520 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Fig. 176. 



SECOND HEAD RING OF HAI'ALIK-AUAE. 



Worn at the beginning of the fourth day after the 

 return of the novice. The crosspieees indicate 

 the powers of the shaman. 



Cat. No. 175490, U. S. N. M. Collected by F. Boas. 



He turns around to the left, stoopiug down, and walks in zigzag" way up 



to the house. Wliei i he approaches 

 the house, he cries "liTip! hap!" 

 and all the people ot'his clan gather 

 the property which has been given 

 him aud follow him. As soou as 

 he cries "hap hap," his son (the 

 g-i'yakila), who is in tlie Moods, is 

 heard to reply with the same sound. 

 Now, four men of the yc'wix-ila's 

 family go down to the s(piare, car- 

 rying an ax, and split the box cover 

 forming one corner of the square. 

 This is called "sinking the canoe" 

 (tso'kunsa), and means that the 

 son-in-law must distribute among 

 the tribe everything he has re- 

 ceived from his father-in-law. 

 When the people reach the house, the son-in-law gives them some 



food and gives notice that in four days 



he intends to try to bring his son back 



from the woods.' The next three days 



are spent in feasting and dancing. In 



the evening of the third day the young 



man calls all the people to go into the 



woods in order to make eight new songs 



for the ha/mats'a and two for the k-i'n- 



qalaLala, the servant of the ha/mats'a. 



The singing master and his assistants go 



into the w^oods early iu the morning, while 



the maa'mx'enox go in the evening. 



The old chiefs go last, and sit by them- 

 selves. They give orders to the que'- 



qutsa, telling them what they have to 



do during the ft^stival when the ha'- 



mats'a is exj^ected to come back. 



While learning the songs the people 



sit promiscuously, not arranged ac- 

 cording to the societies to which they 



belong. Those who have good voices sit 



near the singing master. They always 



select a certain clearing in the thicket Fig. 177. 



/. -1 • , „„ /7)1 .„ io\ AT THIKD HEAD BINO OF HAI'ALIKAUAE. 



for this purpose (Plate 43). jSo women 



,, ,,, rni 1 - , 1 . -■ . ■. The crosspieees indicate the powers of the 



are alio w^ed there. Theha'mats'aandthe shaman. 



k'i'nqahiLala who are in the woods listen <■ ,t. no. 175491, u. s. n. m. couected by f. Boas. 



' La loEns gu'nx*'itEL k'ik'i'lnalaL. 



We •will try to bring him back. 



