738 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN, 35 
3 And before Jong, in the night, Q!walanénega was heard | singing 
her sacred song back of Tégiixsté®*. Now, she had really disap- 
peared; || and she never went to the house of those who had disap- 
peared, | (the house) behind the mountain back of Tegtixsté®. | 
Then Qliidé was troubled about his sister, for nobody | knew 
where Q!walanénega had disappeared to; | and they never heard her 
10 sacred song. || Sixteen days after she had left the dance-house, her 
sacred song was heard | back in the woods behind Tégiixsté‘, and for 
a little while she came towards the beach. | Then she really came 
near the rear of the houses, | and she went far away again, singing her 
sacred song. Then | Q!idé became glad, for he knew that his 
15 sister was still alive. || Then Qliidé wished that they should capture 
quickly | three of those who stayed in the woods, and also Q!wala~ 
nénega. | In the morning, as soon as daylight came, the men and 
women of the Nak!wax'da‘x" | went to catch the three who were in 
the woods. And when | those came back who had gone to capture 
20 those who stayed in the woods, and when they went into the || dance- 
house, they sang the songs of the war-dancer, the tamer-dancer, | 
and the fire-dancer; and when the three dances were over, | they 
went into their sacred room. Now, the Nak!wax'dafx" thought 
that | Q!walanénega would be a great shaman. As soon as night 
25 came, | the Nak!wax'da‘x" were called to come into the || dance- 
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3 Wi, labm‘lawisé giila neg ikixs Jaazl wivele Qwilanénegixs laé 
yiilaq !wala lax an lis Tepiixstat ye. Wa, la‘mé Alak:!ala xiséda. Wii, 
Jafmé héwiixakm la gwiibala laxés x‘isaloté laxés g-ig-dk!walé lax 
aLaap!afyasa nEg’ii lax aL lis Téegiixsta‘ye. 
Wai, la‘mé é@t!éd la q!éq!ack-rlé Quide qaés wiiq!wiixs laé k- leds 
q!alasa ‘naxwa bebrgwanrmx lax x‘iyats Q!walanénega. Wa, 
hé'miséxs héwixaé wtiel yiilaq!wala. Wii, hélat!a la q!eL!exsa- 
10 giyowé ‘niliis la bisa lobrkwaxs laé wicaxascet yilaqtla laxa 
anala lax axliis Tégtixstafye. Wii, lafmé g’ax yawas‘id L!asdlpla. 
Wii, k''és‘lat!a flanm g‘ax ‘nexwabala laxa dtandfyasa g*dkiliixs 
laé xwélaqa qwésaxsda‘naktilaxs yilaq!walaé. Wa, lafmé éx-idé 
niqafyas Qlidé qaxs le‘maé q!afarelaqéxs q!tila‘maés wiiq!wa. 
15 Wi, larm‘laé neké Qlidé qa‘s hali‘lilalagi k‘im‘yaxa g‘ig-iya- 
kgla yaduk" ogi‘la lax Q!walanénega. Wi, g‘il'mésé ‘nax-idxa 
gaaliixs laé ‘wifla‘ma bébEgwanEmé LE‘wa ts!édaqasa Nak!wax'da- 
‘xwé la kimfyaxa yudukwé gigiyakela. Wai, gvil'mése gax 
aédaaqaxa k‘im‘yaxa gigiyak‘ila. Wa, g‘ilfmésé ‘witla hogwir lixa 
20 lobrkwaxs laé q!emt!éts q!mmq!emdemasa Olala LEfwa hayalik-ilalé 
LEfwa nonitséstalale. Wa, gilfem‘lawisé gwala yadukwé yixwa 
laarl lats!Alit laxa te*mélats!@. Wi, larm‘laé nEgeqalas mé Nak!wax-- 
dafxwaq ‘walast pixile Q!w alanénega. Wi, giltem‘liwise ganuli- 
dexs laé qisase‘wéeda Nak!wax'da‘xwe qa‘s ‘Paxe ‘witlaéLela lixa 
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