526 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Theu the LEle'L'alenox says that the laughing of the person whom 

 he pointed out iu the begiiiniug was the cause of the clisappeaiauee 

 of the ha'mats'a. The laugher mnst call his daughter to dance, 

 and he must take a staff (the feast pole (jfi'sop'eq) in his hands and 

 promise to give a feast after her dance. 



If any other mistake should have been 

 made, the LEle'L'alGuox points it out in a 

 similar way. When, for instance, a woman 

 has brought her uninitiated children into 

 the house, he will say on entering, "I smell 

 someone who is profane;"^ and the people 

 will reply, '^ Important is your word."' 

 Then he asks for red cedar bark, which 

 is given to him. He makes a neck ring 

 and a head ring (figs. 186, 187, pp. 527, 

 528). He asks one man to beat time. 

 Then he sings his secret song, and sud- 

 denly the voices of birds (whistles) are 

 heard on top of the house. He holds the 

 red cedar bark in front of his face, push- 

 ing it forward with every stej) and crying, 

 "o, o, op, op." Then he puts the cedar 

 bark on the child's head. The birds' voices 

 suddenly disappear, and are heard on the 

 roof of the house of the child's father. 

 Then that child must disappear, it being 

 supposed that he has been taken away by 

 these spirits. 



After the novice has disappeared again, 

 the chief's speaker asks all the people to 

 make themselves ready to expect the nov- 

 ice on the following morning. All this 

 time his whistles are heard in the woods. 

 Then the people go to their houses and 

 have a short rest, but after about an hour 

 or two the ye'wix-ila calls them to his 

 house and asks them to try to catch the 

 new ha'mats'a. He says: "Take care! we want to save our great 

 friend."^ Then the master of ceremonies requests the seal society to 

 assemble, and the que'qutsa to follow them. He says, " Gather seals ! " ' 



' Hmm; baxusp'ala, smell of the profane. 



'^Awi'laxaox wa'LclEmaq'os, HoLElete. 

 Imiiortaut your word, Ho'LElete. 



^^Laams yfi'L'oXiietdExdadxLoL nenEmo'k qanso' wa'wultsEwax-'It xEna 



You, take care you, friends, we want to save our 



iiEiuo'xtse. 



great friend. 



^LoxsEmaLaa'niL is me'eiuqoat. 

 In bunch you seals. 



Fig. 184. 



HEAD RING OF THE CHIEF OF THE KILLER 



WHALE SOCIETY. 

 (V A, No. 1824, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Ber- 

 lin. Collected by A. Jacobsen. 



