314 CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 VIII. The dances aud songs of the winter ceremonial 431 



The object of the winter ceremonial, p. 431 ; Songs and dances, p. 432 ; 

 Mistakes of dancers, p. 433; Paraphernalia of the dancers, j). 435; 

 Arrangement of seats in the house, p. 436; The hamats'a and his 

 songs, 21.437; K-i'nqalaLala songs, p. 460; Q'oininoqa, p. 463; Ha'ms- 

 hamtsKs, J). 463; No'nts'istalaL, p. 466; Grizzly bear, p. 466; NiiLmaL, 

 p. 468; Na'naijanaliL, p. 471 ; HtV'maa, p. 473; Salmon, p. 474; Salmon 

 weir, p. 475; Wasp dance, p. 476; Thunder bird dance, p. 476; Eagle 

 dance, p. 476; Wolf dances, p. 477; Ts'o'noqoa dance, p. 479; la'k'im 

 dance, p. 480; Si'siuL dance, p. 482; Chieftaiuess dance, p. 482; Ghost 

 dance, p. 482; Ma'tEm, p. 483; Na'xnak-aqEmL and MeiLa, p. 484; 

 Ma'maq'a, p. 485; T'o'X'ult, p. 487; A"mlala, p. 494; Hawi'nalaL, p. 

 495; Xoa'exoe, p. 497; Hai'alik-imL, p. 497; Wa'tanEm, p. 498; Order 

 of dances, p. 498. 

 IX. The winter ceremonial of the K wakiutl 500 



I. The Laxsa, p. .500; Notice of the festival, p. 501; The first assembly, 

 p. 504 ; The transfer of membership to tlie son-in-law, p. 518 ; The 

 k'ik'l'lnala, p. 522; The purification, p. 532. II. The Wl'xsa orKue'x- 

 alak", p. 540. 



X. The winter ceremonial at Fort Rupert, 1895-96 544 



XI. Ceremonials of other tribes of Kwakiutl lineage 606 



1. The Koskimo, p. 606. 2. The La'Lasiqoala, p. 611. 3. The T'Ena'xtax 

 and Ts'a'watEenox, p. 616. 

 XII. The Lao'laxa 621 



Preliminaries to the Lao'laxa, p. 621; The ceremonial, p. 624; Songs 

 aud masks, p. 630. 



XIII. The religious ceremonials of other tribes of the North Pacific Coast 632 



1. The Nootka, p. 632. 2. The Lku'ngEn, p. 644. 3. The Bi'lxula, p. 

 646. 4. The Tsimshian, Nisqa', Haida, and Tlingit, p. 651. 



XIV. The growth of the secret societies 660 



Appendix. — Songs aud texts 665 



