THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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must join tliem. He is iJiiinted with tlie particular design which used 



to excite him — a head, maggots, the raven, the x-a'wayh, or the corpse. 



When painting them, the people hold them tight and torment them. 



The skull is i)ainte(l in black on the 



ha'mats'a's face; the maggots are 



represented by numerous little dots, 



and the x-a/wayil is indicated by 



a rope. The painting representing 



the corpse are feet, because when the 



ha'mats'a enters the house carrying 



a corpse, its feet are always visible 



under the blanket. 



Painted in this manner he accom- 

 panies the messengers, who carry 

 long staffs (que'sp'eq). Theha'mats'a 

 pretends that he can not do the work 

 assigned to the messengers properly. 

 When they call a name, they always 

 strike the threshold with their staffs. 

 The ha'mats'a stands in their midst 

 and they strike his feet with their 

 staffs when calling a name. In short, 

 he is maltreated in all conceivable 

 ways, ] )articularly by his rival. If he 

 can not endure the torments longer, 

 he will rush to the seat of the seal society. The people pull him back, 

 push him, and tear his clothes. Then he gets excited and bites the people. 



Following are a number of songs of the ha'mats'a: 



ha'mats'a song composed recently 15Y QOAYO'STETSAS. ' 



1. I am ooing all around the world eating everywhere with BaxbakuiilauuXsI'wae. 



2. I give you no time to escape from me when I go with BasbakualannXsi'wae. 



3. I am .at the center of the world; 

 for me BaxbakualaniiXsI'wae 

 is crying hap. 



4. I am at the post of the Avorld; 

 for me BaxbakualanuXsi'wae 

 is crying hap. 



When the ha'mats'a moves 

 his trembling arms from right 

 to left, lie indicatesby gestures 

 the contents of the song. In 

 the x>receding song the ges- 

 tures are as follows : With the 

 words "I am going," the arms 

 are stretched out to one side; " all around the world," the arms swing 

 around in a wide circle; "I," the shoulders are alternately brought 



Fig. 92. 



FIRST HEAD KING OF LEXX-A'LIX-fLAGU. 



Cat. No. nSolS, TI. S. N. M. Collected by F. Boas. 



Fig. 93. 



SECOND HEAD KING OF LEXX-A'LIX-ILAGU. 

 Cat. No. 175519, U. S. N. M. Collected by F. Bo.is. 



■ Appendix, page 688. 



