678 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS. 



of a beam in the house which is about 10 feet from the ground, thus A, 

 to represent the bridge. They crawl up the board on one side and 

 down the other. If, in going down, a man slips they believe be will 

 die within a year. Several years ago it is said a man did slip on such 

 an occasion, and as he died within a year they are convinced of the 

 truth of this belief. Only eight men went through this journey at one 

 time, but the rest of the numerous body in attendance pounded sticks 

 and sang their tamanous songs to the accompaniment of the drum. 



While performing they danced with the hand sticks around the idol. 

 They also wore the head-band. The house in which this took place was 

 built the previous season for this purpose, and was similar to the large 

 dwelling-house. I am told that when they are professing to fight with 

 the underground spirits and conquering them they break through the 

 sides of the house, which are not very strong, and run outside accom- 

 panied by all the spectators. At times they also profess to bring ber- 

 ries from the other world, and if so, the bushes in this world will bear 

 abundantly the next season. 



Blade tamanous rattle. — In the black tamanous a hollow rattle is 

 used. To make one pieces of wood are carved and hollowed, small 

 stones or shot are placed between them, and they are fastened together 

 with bark at the handle and strings at the sides. Such rattles are 

 usually painted black, and are shaken in the hand with a circular move- 

 ment. They are not now used by the Twanas. 



Purification. — When a young man went forth to obtain his tamanous 

 he washed himself, much as already described, this cleansing being 

 very essential. A Klallam doctor told me that the children, if they 

 wished to become strong tamanous men, were accustomed daily, both 

 summer and winter, to bathe, remaining in water a long time, some- 

 times, he said, for hours, supj^osiug they thereby gain the favor of the 

 tamanous. He said that he did so when young. 



BELIEFS. 



Dreams. — The following story of a dream was told me by the medi- 

 cine man who dreamt it : A child of his died and he felt very sorry about 

 it, crying much of the time. One night he went to sleep and dreamed 

 that some one came to him, similar to the picture of an angel which I 

 had shown him, and took him off to the other world, leading him at 

 first by the finger-nails. They went till they came to where the roads 

 forked, one going up towards the good land and the other downwards. 

 He was led in the lower one where there was no fire and where it was 

 very dark. A tree or stick stood between the two roads, and his leader 

 jumped on it and thence to the upper road and laughed at him, saying 

 he could not jump so, but if he did try he could not get into the good 

 road and go to his child. He however made the attempt, and in two 

 jumps reached the upper road, and they went up until they came to a 

 house, at which his leader knocked. They were admitted, but there was 



