THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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of the house, hokliuj;' their blankets in a fold over their arms, which are 

 held at some distance from their chest. If any one coughs after the 

 ha/mats'as have entered, the bear steps up to him and threatens him. 

 The offender must give a feast to the seal society; sometimes also to 

 the que/qutsa. The ha'mats'as sit down in the middle of the rear of the 

 house. Kext to them on both sides sit the bear dancers; next to these 

 the other groups of the seal society. Then 

 the master of ceremonies asks the four mes- 

 sengers who went to invite the members of the 

 lower grades of the seal society to fetch tallow 

 and white cedar bark. The four men rise 

 together and A'Lo'lsEla says : "We go to lift 

 our grandfather from the tloor."' 



All the ceremonial objects which are ac- 

 quired by inheritance are called "grand- 

 father." They are kept in four boxes in the 

 right-hand front corner of the house. When 

 the men lift them, tlie ts'a'eiia spirits enter 

 them, making them hungry. This is ex- 

 pressed in their song, which they sing while 

 walking around the fire and carrying the 

 boxes containing the tallow and cedar bark:- 



This is what makes ns confused. 



They carry these boxes four times around 

 thefire and then stop in front of the ha'mats'as, 

 to whom they give some tallow and cedar bark. 

 They continue to distribute it, two men going 

 tothe right andtwo going to the left until they 

 meet at the door. 



Then the master of ceremonies calls the same 

 messenger who went to fetch the ha/mats'as: 

 "Come, friends, and lift from the floor your 

 grandfather."^ 



They rise, walk around the fire four times, 

 and, standing close to the door, the sj)eaker 

 says, "We are going, friends, to lift our grand- 

 father,""' which means in this case the drum. 

 Then they turn to the right and walk out of 

 the house. After about ten minutes, they 

 are heard to return singing, and enter holding 

 each one corner of the drum. They sing : ^ 



Fig. 15G. 



F.GURE KEPRESENTING THE NO'N- 

 LEMG-ILA. 



Height, 34 J inches. 



I\' A, No. 1031, Royal Ethnographical Museum, 

 Berlin. Collected by A. Jacobsen. 



BaxbakualauuXsI'wae said he would make me go throu^rh his own house. 



' LamEuoX laL dag-iliLaL g-anoX qa'qEmpk*a. 

 - Appendix, page 720. 



■'Qr^'lag-a ntluEmo'k" f-itale'Lax qa s laos lil'xis qa'qempdaoxoos. 



Come, friends, again off floor for go your to yonr grandfather. 



^La'menox hlL nenEnio'k" qa g'fi'xlag'IsEns qa'qemp. 

 ^Appendix, page 721. 



