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people catch him and k'ad him toward the house, singing the new 

 songs. (Phite 44.) The he'lig-a sing their secret songs, and the unini- 

 tiated cry "hoi'p." By this means they attempt to tame the ha'mats'a. 

 The people lead him to the house of the ye'wix-ila, who, on their 

 approach, steps out of the house with his whole family, dressed in red 

 cedar bark ornaments and hutton blankets. Their faces are marked 

 with black spots. Their heads are covered with down. They dance in 

 front of the bouse, accompanying the new songs. Some of the ye/wi 

 x-ila's relatives go down to the people, who lead the ha'mats'a, and 

 hold boards in their hands for the jDCople to beat time on. Then the 

 latter begin to sing as follows: "Woe! you are making your iiarents 

 poor, naualak !" ' Then they walk into the house. After they have all 

 entered, the new k-i'nqalaLala who returned with tlie hfi'mats'a from 



the woods, and who, during the 

 ceremony, is entirely naked, be- 

 gins to sing her new song. She 

 enters the house going backward, 

 facing the ha'mats'a, whom she 

 desires to lead into the house. 

 The ha'mats'a, however, is appar- 

 ently unwilling to enter, and stays 

 for about half an hour in the door, 

 where he turns four times, the he'- 

 lig*a surrounding him all the 

 time. During this time the i^eo- 

 ple raise the ha'msi^'rq and the 

 mil'wiL. As soon as it is com- 

 pleted, the ha'mats'a leaves the 

 door, goes to the right until he 

 comes to the rear of the house, 

 and climbs the ha'msp'eq. He 

 ascends the roof of the house, 

 runs around once, and returns, 

 descending the ha'msp'eq, or he 

 jumps down from the door of the 

 As soon as he jumps down he rushes to one man and bites 

 He goes around the fire once, holding him in this way. 



Fig. 187. 



NECK KINU OF ONE WHO IS ADMITTED TO THE WINTEK 



(JEKBMONIAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. 



Cat. No. n55(l2, U. S. N. M. Collected by F. Boas. 



ma/wiL. 

 his arm 



Then he climbs the ha'msij'eq again, runs around the roof, and after 

 he comes down again bites another man. This is repeated four times. 

 The people during this time sing the new songs, and the ha'mats'a 

 dances around the fire, but not properly, as he is supposed to be still 

 out of his senses. After he has danced around the fire the fourth 

 time, he goes into the ma'wiL. Then all the people take off the hemlock 

 branches and throw tliem into the fire. This is called smoking the 

 wildness of BaxbakualanuXsi'wae out of the ha'mats'a. Then they 

 arrange themselves according to the societies to which they belong. 

 The ye'wix'ila who stands at the left-hand side of the door says: "I 



^ Wo sis wnn g'iL moweLos nau'alakue woe woe ! 

 Woe you make poor meu you naualak woe woe. 



