abed feel bad, for they know that | their child will 
die. Then the one who is lying sick abed is growing weak very fast. | 
His parents now take all the best kinds of | food and the best clothing 
for the one who is sick abed, who is dying. | 
As soon as (the breath) of the one lying sick abed breaks, the || 
70 parents take the best clothing and put it on the one who had been 
sick abed. | After the parents have done so, the mother kicks her 
dead child four times. | And when she first kicks him, she says, | 
“Don’t turn your head back to me.” Then she turns around, and 
again | she kicks him. And as she kicks him, she says, ‘“ Don’t come 
75 back again.” || Then she turns around again. She kicks him; and 
she | says as she kicks him, “Just go straight ahead.’’ And then 
56 malaxés sE‘ya’, la q!A’Ltelafma pixa’liiqéxs In‘lé’La qr’lgwile. 
Wii, hé’‘maaxs mé’xrlaaq da‘te’laa; wii, hé’x*‘ida‘méséda pixa’la 
yii/laqwa qa‘s li la’xa a’L!e. Wa, laz’m lan a’lilxa bex‘tina’‘yasa 
qe'lgwilé qa‘s g*a’xé Ax‘a’Lelots liq. Wii, hé’x*‘ida‘més é’x:‘idé 
60 na’qafyas gi’gadndkwasa qr’/lgwile qaxs la’é wuLa’x‘aLElaqéxs 
yi/laqittlaéda pi’xala. Wi, g:i’l'mésé k-!és wure’laq yii’laq!wala; 
wii, laz’m q!A’LElaqéxs le‘ma’é mé’xeléda pi’xaliigqéxs 1a’léx‘ima- 
laaxés sEfya’. Wii, lan’m héwii’xa yii’laqwa 1a’xéq. 
Wai, la‘mé ‘na/x“idxa gaa’la. Wii, la‘me ‘ya’x’se‘mé nii’qatyasa 
65 gi’gadlndkwasa qr’lgwité qaxs le‘ma’é q!i/LElaqéxs Ip‘ma’é In‘ILés 
xtino’x"dé. Wa, lafmé ha’‘labala la wix!é’mas‘idéda qnr’lgwile. 
Wii, lan/m‘laé gi/g'adIndkwas &x‘e’dxa ‘na’xwa ék’ hé’*madmas 
LE‘wa 6’k'é@ gwe’lgwiila qaé’s qr/lgwilé wa’wanE‘ma. : 
Wii, gi/lfmésé Eln’/Iséda qnr/lgwildé; wii, la hé’x-‘ida‘mé g‘i’g-a- 
70 Olnox"dis ix‘é’dxa @/k'é gwe'lgwiila qa‘s q!o’xts!odés la’xa qnr’l- 
gwildé. Wi, gi/l'mésé gwa’léda g'i’g'adndx"dé, la’é mo’p!ena kwa’- 
s‘idéda ibr’/mpaxés xtino’x"dé. Wai, la ‘né’k'exs g'a’laé kwa’s‘ida: 
“K-lé’stes melé’*xiat ga’xen.’’ Wii, la x‘i/Ipléda qa‘s é’t!edé 
kwa’s‘ideq. Wa, la ‘né’k-exs la’é kwa's‘ideq: ‘‘K’!éstes @’dgem- 
75 gilisLov.” Wii, la é’t!éd xilp!éda qa‘s é’t!édé kwa’s‘ideq. Wa, la 
*né‘/k'pxs la’é kwa’s‘ideq; “‘A’emits hé’gemlésiox.” Wi, la &’t!éd 
