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am (He'iLtsaqolis) ! Come friends and give away the bracelets and 

 coppers."^ Tlie name by which he calls himself here is the one which 

 he assumes at this festival. Then the members of the society to 

 which he belongs take the brass bracelets and the coppers out of the 

 box and give them to him. He says : " I obtained this property from 

 my father-in-law, and I am going to distribute it now according to the 

 laws of the winter dance." ^ 



The ye'wix-ila turns everything over to the master of ceremonies or 

 to one of his own relatives, who in their turn distribute the i^roperty 

 among the assembly, giving the women first, then the "seals," and 

 lastly the que'qutsa, each jierson receiving one stick of bracelets and 

 one stick of copi)ers. After the property has been distributed, the 

 people go home and take their breakfast in their own houses. 



In the evening the ye'wix-ila again requests four messengers to invite 

 the i)eople. He tells them the names of the new ha/mats'a and k-i'n- 

 qalaLala, and tells them to call the people to come to his house, in order 

 to tame the new ha'mats'a and k'i'nqalaLala. Each of these messen- 

 gers receives o^ie bjitton blanket. They go to the various houses and 

 say:^ 



"Shamans! We will pacify this su])ernatural one. We will soften 

 (TsE'mqok-aLa)^ by means of our songs. Friends! We will pacify this 

 supernatural one. We will restore to her senses (He'lig'ixsteg-ilisa).^ 

 Let us go into the dancing house before dark !" 



After they return to the dancing house, the ye'wix-ila calls four 

 more messengers, who also receive a button blanket each in payment 

 for their services. They must go to the end of the village, and begin- 

 ning at the last house they must say: "We come back to call you. 

 The fire is going out. We have no fuel. Come quick, shamans!"*' The 

 people follow them at once, and all enter the dancing house. 



'No'guam He'iLtsaqolis. Qe'lasdaox lag*a nenEiuo'k" qas as'e.'itdax'os sfi'xa 

 lam " come, friends, for yo^i to give the 



k"'o'kule LEwa Lri'qnxsEm (fas ia'x'uitaosas. 

 bracelets and coppers that you give them away. 



^La'mEuuX ia'x'uiL uenEmokue' g-ano'x gilyanKiuX Ifi'xEno'X 



We will give away, friends this what we got from there we 



our wife 

 qig-a'taas. 

 from whom wife was obtained. 



^La'mEns yoLaLai' ptlpaxalai' laxoa Lokoalaxai'. La'uiEns tamalqoaLai' 



We will tame paxalas this supernatural one. We will make soft inside by 



means of songs, 

 lax TsE'mqok-aLai'. La'mEns helCk-aLai' nenEmokoai' la'xoa Lokoalaxai'. 



on "sound of swallowing." We will tame friends at this .supernatural one. 



La'iiiK.ns na'naqa'maLai' pepaxalai' lax Hfi'lig-ixstr-g-ilisai'. NauEmtsTiEuiLEnsai'. 

 We will restore to his paxalas on Tamer of (Ha'mats'a's) We will all go in before 



senses mouth. dark. 



■'Name of the ha'mats'a novice. 

 *Name of the ki'nqalaLala novice. 



^Qatsesdaai' la'am k-'ilx'etdr da lEqoi'L; k-'e'osnfiX lEqiiiLaai' ; wii h:i"lag*ilr-L 



We walk liack goiug out the fire; not we firewood; wii hurry 



Lax pepaxalai'. 

 paxalas. 

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