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of BaxbakualanuXslVae ! And turning to liis dead enemy lie mocked 

 bim, who had also been a ha/mats'a, saying: " Do you think you were 

 the real BaxbakualanuXsi'waef thus implying that he was more 

 powerful. 



FEAST SONG USED IN A FEAST GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE HA'MATS'a.' 



1. I came to your daucinj? house to eat my fill. 



2. The heat of the whirliug flames scares me, frightens me to enter your dancing 



house, where everybody warms himself. Wa ha hai, waiya wai. 



FEAST SONG USED IN A FEAST GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE Ha'MATS'a.I 



1. I came to your dancing house to eat my fill. 



2, It does not matter if your fire hurts me, and if I vomit all kinds of food that you 



set before us in your dancing house — you to whom everybody goes to get food. 



iia'mats'a song, j.a'lasiqoala.' 



1. The ho'Xhok"'s voice is heard all over the world. Assemble at your places, 



dancers! at the edge of the world. 



2. The raven's voice is heard all over the world. Assemble at your places, men ! at 



the edge of the world. 



3. The ha'mats'a's voice is heard all over the world. Assemble at your places, men! 



at the edge of the world. 



ha'mats'a song, la'lasiqoala.2 



1. Truly ! He goes around the whole world, the great ha'mats'a, looking for food every- 



where, the great ha'mats'a, on both sides of the world. 



2. Truly ! He Avants to eat plenty, the great ha'mats'a. He is trying to eat all himself, 



the great ha'mats'a, but he did not reach the food that he was going to obtain 

 at the edge of the world. 



3. He wants to cat with l)Oth hands, the great ha'mats'a, at the house of the one who 



is trying to eat all himself all over the world; but he did not reach the coppers 

 that he was going to obtain at the edge of the world. 



This translation is not quite certain. The song refers to the Goasi'la 

 who in olden times had many dances and did not want to give them to 

 the other Kwakiutl tribes, who desired to obtain them through mar- 

 riage. The La''Lasiqoala heard that the Goasi'la intended to invite 

 them to their winter dance. They were invited and started to go, but 

 their chief was afraid, it seems, and returned back without attending 

 the feast. 



k-1'nqalalala song belonging to the ha'mats'a song (p. 459, No. 1).^ 



1. I hold down your furor, great ha'mats'a. 



2. I hold down your whistles, great ha'mats'a. 



3. I appease your voracity, great ha'mats'a. 



4. You are looking for food all the time, great ha'mats'a. . 



5. You are looking for heads all the time, great ha'mats'a. 



6. You devour wealth, great ha'mats'a. 



' Appendix, i)age 692. ^ Ai)pendix, page 693. 



