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These are all the songs I know. If you will go to the Ts'a/watEenox 

 you can learn all the forty songs of the Walas'axa'. 



When the dance of the wolves was at an end, Qa'watiliqala said : 

 '■'• O, friends, I invited you, my tribe, that you may know that I give my 

 daughter in marriage to O'maxt'a'laLe, chief of the G-i'g-ilqam on the 

 other side. Now let us go and take our son-in-law, his wife, and his 

 house liome. And he shall take this great dance. Let us go to- 

 morrow !" Then the people left the house and the next day they made 

 ready to start. They went across, taking the house and Qa'watiliqala's 

 daughter. They stopped at Ga/yuX. They built a foundation of drift 

 logs. In four days they finished the house. 



Then O'niaxtTi'laLe Avent to tell his father NEmo'gwis. He entered 

 the house and said: "Come, father! let us go to my house at Ga'yux. 

 I have married the daughter of Qa'watiliqala. I brought my father- 

 in-law and his tribe, and also the house and the great dance Wrdas'- 

 axa', and a great box and three baskets. I do not know what is in 

 them." NEmo'gwis replied : "Let us invite Ts'E'nXqaio and La'laX- 

 sEnt'aio and Kuax-iland'knmae, that they may see your house." And 

 he sent Bd'nakwala to invite the tribes. Then O'maxt'a'laLd and his 

 father went, and O'maxt'a'laLe said: "Take care, father! As soon as I 

 jump through the door of my house you jump with me." When they 

 arrived at the house, the mouth of the door opened and the father and 

 son jumped iu. Then the posts said: "Goon! greet them who come 

 into your house. Chief!" XEmd'gwis spoke : " W^elcome, Brother Qa'wa- 

 tiliqala. I have heard about you. I thank you for having given your 

 daughter and your house to my sou." Qa'watiliqala replied: "O, 

 brother, I am glad that I have seen you. From now on your name 

 will be Great NEmo'gwis (Wa'las NEmo'gwis). This box filled with 

 curried skin blankets is for you, and the basket filled with marten 

 skins, the one filled with mink skins, and this one filled with lynx 

 blankets." Then O'maxt'a'laLe left his house, because he heard men 

 speaking outside. He saw his uncle Bo'nakwala and the guests whom 

 he had invited. Then O'maxt'a'laLe said: "Now let us jump into my 

 house all at the same time." When they were all ready, the door 

 opened and they all jumped in. Then the posts spoke: "Go on ! greet 

 them who come into your house. Chief!" The guests sat down, and 

 were given to eat. When they had finished, they performed the winter 

 ceremonial. O'maxt'a'laLe showed the Walas'axa'. Afterwards he 

 gave sea otters to Qa'watiliqala's tribe, and he gave blankets made of 

 curried leather, marten blankets, mink blankets, and lynx blankets to 

 Ts'E'uXqaio, La'laxsEnt'aiO, and Kuax-iland'kumae. His winter dance 

 lasted four days. He was the first who gave away blankets to all the 

 tribes, and who gave a seal feast. That is the end. 



Before leaving this subject I must mention that all the clans authen- 

 ticate the claim to their rank and to the greatness of their ancestor by 

 telling of a meeting between him and one of the two deities which 

 l)revail iu the mythology of these tribes, Q'a'nig-ilak" in the Newettee 



