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710 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL _ [ETH. ANN. 35 
relatives cut the hair; that is what the Indians call bad luck, when 
the hair is cut || by relatives. Now it is finished in this manner. 
This is just to recognize | that a relative of those whose hair has been 
cut has died, and because they feel sick | at heart for the one who 
died. |! . 
Tur Guost Country 
A man was about to die. A woman was his sweetheart. | She 
loved him. Then the woman saw her lover. | ‘ You only have pity 
for me, for I am anxious about your state in the house. | I can not 
stop crying all these nights. There is always crying on account of || 
the state in which you are. I leng to know where you are going, 
that I | may go to the place to which you will go, for I shall probably 
not live when you get weak (die).’’ — | ‘‘ Really, take care!” said on 
his part the man to the | woman, “and | will come and take you if 
the place to which I go should be good. | I shall come to take you 
that we may go to my future place. If (the place) should be bad,” |j 
said the man to his sweetheart, “I shall not come and take you. | I 
have beads for my necklace, that you may recognize me | if I come to 
take you. Don’t consent to be taken off (by anyone else).’’ | 
Then the man became weak (died). He was buried. Then | the 
woman did not sleep, expecting her lover. Her lover came. || “Oh!” 
said the woman. ‘Oh!’ said the man on his part. | “I come 
LeLELA’la. Wi, hé’em gwe‘ya’sa ba’k!umé ai’mséxa t!0’six sE- 
fyil’sés L6/LELA’la. Wii, lan’m gwal la’xéq. La’La &’em ma’‘mal- 
t!ek: !@xs te'lnd/kwaé Lé/LeLi‘liisa t!ewe’kwas sEfya’, yixs ts!px‘i’laé 
na’qafyas qaés wa’nEma. ' 
Tur Guost CounTRY 
Wa’ wilk:!mq!a‘laéda begwa’nem. La’‘‘laé Lé’lanux"sa ‘nemd’k" 
ts!eda’q. La’xulanux“laés. La’‘laéda ts!mda’q do’qwaxés Lala. 
“ A’pm‘lax's aé/sayo*malaxg'in gwa’yosp’lasik’ qad’s gwaé’/lasaqos, 
k'!é/sék: L!ex'é’/ndx"xdx ga’ganuLéx. Hé’menalarm q!wa’sa qaés 
gwo’x“idaastads. A’‘még'in wa’laqéloL q!a’telaxés laa’stads qEn 
latmii’lax laxs laa’stadsg‘in k!ést!aakweérgin q !tla’L, qaso wii’L!éma- 
seLo.”’—“ A’lag‘armlax's ya’!6x,’’ ‘né’x“lat!éda begwa/nemaxa 
ts!eda’q, qen g’a’xéLen da’LoL qo é’x**mmlaxen laa’stamn, la‘mée’- 
SEN g’aXL axLO’L qeEns 1a’eEns la’xen laa’sLamn. Q6 ‘ya’x’sEMLO,”’ 
‘né’x‘lat!éda brgwa’nemaxés La/la, “k'!é’/stlanen g’a’xL ANxLO’'L. 
K'!é’osgs L!a/fyala qan qenxa’wa‘ya qa‘s ma’malt !ék !€Los g-a’xEn, 
qEnLO gx da’LoL. Gwa’la hé’lq!alax ax6’‘yd.” 
La‘‘laé we'k !mx‘édéda begwa’nem. Winr’mtase‘wa. La‘‘laé 
k-!és mé’x*énoxwéda ts!eda’q na’k'!alaxés LA’la. G-a’x‘laé La‘lés. 
“eva,” 'né/x“laéda tsleda’q. ‘fyi,’ ‘né’x*‘lat!éda bugwa’nem. 
1See also Addenda, p, 1329. 
