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skiu. The person with whom the ma'maq'a has an understanding, 

 hooks this second harpoon head to his skin and opens at the same time 

 a small bag containing blood, which seems to flow from tlie wound. 

 Later on the ma'maq'a pulls it out and exchanges it quickly for his own 

 harpoon head. 



There are still other performances of the ma/maq'a, one of which 

 consists in throwing a number of ducks into a kettle that is filled with 

 water. I am told that wooden carved ducks are tied to the bottom of 

 the kettle and released by a helper as vsoon as the ma'maq'a throws. 



ma'maq'a soxg.' 



1. (io and look every wlieio for his supernaturul power, for his supernatural power. 



Among the La'Lasiqoala the ma'maq'a wears cedar bark ornaments 

 as shown in figures 151, 152, pp. 502, 503. His dance is the same as that 

 of the Kwakiutl ma'maq'a. Following is one of their ma'maq'a songs :^ 



1. Behold his great supernatural power ; iii. 



2. Bo careful in swinging your sacred implement. 



3. Truly it kills the people, so that they have no time to escape. 



4. Truly the supernatural power cuts short their lives. 



t'o'x'uit. 



The t'o'X'uit is almost always danced by women. The dancer is 

 decorated in the same way as the ma'maq'a. She enters singing the 

 t'o'X'uit cry: 



■ p 1— <g — g— f-|^- 



g- ra \ 



Ya ya ye ya ya ye 



She holds her elbows close to her sides, the forearms forward, i^alms 

 upward. She walks around the fire limping, raising both hands 

 slightly with every second step, as though she was trying to conjure 

 something up from underground. She is followed by four attendants. 

 Her spirit is in most cases the sI'siuL, and him she is conjuring. She 

 moves around the fire four times, and now the ground opens in the rear 

 of the house and out comes a huge si'siuL, Its horns are moving and 

 its tongues are playing. This carving is either raised by means of 

 strings which pass over the beams of the house or by men who lift it 

 from underneath. A carving of this sort was exhibited at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, and has been transferred to the Field Columbian 

 Museum. As soon as it appears there is a great commotion in the lear 

 of the house so that it can not be seen very distinctly. After it has 

 disappeared again the singers begin its song, which is as follows: ^ 



1. Let us show what we gained by war! 



2. (Winfi'lag'ilis says:) 1 did not turn my face backward to look at those who were 



bothering me when I went to make war on you, friend. 



' Appendix, page 715. 



