THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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Fig. 85. 



THIED HEAD RING OF XA'NIATS'AMGTLAKf. 



Cat. No. 175504, U. S. N. M. Collected by F. Boas. 



Then Xa'uiats'amg'ilak" took off 



the names. After lie bad told his father, he said: "I:Tow let us make 

 war upon all the people of the world. Take a good canoe. We want 

 to find them who kdled all our friends." 



His father said: "Yes, my son; I think you have obtained magic 

 power. Let us go to-morrow. Only take care of the sea monsters." 

 Then Gu'mg-ila cleaned a good canoe and put the mats and paddles 

 into it in the evening. The next 

 morning he launched the canoe. 

 Then Xa'niats'amg-ilak" made him- 

 self ready and went aboard. He 

 called his brother Qoa'wiLpe, and 

 he went aboard also. Gu'mg-ila 

 stayed ashore. Then Xa'niats'- 

 amg-ilak" said to his brother: "I 

 do not like our canoe, and I will 

 change it." Then he took his small 

 stick out of his head ring and in\t it 

 into the water. At once it became a 

 canoe with five paddles on each side. 

 He jumped into it and called his 

 brother. He also jumped aboard, 

 his cedar bark ring and took out the wood carving in shape of a beaver. 

 He said to his canoe "y i i i," and he pointed the fire bringer to the 

 upper end of the village and it caught fire; then to the lower end of 

 the village, and it also caught fire. Xow he told his canoe : " Paddle !" 



and it jjaddled. Then Gu'mg-ila 

 was glad to see that his son was 

 a magician. They were going to 

 Ga'yux, and there they met the 

 monster sea otter. He struck it 

 with the death bringer, and it was 

 transformed into a stone. He ar- 

 rived at Ga'yux. Then he saw the 

 village and went ashore. He was 

 invited and the people fed the two 

 brothers. After tliey had eaten, 

 Xa'niats'amg-ilak" asked his host: 

 "Who are you, brother!" He 

 replied: "I am XEnri'lag-ila, and . 

 this is my wife, Yo'lagilayukoa." 

 Then Xa'niats'amg-ilak" said: "Thank you, my brother. I am Xa'ni- 

 ats'amg-ilak", the son of Gu'mg-ila. This is my elder brother, Qo'a- 

 wiLpe." Then NEua'lag-ila asked: "Where are you goiugf He 

 replied : " We will go up this river." " Don't do that, master, else you 

 will have bad lack, because there are monster herrings there." Xa'ni- 

 ats'amg-ilak" replied : " Don't you know the monster at TsaXuala where 

 canoes cross the inlet? I vanquished it." Then he called his elder 



Fig. 86. 



FIRST NECK BINQ OF XA'NIATS'AMG-ILAK^'. 

 Cat. No. 175606, U. S. N. M. Collected by F. Boas. 



