776 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Tere. ANN. 39 
12 times, | the guests come in; and when they are in, they sing | an 
ordinary song, not a feast-song. | After having sung four songs, the 
15 young men take the dishes and || put into them the oil and berries. © 
They do not put much in, | because it is difficult to eat and to 
swallow. Therefore | they put a little into the dishes. After this 
has been done, they put them down, one dish in front of each | 
four men. At the same time when they put down the dishes, | the 
20 spoons are distributed; and when everything has been placed, || the 
guests begin to eat the oil and berries. They never | eat it all, 
because it is hard work to eat it. When they | have finished, they 
go out. That is all about this. | 
SoctaL Posir1ion AND MarrIAGE Laws' 
Chief's Daughter.’*—Generally the princess of | Chief ‘maxtiyalidzé 
gets married at once when K’ !édélé‘lak® | comes out of the place 
where she has been sitting still. As soon as the princess is married, 
she | has the name modzit (Keeping-up-the-Blanket), if she becomes 
the modzit of a real chief. || 
5 However, she remains a princess of the chief if her husband is a 
common man. | Then she is never called modzit as wife (of the com- 
_ 
12 g'axaé ‘witlaéLés Lé‘linemé. “Wii, gil'mésé ‘wilaéLexs laé denx‘i- 
déda k!wélasa q!emdeméxa k'!ése k!wélayalayo q!emdema. Wai, 
gilfmésé modsgemodexs laé 4x‘edéda hi‘yaliixa lorlq!wé, qa‘s li 
15 tsets!alasa Liikwé qot!xolé lag. Wi, li k !és q!éq!ets!4, qaxs alaé 
laxiiml lax qotqwattsp*wa Llikwé qot!xola. Wa, hé‘mis lag-ita ho- 
laits!4wéda lonlq!we. Wa, gil‘mésé gwatexs laé k-agemlilelas laxa 
maémodkwée bebrgwinrma. Wii, li ‘nemilag-ilila kviisa lorlq!we 
Lewa k‘ak‘rts!enaqaxs laé ts!ewanaédzema. Wai, g‘ilfmésé ‘wil- 
20 gvalitexs laé qotqwat!édex'da‘x"xa Liiikwé qot!xoli. Wa, li k!éts!e- 
nox" ‘witlaseSwa, qaxs flaé lixtiml lax hi‘ma‘yé. Wi, gil‘mésé 
gwatexs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wai, la‘me gwal laxeq. 
SoctaL Posirion AND MARRIAGE Laws! 
1 Chief's Daughter.?—Wii, li q!tinala héx-tidamm qidzéLase‘we k° !e- 
délasa g‘igima‘tyé ‘mixtiyalidzé, yixa lalésrla k !edéltse K-!ede- 
l@lakwe. Wii, gilfmés@ qadzérase‘weda k-ledelé laé héx‘idarm 
Légades modzéelé yixs dlak-!alaé gigimatyés moddzélidé. 
5 Wii, wax‘mésé k-@déltsa gigima‘ya litwadiisa begwanrmg !a- 
lamé, wii, lii héwiixanm Léqalayuwe modzelé lax genemas. Wai, 
1 For additional matter see Addenda, p. 1333, 
2Continued from p. 701, line 57. 
