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mark of good luck or a guide to their lives, A carving of tliis sort is now 

 to be found on each of the totem-posts of an old give-away, feast dance hall 

 ("potlatch" house), now in ruins at tlie Portage on the reservation. An in- 

 terpretation of this totem-tomauawis was given me as follows by Mr. Mc- 

 Clusky (Indian), who also made me the copy of it given here: 



"Chief Cha-we-tsot once owned the 'potlatch' house at the Portage. 

 The drawings on the totem-posts are his 'tomanawis.' The sun, carrying a 

 parcel of valuables in each hand, caine to him in a dream and said : 'Your 



To-ma-na-wis of Chief Cha-me-tsot. 



storehouses (or trunks) will always be full. You will therefore give two 

 more feasts than the average chief; custom had established the rule that 

 the ordinary chief should give three feasts in a lifetime. So Chief Cha-we- 

 tsot built the 'potlatch' house and carved his 'tomanawis' on its totem- 

 posts. He then gave five feasts, two more than the average, as the sun 

 in the vision had commanded him." 



These Indians are now Catholics and all attend church every Sunday. 

 When the priest is present he gives his sermon first in English and then in 

 Chenook. When the priest is not present, the Indians pass around within 

 the church from left to right, while they sing and pray a few minutes in 



