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the rear of the house is he who devoured everyoue who tried to marry 

 the daughter of Ya'qaLasame, and this fire has hurt everyoue who 

 tried to marry He/uEdemis. Now, Chief Ya'qaLasame, light your fire 

 and let the chief get our daughter here." 



Then Ya'qaLasame lit the fire and all the Gua'ts'enox sat down 

 close to it. When the fire was burning, Ya'qaLasame spoke: "Now 

 take care, Gua'ts'enox, for I intend to try you. You said you were not 

 afraid of Ts'd'noqoa ? Now I will try all of you, chiefs of the Gua'ts'enox. 

 On account of this fire nobody can get my daughter." 



When the grease began to burn, all the Gua'ts'enox lay down on their 

 backs and their blankets were scorched. Now the fire died out, and 

 then Kasfi'lis spoke: "Ya, Qo'sqenuiX ! This is my way. I am afraid 

 of nothing-. Even if you should begin to murder us, I should not run 

 away. Now, Gua'ts'enox, we have our wife. Here, Chief Ya'qaLa- 

 same ! Look at our blankets which we are giving you." Then Ya'qaLa- 

 same spoke: '-Chiefs of the Gua'ts'enox, I have seen you are really a 

 savage people, and everyone fears you. I am afraid of you, for you 

 are the first ones who have not run away from my fire. If you had 

 run away, you would not have obtained my daughter for your wife." 

 Then he shouted: "Take her, Gua'ts'enox! Now you, devourer of all 

 tribes, step forward, that Ma'Xua and Jc)a'.T^axidalaLe may see who has 

 eaten the suitors of my daughter. Now look, NEme'mrdas; look, 

 A'wite; look, Ya'gide; and you, Kasa'lis, and see the devourer of the 

 tribes." Then Ya'qaLasame took a pole and poked the stomach of the 

 devourer of the tribes who had come forward. Then the mask vom- 

 ited the seven skulls and the other bones and Ya'qaLasame continued: 

 "Now look at it, Gua'ts'enox. These are the bones of the suitors 

 who came to marry my daughter and who ran away from my fire. The 

 devourer of tribes ate them. That is what he vomited. Now come, 

 He'uEdemis, and go to your husband!" 



Then she came and went into the canoe of the Gua'ts'enox. They 

 all went into the canoe and returned home. 



I will give still another example, namely, the marriage ceremony of 

 the L'a'sq'enox, which is founded on the following tradition : A chief of 

 the L'a'sq'enox speared a sea otter which pulled his canoe out to sea. 

 He tried to cut the line, but it stuck to the canoe. Finally the moun- 

 tains of his country went out of sight. After a long time he saw a 

 black beach, and when he came near, he saw that it was the place where 

 all the coal of fires goes when it drifts down the northward current of 

 the sea. He passed this place and came to the place where all the dry 

 sand is drifting- to and fro. The sea otter continued to pull him on, and 

 he arrived at the place where the down (of birds) is drifting- on the 

 water. He passed those and came to the place where the toilet sticks' 

 are going. Finally he discovered a village on a beach. The sea otter 

 jumped ashore and was transformed into a man, who entered the chiefs 



1 Cedar splints used in place of toilet paper. 



