Boas] SOCIAL CUSTOMS 767 
comes out and dances. | She is followed by four men who carry on 8 
their shoulders | each a long-handled ladle. They separate in twos 
as they dance, || two on each side of the woman. The four men do 10 
not | dance long. Then they leave the woman, who is still dancing. | 
Two men go to the box containing the crabapples, | dip the long- 
handled ladle into it, and the other two men dip theirs | into the oil. 
Then the two go and give it to drink to || the chiefs who have given a 15 
crabapple feast before; and the two others give | the oil to the chiefs 
who have given an oil feast before; and thisis | what they say, stand- 
ing before the one | who is going to be given to drink,“ Now, chief, | 
draw thisin!’”’ Then the chief stands up, | takes hold of each end of 
the ladle, and drinks; and when he has had enough, || he pours 20 
what is left over into the house-dish. As soon as the crabapples are 
nearly | gone, the two men dip up the whole of what is left, | and 
two other men do the same | with the oil. The woman is still 
dancing; and then | the four men who are giving to the chiefs to 
drink (for that is the name of the work that they are doing) || dance. 25 
They do not dance very long before they pour the contents of the 
two | long-handled ladles with crabapples and with oil into the | 
fire; and after they have done this, the guests | shout, ““Woosq"!”’ 
That is as though | they would say, “The food that we are eating is 
Wi, 4‘mésé eElxitalaxa mokwée bébegwankm wiwéx'sEyap!alaxa g 
‘nalneméxLa tséxLaxs laé ‘wax'sé‘sta, qa‘s li Ogwaqa yixtwid lax 
‘wax'salilasa ts!edagé yixwa. -- + -- Wa, k'lést!é gég-ilit 10 
men woman men 
yixwéda mokwé bébrEgwanrmxs laé bisa ts!edaqaxs yalax’siitmaé 
yixwa. Wa, la‘méda ma‘lokwé bebrgwanem axa tsElx"staats!é, qa‘s 
li tsex“‘itsés tsexta laq. Wa, laxaéda ma‘lokwé bébrgwanrm tséx“‘id 
laxa Lléna. W4, laf‘mé lat naqamastéda ma‘lokwasa tsElx"sta lixa 
tsétsElx"stag aénoxwe gig'Egima‘ya. Wa, liida ma‘lokwé naqamastl- 15 
tsa Liéfna laxa léL!énag‘ilaénoxwé gig'rgima‘tya. Wai, g-a‘més 
waldemséxs laé Laxtimalilxés naqamatsorée: “Wi, g‘igima‘yé, 
lazrms xtit!édiou.”’ Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé Lax‘tlitéda gigiima‘yé, qa‘s 
dadebrendéxa tséxta qa‘s nax‘idélaq. Wai, gil'mésé hélak-!espxs 
laé fem gtiqryintsés Anéx'sdyé laxés loqtla. Wa, gil‘mésé rlaigq 20 
‘wiléda tsrlx"stiixs laé ‘witla tséx‘idéda ma‘lokwé bébrgwanrm 
laxa tsElx'sta. Wa, laxaé hépm gwéx‘‘idéda ma‘lokwé bébrgwa- 
nem laxa !éna, yixs hé‘maé alés yixwéda ts!edaq. Wa, lax-da- 
‘xwa mokwe bébrgwanrmxa t !éqitilgisé, qaxs hé*maé Légemsé éaxé- 
nafyas, yix'wida. Wai, k‘!ést!@ gég‘flitexs laé giixtentsa malexia 25 
tsétsElx"stats!ala tséxta Le‘wa malexia Liéx!énats!ala tsexta laxa 
legwile. Wii, gil‘mésé gwal hé gwéx‘idexs laé ‘nemadzaqwa _ha- 
sEla ‘nék-éda tsEtsElx"stag‘ixa tselx"sta woosq’. Wi, la‘mé ‘nema- 
x‘is LO® ‘nékéda tsEtsElx"stag‘iixs éx'p!asE‘waé lixés hi‘maéna‘yé. 
