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and also the chiefs, our grandfathers, Ya'qaLanlists'e and LEk*amaxor 

 Therefore, I call you to make war upon the Bi'lxula, for they have our 

 names and our red cedar bark. Now, take great care, else we shall not 

 get back our dancing masks. Now we will go and take back the names 

 of our dancing nuisks. For these we will fight against the Bi'lxula. 

 Now go tomorrow morning and rub your bodies with hemlock branches. 

 You men go altogether to one place. And you women go to another 

 place and rub yourselves also with hemlock branches, for we shall meet 

 later on as though we were fighting. Do not laugh, you women, but 

 carry your kelp in which the breath of your husbands is enclosed. 

 Throw it at your husbands, and when Ave finish, go into the water. 

 When a kelp tube bursts, its owner nuist not accompany us, for he 

 would never return." 



Then YeqaLalasamc arose and spoke: " My tribe, I am glad on 

 account of your si)eech. I heard it said that we are going to war. 

 What tribe are we going to make war uponf" He pretended not to 

 know. Then Ya'xLEu replied : " Chief, we are going to make war upon 

 the Bi'lxula." Then the great warrior uttered the ha'niats'a cry and 

 said: " That was my desire, for that is the only tribe in whose blood 1 

 did nut dip my hands. Thank you, Kwakiutl, but take care! You 

 must arise in the morning before the crow cries. Do not wear blankets, 

 but you women wear the kelp rings. That is all I want to tell you." 

 Then the men left the house and went to sleep. On the next morning 

 the great warrior YcqaLalasame himself awakened them before the 

 crows were stirring. Then all the men and women arose. Only those 

 who were menstruating were not allowed to go. First the men went to 

 get hemlock branches, then the women did the same. Then they all 

 went into the sea and sat down crying, " hfi, hn, hu " They rubbed their 

 bodies with hemlock branches. When they came out of the water, their 

 bodies were all red. They wiped themselves and then men and women 

 met. Now the ha/mats'a, bear dancers and nu'LmaL, and all the other 

 dancers, became excited. The women did the same, and then men and 

 women pretended to fight. The women threw the kelp rings at their 

 husbands, who tried to catch them. When a man missed his kelp ring 

 or when it burst, he was not allowed to go on the war expedition. For 

 four days the men and women continued to do this. When they had 

 finished, they prepared their weapons. After five days the Ma'malele- 

 qala arrived in four canoes, the Nimkish in six canoes, the Lau'ltsis in 

 two canoes, the Ts'a'watEcnox in eight canoes. Then NEqa'p'Euk-Em 

 invited all the tribes. When they were in his house, he gave them 

 dried salmon and afterwards clover root, liefore they finished this 

 course Neqa'p'Euk-Em arose and said: "Fathers, uncles, brothers, 

 children, thank you that you have come. Now let us go and look for our 

 exterminated tribe, the Qoe'xsot'cnox, who were eaten by the Bi'lxula. 

 Let us make them vomit our tribe." And all repeated his words and 

 said: "You have said it. We Avill do it." But NEqa'p'Enk'Em did not 



