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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



When tlie G*itx'q'ad(Vq branch of the Qanha'da have a festival, three 

 masks make their appearance, one of which has a mnstache and rep- 

 resents a young man named G-itgo6'yim (l*late 2, upper figure), while 

 the other two are called Ca'ca (Plate 2, lower figures). They represent 

 the following tradition : 



While the people were staying at the fishing village Gulg*e'uL, the 

 boys, under the leadership of a young man named G-itgoo'yim, made a 

 small house in the woods behind the town. They took a spring salmon 

 along and played with it until it was rotten. They caught small fish 

 in the creek and split and dried them. They made small drums and 

 began to sing and to dance. For four days they stayed there, dancing 

 all the time. Then they became superna>tural beings. Gdtgoo'yim's 

 hair had turned into crystal and copper. The people were about to 

 move to another camp and went to fetch the boys, whom they heard 

 singing: 



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Hiii yi ii wu la yi laxL qe 



Drum. J J I J J J J |: etc. 



CEIUO 



qa 



:q==q=n 



:t=: 



II 



■wu Iji yi la 



qe 



seI dauL 



noq. 



That is : Where the copper hair, where the ice hair is siDread out, is 

 the supernatural being. 



As soon as the people approached them they disappeared and were 

 seen at once dancing and singing at a distant jjlace. The i)eople were 

 unable to reach them. Then they returned, and since that time the 

 G'itx*q'ad6'q have used the song and dance of these boys. 



As an example of the use of the crest, viz., of the legend of the clans 

 in the erection of memorial columns, I will give the following: A man 

 had the squid for his protector. After his death his son gave a festival, 

 in the course of which the ground opened and a huge rock which was 

 covered with kelp came uyj. This was made of wood and of bark. A 

 cave was under the rock and a large squid came out of it. It was made 

 of cedar bark and its arms w^ere set with hooks which caught the blan- 

 kets of the audience and tore them. The song of the squid was snug- 

 by women who were sitting on three platforms in the rear of tlie house: 



Qagaba'xskE laxha' hayai, qagaba'xskE laxha' hayju. 



It shakes the he.aveii hdydi, it shakes the heaven hay.li. 



NLqak-sL qa'dik'SL wl' naxno'q log-ig-a'dEL ts'a'g-aL ak-s 



For the first time comes the great super- 



natural being 



dEm in lisa'yilL, am g*ig*a't. 



to hiok at the people. 



in living 



inside 



the water 



