762 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (PTH. ANN. 39 
CRABAPPLE FEAST 
1 The name of the boiled crabapples is changed when they are put 
into | the empty oil-box, when winter comes. They | are called 
“crabapples in water,’ for that means crabapples and water. | 
Therefore they are called “crabapples in water.” || 
5 Now I will talk about a crabapple feast, which the | chief gives to 
many tribes. Generally they have ten | boxes of crabapples with 
water; and, if a chief is (very) angry, he may get twenty | boxes of 
crabapples and water. I mean that the price of each box of crab- 
apples and water is ten pairs of blankets | when it issold. Thatis the 
10 same as || ten dollars for each box of crabapples and water; | and 
this is also the price of the box of viburnum-berries. Each box 
contains five | coal-oil tins of crabapples. | The common people 
can not afford to buy these. | 
Now I will talk about the invitation to a crabapple-and-water 
15 feast; || for first of all they get the house-dishes ready, which | are put 
down outside of the feasting-house. | The host also sends out two 
young men of his numaym to | go and get fire-wood for the house- 
fire in the feasting-house. They | take a Chinook canoe, and the 
20 young men go to get a dead cedar. || They do not go to get fire-wood 
CraBaPPpLe Frast (Tsrelxwélixa tsrlx"sta) 
1 Wa, larm Llayowé Légemasa q!olkwé tselxwaxs laé giits!4 laxa 
tsElwats!6 dengwats!emota, yixs laé ts!iwtinxéda. Wi, lazm 
Légades tsElx"sta, yixs hé‘maé ‘né‘nakilqéxs tselxwa LE‘wa ‘wapée; 
lag‘itas tselx"staxElasE‘wa. 
5 Wa, la‘mésen gwagwex's‘alat laqéxs laé tsElx"stag"iléda gvigi- 
ma‘yé qaéda q!énemé lélqwilatatya, yixs qitinalas nEqasgema 
tselx"staats! LOx g‘ilfmaé lawisa gigima‘fyaxs laé ma‘itsemg‘dstowa 
tsétsplx"staats!é, yixen ‘nénakilaxs narnqaxsaxwaasa p!Elxelas- 
geEma “nemsgEmé tsElx"staats!éxs kilxwaseSwaé ‘nemax‘is LO‘ 
10 neqasgem dzaik'!ema laiqéxs ‘nemsgemaéda tsElx'staats!é. Wa, 
héemxaawis lax"sa t!elsaxs ‘nemsgemaé t!Elyats!i, yix sések’!as- 
gemts!féda ‘nemsgemé tsElx"staats!éxa koninats!é k'!ewelx"sema. 
Wii, hé‘mis wayats!dltsa begwilédafyasa g‘igigima‘yé la‘xwas. 
Wii, la‘mésren wiig'it gwagwéx's‘alal laqéxs laé Lé‘laléda tselx"- 
15 stagilaraxa tselx"sta, yixs hémaé gil Axétsdsés lorlqilile, qa 
gaxés mExeEs lax L!dsanf‘yasés tsElx"stag‘iflats!@ @okwa. Wii, 
lixaé ‘yalaqasa ma‘lokwé hifyala g‘ayot laxés ‘ne‘mémoté, qa 
liis Anéqax leqwii, qa‘s tsElx"stagilax'dema Ipgwita. Wii, la‘mé 
ixédxa xwédekwé xwak!iina, qa‘s inégats !exa Llédzekwéda 
20 hityalfa. Wi, laem k-!és hé anéqaxa leqwéda L!ema‘isé, yixs hie 
