tL ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH, ANN. 35 
37 Then the woman was pregnant, and gave birth to a child. | The 
child she had borne was a boy. For a long time the woman staid in 
the house; | then she longed for her father and her mother. “Let 
40 us || see the grandparents of your master!”’ said the woman. “Let | 
us go!” said the man. Then they went out to go to their | house. 
They entered the house. The mother of the woman saw her | child. 
“Oh, oh, oh!” said the mother of the woman. ‘Welcome, | my 
45 treasure! Now take pity on your slaves, for what || can surpass our 
need of sympathy? Welcome! | Bring your child, that I may carry 
it in my arms.’’ | Then the woman put her child in her arms, and | 
the mother of the woman carried it. She looked the child in the 
face. ‘What | should there be? Its eyes were holes, its face was a 
50 little green, and moss was on the side of its face. || Then the woman 
said, “Ah!” and threw away the child. | “What is the matter with 
this child? Confound it [indeed, you begin to be dead in the house!]” | 
said on her part the mother of the (woman). ‘Don’t speak about 
me in vain anxiously, | that I should come again (and that you 
should) see me. I just had pity on you; | therefore I came and tried 
55 to get to you.” Thusshe said to her mother and her || father. Then 
the mother of the woman followed her. ‘Come, | take pity on me! 
Give me your child, that I may carry it.’—‘“O my dear! I am | 
going back. Ido not return to you at all. You have pushed aside | 
my child,” the woman just said to her mother. | The mother of the 
37. La’‘laé bowée’x‘widéda ts!eda’q. La’‘laé ma’yulida. Brgwa’ 
nemlat!a ma’yoLEmasa ts!eda’q. La’‘laé gii’léda ts!eda’q. La’- 
‘laé tslixi’/lé nf’qafyas qaés Omp Lefwis Sbe/mp. “‘Ladza’x‘ins 
40 dd’x‘wideq gaa’gEmpasox g‘i’yaqos,” ‘né’x*‘laéda ts!eda’q. ‘‘ Wé’- 
dzix‘ins,” ‘né’x“lat!éda begwa’nem. La‘‘laé L!a’sta qa‘s 1é la’xés 
gok". La’‘laé lae’L. La’‘laé d6’x‘warelé ibe’mpasa ts!eda’qaxés 
xtino’k". “O, 6, 6, 6,” né’x*lat!éda ibe’mpasa ts!eda’q, “gé’la- 
kas‘la Lo’gwa‘é. Lar’mk: wi’wosilagag'as q!a’q!nk-tigds qa ‘ma’- 
45 sésEnu‘x" li @’taga’wa‘yasg‘anu‘x" wi'wosila qag‘anu'x". Gé’la- 
kas‘la xtino’k", ge’latsos xtind’kwaqds qen q!ale’darntaq.”’ 
La‘‘laé q!ala’maséda ts!eda’qasés xtind’k". Larm‘la’wis q!al‘é’- 
déda ibe’mpasa ts!eda’q. La’‘laé do’qimdxa g'ina’nem. ‘ma’sLé- 
lawis? Kwa’tkiix"stobida‘wa, te’nxembida‘wa, p!n’Ip!eltsenuLE- 
50 mala. La’‘laé “ha,” ‘né’x‘‘laéda ts!eda’q, ts!px°e’dxa g-ina’/nEm. 
“ema’dzox gwii‘laasaxsa g'ina’nemx. Ladzi’*mas In‘lela’g:iliza,”’ 
‘né’x“‘lat!a &be’mpasa g'ina’/nem. “Gwa’las wiilfe’m te’lwiq !alacen 
és will qen g'a’xé @’t!éd dd’xtwarela g'a’xen. A’*méx-deg‘in wax" 
wa’sos g'a’xélden wax’ la’x‘da‘xdn,” ‘né’x‘laéxés AbE’mp LE‘wis 
55 Omp. La’‘laé qa’tsemaéda &ibr’mpasa ts!eda’q: “Gé’/laga wa’- 
x*px, ge’tsds xtind’/kwaqds qen q!alé’darntaq.’’—‘‘Aadii’, lafmen 
lan aé’daaqar, és wil qan la’en aé’daaq lox, @’t!édadzi xe’t!é- 
dexgin xtmo’giin,” ‘né’x“lat!a &’Emxés &be’mpéda  ts!eda’q. 
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