Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS FA3 
woman cried in vain. The woman just started to go || to her hus- 60 
band, to the ghosts. There | she staid. She did not come back. 
That is the house of the ghosts. That is | the end. |’ 
The Soul of Man.—Now | shall talk | about what the shamans and 1 
twins, those who are born two | of one mother, say. This is what is 
referred to as Salmon twin. | I shall talk about this first, because she 
talked frankly || about the soul of twin male and | female, for a 5 
woman who was called Yayaxttyéga talked very openly about it. 
She had a large scar high up between her | breasts. I asked her how 
she was hurt, and she just laughed. | She said to me, “Don’t you 
know? I ama Salmon child, || and my sweetheart is the man who 10 
was born with me as twin | from the same mother. What you ask 
about is a spear-mmark on me, | made when we were going up the river 
when I was a sockeye-salmon. | The spear of the one who speared me 
broke off. And then I went home to our house (where I lived) with. | 
Miéésila (guardian of salmon). Our souls always walk about among 
you ||in your villages, but you don’t see | us, for we are only souls. 15 
Then I | asked my sweetheart Mamenlayé*, who was an olachen, 
to | leave (with me) our tribe, because they were talking about my 
having | Mamenlayé* for my lover; therefore we entered || our pre- 20 
Q!wa’sakEl wa’x'é abr’mpasa ts!eda’q. A’em‘lawis qa’s‘idéda 
ts!eda’q qa‘s lai la’xés ta’*wiinem, lan’m 18’xa 14/‘léndx". Lar’m 60 
xEk'!a’, k!és aé’daaq. Hé’nm la g°6’kilotséda 14’lénox". Lar’m 
q!ulba’. 
The Soul of Man (Bex‘iinésa begwanremé).—La‘meEn gwagwex's- | 
calal lax waldemasa pixala Le¢wa yikwi‘leméxa ma‘lokwas mayoLE- 
masés ibemp. Wa, héem gwe‘yo Llavlayadza‘ya yikwileme. Hé- 
den lag‘ita hé g-il gwagwex's‘alasé, yixs xenvelaé q!wéq !tlk !alaxs 
gwaigwex’ eine laxa bex‘iimatyasa yikwitlemé begwanrma LOo‘ma 5 
ts!edaqé, yixs haé xenvela q!wéq!tlk !aléda ts!mdiqéxa Légadiis 
Yayaxtiyéga, yixs Jéxaéda q!rta lax &wagawatyas ék landtyas 
dzédzimis. Latmésen wiitaq lax yilgwasasés; A‘mésé daltida. Wa, 
la ‘nék'a gaxen: “Kostas k!és q!inelaxg‘in Llantlayadzatyék 
LE‘WEn waLElaxEn bex’k'!otagawa‘yéx laxenu‘x" yikwi‘lemég:asE- 10 
nux" lax Abempa. Wa, yi‘mads wtasetwaqos sek‘ayox g'ixEn- 
Laxg’anu‘x" laq ts!elxa laxa ‘wa laxen melékik. Wa, lai alsedé 
miisasa sEx’‘idé g’axen. A‘mésen la na‘nak" laxenu‘x" g*dkwé 16° 
Maésila. Wi, hémenata‘mésenusx® eax gig'elgéxe’anufx" bé- 
bextiné lax'da‘xon laxos g‘ig'dx"demséx. Wii, las k'!és ddqtila 15 
g@axenu'x" qaxg'anufx" ‘naxwatmék bex‘tinatya. Wa, hé*mésen 
Ja ixk !alasxen warelax laxox Mamenlaya‘yé, yix dzaxtinaé qenusx" 
eaxe basenufx" gokwtilotaxs xen LeElaé dentrlasenutx" warilaé- 
nafyé LE‘wox Mamentaya‘é. Wa, hé*mésrnu‘x® gaxéla lak: !aé- 
