BOAs] SOCIAL CUSTOMS Tol 
lowest in rank. Therefore | trouble often follows a seal-feast and a 
feast of short and long | cinquefoil-roots; for when a man who 
gives || a seal-feast with many seals hates another man, he gives him 
a piece of blubber from the body, | although he may be of noble 
descent; and they do the same with the short cinquefoil-roots. | 
That is all about this. | 
Frast oF CURRANTS 
As soon as everything has been brought out and put down, (the 
woman) sends two young men | to go and invite her husband’s 
tribe. They go; || and after they have gone into all the houses of the 
village, they come back. They are also | sent to draw water; and 
immediately each takes a | large water-bucket in each hand, and 
they go down to draw water. When they come back, they pour | a 
little into each dish that stands on the floor. When the buckets are 
empty, | they go to draw more water.in the same four large || buck- 
ets. When they come back, carrying the bucket with water one in 
each hand, | the two water-carriers are told to put down the buckets | 
and to call those who are to eat the currant cakes. | They go into all 
the houses, and then they come back again; and when | they come 
back, the two young men who act as messengers are told to || spread 
the long mats around the house in which the currants are to be eaten. | 
L!odzayoxsda‘yasa mégwaté lax brkwaxa. Wi, hé‘mis lag-ilas 
q!tnala xOmatglasa sakwélaxa mégwaté LE‘wa t!eqwéliixa t!ex- 
sdsé LESwa Laxapéliixa Laxabalisé qaxs gilf’maé Lien!asaléda 
sakwélaxa q!én—Emé mégwata qa‘s lisa dgwidédzEsé xtidzé laxa 
Wax*bm g’éqaména, wii, laxaé hépm gweégilayowa t!Ex"sosé. 
Wa, laem gwal laxeq. 
FrAst oF CURRANTS 
Wa, gil‘mésé g'ax ‘wila gwax‘gtlilexs laé ‘yalaqasa hi‘yala 
ma‘lokwa qa lis Le‘lalax goktlotasés la‘wtinmmeé. Wii, laxda‘xwé. 
Wi, gilfmésé ‘wilxtdlsaxa g-oktiliixs gaxaé aédaaqa. Wa, laxaé 
fyalagem qa‘s lii tsiix ‘wapa. Wa, héx<‘ida‘mésé ‘wax‘srnx‘widxa 
iwaweé nakngats!i qa‘s li tséxidxa ‘wapé, qa‘’s g'axe gtixts!dlasa 
hdlalé laxa lovlq!wiixs laé mpxéla. Wii, g-il'mése ‘wilg-ilts!aweda 
naEngats!ixs laé ét!edexda‘x" tséx‘ida yixaasa modsgEmé Awa 
naEngats!i. Wa, gil'mésé g‘ax ‘wax'senktilaxa ‘wabrts!ala narn- 
gats!éxs laé ixse‘wéda ma‘lokwé tsétsryilg‘is, qa‘s hanemg‘alilés, 
qa‘s li @ts@staxa t!ext!aqiaxa q!édzedzowé t!eqa. Wi, g‘ilfem- 
xaawisé ‘wilxtdlsaxa gdktliixs gaxaé aédaaqa. Wi, gil'mésé 
eax aédaaqéda ma‘lok" etséstulgis ha‘yalfaxs laé axk !alaso‘, qa‘s 
LEp!alilzlésa gilsgildedzowé le*wa‘ya lax awi'stalilasa t!ext!agats !e- 
13 
bo 
fo) 
30 
12 
Le) 
(=>) 
25 
30 
