Boas] SOCIAL CUSTOMS 765 
and put the crabapples into them so that they are all | half full. 
They do not empty all the boxes containing crabapples, | but they 
keep one of them, which | they do not touch. Then they take the 
four boxes of oil and | pour the oil over the crabapples until there is 
half as much oil as crabapples ||in the carved dishes and small 
dishes. After this has been done, | they distribute the spoons; and 
when every one has his spoon, | the speaker of the host stands up and 
gives out | one of the house-dishes containing crabapples and water 
to the Mamalélaqila and Qwéq"sot!énox". | Then the young men go 
to each side of the carved dish || and shout four times, ‘‘Wooyé!”’ as 
they lift it up. Then they go and put it down | immediately in 
front of the Mamaléleqila and Qwéq"sot !énox"; | and as soon as they 
put it down, one, the oldest of the young men, | says, ‘This house- 
dish is for you, Mamaléleqila, for two tribes, for you and the 
Qwéq'sdt !énox". | Now, eat!” Then the young men go and || stand 
on each side of anéther house-dish, and they shout again four times, 
“Wooyé!” | and lift it up. Then they go and put it down in front 
of the Nimkish; and the | one who gives out the dishes says, “This 
house-dish is for you, Nimkish. Now, eat!’’ | and they shout also in 
the same way for the house-dishes of the other chiefs of the Lawéts !és | 
and Maiimtag'ila. As soon as the four house-dishes have been put 
down || the host picks out the one who had given before a crabapple feast 
q!éxia qa‘s tséts!alésa tselx'sta liq. Wéa, la‘mé ‘naxwarm naEngo- 
yoxsdalaxa tsElx"sta. Wii, lil k-!és ‘naxwa ‘wilg'rlts !Awéda tsétsElx"- 
staats!iixa tsElx"sta. Wai, la axélaxa ‘nemsgEmé tsElx"staats!i. Wai, 
larm k:'!és Labalaq. Wii, li &x‘édxa mosgEmé dédrngwats !i, qa‘s 
k!ltingrqés laq. Wii, lanm naxsaap léda Lléna Lefwa tsElx"sta 
laxa torlqitlilts!ala Le‘wa telogiimts!ala. Wi, gil'mése gwailexs laé 
ts!kwanaédzema k-ak'ets!enaqé. Wi, gil'mése ‘wilxtdxs laé Laxt- 
lité elkwasa tselx"stag‘ilixa tselx'sta. Wa, la‘mé k-ak:!ne-altsa ‘nE- 
méxLa tsElx"stats!4 la toqilil laxa Mamaléleqila Le‘wa Qwéq"so- 
tlénoxwé. Wi, la‘mésa ha‘yalfa lax ‘waxsanddza‘yasa loqitlil. 
Wi, li mop!ena wooyéxaxs laé wégvililaq, qa‘s li k-ax-dzamolilas 
lax nexdzamilitasa Mamaléleqiila Le‘wa Qwéq'sot!énoxwé. Wii, 
gilfmésé k-ag-alilemxs laé ‘nék-éda ‘nemokwe q!tilyak!tgésa ha‘ya- 
Ka: Loqtilas Mamaléleqila, ma‘italts Lo* Qwéq"sot!énoxwe. Wii, 
larms himx‘‘idLou.”” Wa, li aédaagéda ha‘ya‘la, qa‘s lixat! 
q!wagigendxa ‘neméxta loqtilila. Wa, laxé wooyéxa mop!rnaxs § 
laé wig‘ililaq. Wii, li k‘ax'dzamililas lixa ‘nemgésé. Wii, laé ‘nék-éda 
kak‘ lalelgisé: ‘‘Loqilanés ‘nemgesé. Larms himx“‘idio..” Wii, 
lixaé hérm gwék:!alax loqilisa wadkwé g‘ig'rgimésa Lawéts!ésé 
LE‘wa Maimtag‘ila, Wis, g‘il'mésé ‘wilg-aliléda mewéxtra loxrlqtlitexs 
laé k-ak‘dqEwasa tsétselx"staats!e@ laxés letelwigrmé lax g'ig'pgi- 
65 
80 
85 
65 
70 
85 
