530 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



During the whole day the whistles of the hii'mats'a were heard in the 

 house. Then the speaker of the ye/wix-ila says as follows : "Friends, 

 do as I desire ! Try to pacify our friend ! Let all the women dance !"' 

 This is a request to the women to dance with the ha'mats'a in order to 

 tame him. The master of ceremonies calls upon all the ha'mshamtsEs, 

 the hai'alik-ilaL, the t'o'X'uit, and the k-i'nqalaLala to dance with the 

 lifi'mats'a. They blacken their faces, put eagle down on their heads, 

 iind l)egin to dance. Then the h<l/mats'a shakes the ha'msp'cq and 

 coines out of the ma/wiL. At once the people begin to beat the boards, 

 but do not sing. The ha'mats'a goes around the fire once and disap- 

 pears again in the ma/wiL. The master of ceremonies says : "Some- 

 body must have made a mistake," and calls up tlie i>axa'lalaL — that 

 means the shaman dancer. He steps forward, calls for a round rattle, 

 and as soon as the master of ceremonies has given it to him he begins 

 to sing the song of the paxa'lalaL,^ "You took me around the world, 

 BaxbakuillanuXsi'wae." He goes around the fire and then enters the 

 ma'wiL at the same place where the hfl/mats'a went in. He stays 

 there for about ten minutes and then reappears, saying that the people 

 have made too much noise, and that they did not have enough down on 

 their heads, and that the ha/mats'a had disappeared again for these 

 reasons. The master of ceremonies calls for four dishes of eagle down. 

 Then four men come out of the right hand front corner of the house 

 carrying the dishes and saying that they were waiting for the orders 

 of the master of ceremonies. He sends the four men to feather the 

 heads of the people, beginning with the ha'mats'a, continuing with the 

 other "seals," and finishing with the que'qutsa. Then the master of 

 ceremonies says that the eagle down brought into the house super- 

 natural power (which is not supposed to be present where there is no 

 down). 



Now the ha'mats'a is seen to leave the ma'wiL again. He jumps 

 down, goes around the fire once, and disappears again. Again the 

 paxa'lalaL is sent to discover if a mistake has been made which 

 induced the ha'mats'a to leave again. He sings the same song as 

 before, enters the ma/wiL, where he stays for some time. He reappears 

 and says that the ha'mats'a was displeased because the hc'iig-a did 

 not sing their secret song. Tlien four he'lig-a are sent into the ma/wiL. 

 The ye'wix-ila gives four button blankets to the master of ceremonies 

 and requests him to do with them whatever he pleases. The master 

 of ceremonies gives them to the he'lig-a, who then begin to sing: " Wa 



'la aadtj' la'ams waxe'idKXdaAxL g-a'xEn qas gu'nx"'itdaoa I'l'loLa xEiis 



la, friends, you give my desire me for you try get liim our 



nEmo'Xdaoxue'x. Na/xuleLda^JXEiiiLKs ts'r- daqii' yixoa'xdaoxLEx. 

 friend our. All you women dance. 



-Yam ba mfiiji ha iiiai yf-, hiimaniaai liaiiia. 



LaXdEno'k" laiHtai'sKlahayuas, liaxbaknalaiuiXsi'wae. 



You took me arovmd tlie world, HaxbakualaiiuXsi'wae. 



They all have one song iu common. 



