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see the singers. After the first song the ha'mats'a went back and the 

 ho'Xhok" came out and danced. After one dance he went back and the 

 raven came out and danced. With the next song the ha/mats'a came 

 out carrying a corpse in his arms, which he ate. When he had eaten it, 

 he danced again and Aveut back. He had four songs. BaxbakualanuX- 

 sl'wac spoke: "This shall be your ha/mats'a, your name shall be Wil- 

 gasfi'Iag'ilis, and Hamiga'lagalits'ak" and Naxuawisa'lag'ilis. Don't 

 forget the head masks of the ho'Xhok" and of the raven and the paint- 

 ing of the secret room. He called La'wag-is to see a ditch that was in 

 the rear of the house. Then he went and saw it. Something like a 

 rainbow was standing in the hole. La'wag-is looked down and saw all 

 kinds of animals and fishes in the hole. BaxbakualanuXsi'wac spoke: 

 "This is the cannibal post of the dancing house. This shall be your 

 magical treasure. Then he taught him his song: 



1. You are the great BaxbakualanuXsl'wae, to whom every one looks np, ahd, 6, o, o, 



hem, aem. 



2. This is the way of the true BaxbakufilanuXsI'wae, aho, o, o, o, hf'iu, aeni. 



3. O, nobody can live before the great BaxbaknalauuXsi'war', aho, n, d, d, h<'m, aem. 



4. Who came out of tlie woods to me, aho, d, d, d, hem, aem. 



Kow he had learned the one song and BaxbakualanuXsl'wae taught 

 him the second song: 



1. You are looking for food, you great magician, mahamai, hama, hamamai; yi 



hama ma mai hama. 



2. You are looking for men whom you want to eat, great magician; mahamai, 



hama, hamamai ; yi hama ma mai hama. 



3. You tear men's skins, great magician, mahamai. You try to eat many men, great 



magician, mahamai, hama, hamamai; yi hama ma mai hama. 



4. Everybody trembles before you, you great magician. You who have been to the 



end of the world, mahamai, hama hama mai; yi hama ma mai hama. 



After the song BaxbakuillanuXsi'wae called La'wag-is and asked 

 him: "Don't you want this harpoon shaft? It kills everything. Xow 

 it is yours, and also this red cedar bark and the fire with which you may 

 burn everything, the water of life, and tiie quartz for killing your ene- 

 mies." Then La'wag-is went home. That is the end. 



The following legend belongs to the Ximkish: 



There were two friends. One of them had gone into the woods to be 

 initiated by the spirits of his clan, while the other one was not yet pre- 

 pared to meet these spirits. Nevertheless he went to search for his 

 friend and after four days he found him. When he returned, his father 

 asked him where he had been, and he told him that he had found his 

 friend who was being instructed by the spirits. Then his father struck 

 him, saying: "Do you not know that it is forbidden? I shall be killed 

 on account of you.'' Then the youth became sad. At night he put on 

 his ornaments, which were made of abalone shells, and went into the 

 woods. He went up the river and washed with hemlock branches. 

 The following morning he went on, and the next day he waslied again. 

 Then he heard the voice of BaxbaknalanuXsi'wac. At the end of the 



