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cannibal gfrizzly bear. irai'abk-ilaL is described as one of his friends. 

 A person who meets liim or one of Lis suit may become a 



(1) Ha'mats'a, a cannibal, into whom he instills the desire of eating 

 human flesh, and who devours whomsoever he can lay his hands upon. 



(2) Ha'mshamtsEs, a cannibal of less violent character. 



(3) No'ntsistalaL, who is able to devour and touch fire with impunity. 



(4) Na'ne s BaxbakualanuXsI'wae, the grizzly bear of the cannibal 

 spirit, who delights in killing people with his strong paws. 



(5) K'i'nqahiLala, who procures human flesh for the ha'mats'a. 



(6) Q'o'mindqa, who also procures human flesh for the ha'mats'a. 



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(7) Ho'Xhok", who breaks the skulls of men. 



(8) Hai'alik-ilaL. 



(9) Na'naqaualiL( = sunrisedance), which isgiven by BaxbakunlanuX- 

 si'wae and Hai'alik-ilaL jointly. 



III. MatEm, who lives on the top of steep mountains. It is a bird, 

 and bestows the faculty of flying. 



IV. Tlie ghosts who bestow the power of returning to life after the 

 person has been killed. 



There are a ccmsiderable number of others of less importance which 

 i will not enumerate here, because iu many cases it is ditticult to 



