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batons among tliem. At the same time trumpet whistles are heard to 

 blow in his bedroom. When the people have assembled iu his house, 

 the master of ceremonies says, ''Let us try, friends, to drive aw^ay the 

 supernatural being. He has carried away enough of our number.'" 

 The people reply, "Come, friend, no one is stronger in 

 supernatural power than you are."'^ Then all the other 

 men say one after the other, "Let us go on the floor 

 and beat time."-' Then they all (men, women, and 

 children) get ready to sing the old song which is sup- 

 posed to drive the spirits away. They cry "ye lieee 

 hu hu hu ye heee!" This is the song of the wolf. 

 After this song the master of ceremonies says, "That 

 is wiong."^ Now they utter the bear's cry : " Hamama 

 ma ma, hamamai." Again he says, "That is wrong." 

 The people next utter Hai'alik-auae's sound, "wo ip 

 kf wo-ip kf Avo-ip" (kf blown upward). They continue 

 this for about live minutes. The whistles continue to 

 blow, and the master of ceremonies says again, "That 

 is wrong ! That is wrong ! Let us sing another song." 

 Now they sing "woi, woi, wdi," which is also Hai'ali- 

 k*auae's song. After this song the whistles stop, and 

 at the order of the master of ceremonies they sing the 

 first sonff of the winter dance :^ 



Fig. 164 

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From a sketch ni 

 World's Columl) 

 tion. 



MLALA. 



le at the 

 n Exposi- 



Wo, wo, ai, a, ai, really torinentiti<?, ai, ai really tormenting. 



Just before the end, the master of ceremonies joins the chorus, crying 

 "o hu," and all the people shout " wa!" hitting the boards together, 

 which is believed to be a means of driving away the spirits. This song 

 is sung four times. Then the speaker of the second ye'wix-ila says: 



"Friends, be hapijy. I received the name from the supernatural 



being." '^ 



Then all the people reply : " You received your great name from the 

 supernatural being." ^ After this the speaker continues, saying that 

 the people ought to be glad to hear the old songs aud to have seen the 



^We'g'a x'lns gwa'nx-'ita, ne'nEmok", la'mEns he'L'oLas yisox 

 Let us try, friends, we be lias enough this 



La me'sEns weg'lLtsEus qa'qEmp. 

 We will try our grandfather. 



^We'g'a, ade', we'g'a qastd' naii'alakoaqAlasos. 



^Wd'g-a bai'g'illL la a'ma. 



^La'me Lc'(]oa. 



^Appendix, page 723. 



^Wa uenEmo'k"! a'lag-a ama x-i aik'e's ue'noqex-daox 



Wa, friends! 



g'il'g'ax'as nau'alak". 

 coining from naualak". 



Only be 



happy 



jour hearts. 



'SotsiicL g"a/g*ax'a8 nau'alak". La'me q'fi'paloL. 

 You great coming from naualak. It hit you. 



na'walakiiex, 



naualak. 



No'giia am 

 I am 



