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W2 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL LETH. ANN. 35 
Mamaléleqila, to sing their song. | You know how the drum is passed 
to every one of the tribes, | (beginning atthe head tribe), for each one 
has | a song for the feast. When || they have all sung their feast- 
songs, the drum is put away and placed | at one side of the door. 
Then they go and distribute the | house-dishes; and when this has 
been done, they carry the canoe which serves as a house-dish | and 
put it down in front of the one who has given a feast of salal-berry 
cakes | and crabapples before, for this is to show who has given such 
a feast: the giving of the || small canoe. Then they call out the name 
of the former host, | and then he speaks proudly. As soon as | 
everything has been distributed, they pass about the small dishes 
among the common people of the | chiefs. When everything has 
been given out, they eat with the spoons, for these | have been dis- 
tributed already. Now the speaker rises || and calls his numaym to 
assemble and | sing their feasting-song. | 
I have forgotten the oil, for they pour some on the | mixed salal- 
berries and crabapples in the house-dishes. As soon as | the song- 
leader has sung the first song, the daughter of the host comes out, || 
carrying in one hand the copper; and when the numaym | of the 
young woman’s father sings, she dances, holding | the copper the 
lower end up in the right hand. Then | four men come out, carrying 
Mamaléleqila, qa drnx‘édésés k!wélayalayewe q!emdema. Wai, 
lakmLas ‘naxwa q!alax laxtodalaéna‘yasa menats!@ lax gwalilrla- 
énatyas ‘wixasgemagwasasa lélqwilaLa‘yé, yixs ‘naxwa‘maé k!wel- 
gat denx‘étsés k!wek!welafyala q!emq!smdmema. Wi, g'flfmése 
‘witli k!wélg-attexs laé ix*étseSwéda menats!é, qa‘s li xemstoliflem 
lax ipsostilitasa t!ex‘ila. Wii, lafmése héx*tidamm k-ax*‘idayowéda 
feloqtililté. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé Lelemg-ililema leloqtlité xwa- 
xtixwagtima, qa‘s lii k‘ax'dzamolilem laxa k!welésrliixa malaqrla 
tleqa Lefwa tsElx"sta, qaxs hé‘maé fwelx‘isalayoséda leloqtlile 
xwaxtxwagima. Wi, héSmé la Léqrlaseswe LégmEmasa k!welé- 
sEli. Wii, hé‘mis la remq!alag‘ililats yaq!ent!alaé. Wii, gil'mése 
‘wilg-alitexs laé k-ax‘idayowéda Iplogtimé laxa brettida‘yasa gig’E- 
gimatyé. Wii, gilfmésé ‘wilgalilexs laé ‘yds‘ida, qaxs la‘méx-dé 
ts!ewanaédzema k-ak-nts!emaqé. Wi, la‘mé@ Lax‘tliléda elkwe. 
Wi, la‘me Lé‘lilaxés ‘ne‘mémoté qa q!ap!egililés qa wiig'és k!wa- 
meélg-att denx‘éda. 
Héxoven w!rléwésr‘wa w!éeniixs la‘mex‘dé k!inx‘idayd laxa ma- 
laqelats!iliixa tl!laeqa Lecwa tsElx'sta léeloqtlila. Wii, g-ilfmeésé 
doqiléda nigadiixs gaxaé laltlalilé ts!edaqé@ xtinoxsa k!wélasé 
dak: !olts!anaxa Llaqwa. Wi, gilfmésé ‘naxwa denx‘édé ‘ne‘me- 
motas Ompasa ts!edaqaxs, laé yixSwida. Wii, la‘mé ék:!axsda- 
féda wilaiqwiixs dalaasés hélk:!ots!anatyé laq. Wii, hé'mis g‘ax 
