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of tlie under lip downward; the other two, one from each corner of the 

 mouth downward. Following is one of the songs of the ts'e'k'ois:^ 



1. Keep silent the sacred voices wbicli we hear proceeding from j-oiir body. 



2. Everybody knows your name. Keep your sacred whistles ([uiet. 



3. Everybody knows your name, great healer ! 



The si'lis (snake in belly) is believed to have a snake in his stomach. 

 He hides a piece of kelp in his mouth, which during his dance he blows 



Fig. 141 



MASK OF TS'O'NOQOA. 



Height, 15 inches; black, red. 



IV A, No. RRR, Royal Ethnofrraiihic.il Museum, Berlin. Collecte.l by A. Jacobsen. 



up so that it grows out of his mouth like the tail of a snake. His orna- 

 ments are shown in fig. 163 (p. 511). Following is his song:' 



The people sing : How great is our famous one ! 

 How great is his name ! 

 The dreaded spirit is coming in his canoe ! 

 How great is his name ! 

 Si'lls sings: Do not be troubled! Do not be afraid on account of the storm 



caused by my great protector. 

 My protector the si'siuL goes right up to the greatest chiefs. 

 The people sing: How great is our famous one! 

 Si'lls sings: He said to me: "You will take counsel with Wina'lag-ilis. 



He said to me: "You will be friend to Wlufi'lag-ills. 

 The people sing: How great is our famous one. 



The A"mlala is also initiated by Wina'lag-ilis. He is not counted as 

 a member of the t'o'X'uit, but performs a separate dance. His head 

 ring and neck ring are made of hemlock. He wears a club, the end of 

 which is set with long thorn.s (fig. 164, p. 512). After several circuits 

 around the fire, he presses these thorns into his head, and blood is seen 



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