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About this time the four officers, the kue'ts'enox, the qa'nenox, the 

 ts'e'silaeiiox, and the fa^mtsPuox, leave the house, the last named car- 

 rying the baton. Then they say : ^ " Here is food for you (lur'qutsa." 



This is the notice for the last great feast in the winter dance cere- 

 monies. At this time they count up all the mistakes made by the 

 ha/mats'a.^ 



For four days after this the ha'mats'a runs about biting the people. 

 On the fourth night the ye'wix-ila calls his society and tells them that 

 the lia'msp'cq is to be burnt. A messenger belonging to his society is 

 sent out to call all the i)eople together. He is given a button blanket 

 and a new head ring and neck ring. This messenger goes to every 



house and says : ^ " Friends, we will tame our great friend ." 



Then the whole tribe, men, women, and children, assemble. They sing 

 the ha'mats'a songs, and during the ensuing day the ye'wix-ila pays 

 them for their bites, the price being one canoe for each bite. The 

 women who danced receive bracelets; the men who sang, button blan- 

 kets. These presents must be returned with interest when the receivers 

 give a festival another year. 



All the que'qutsa must now leave the building. The fool dancers 

 and bears are also required to go out. Only the ha'mats'a, ha'msham- 

 tsEs, no'ntsistalaL, qoe'qoasElaL, na'ne of BaxbakualanuXsI'wae, and 

 k-i'nqalaLala; the laxsa, stay. They nail the door up and close all 

 the chinks and holes in the walls. The k-i'nqalaLala take the batons, 

 then all the ha'mats'as begin to cry " hap, hap." The ha'mshamtsEs cry 

 " wip, wij), wip,"and all the others utter their peculiar sounds. The k-i'n- 

 qalaLala beat time, and each sings his own song. During this time the 

 ha'mats'a gets excited, goes around the fire and around the ha'msp'eq 

 four times. Then they lift the ha'msp'eq and pull it down, laying it so 

 that it slants down from the roof. During this ceremony all the ha'ma- 

 ts'as are naked. Four times they go up and down the ha'msp'eq while 

 it IS in this position, crying " hap, hap." Then the ha'msp'f'q is taken 

 down entirely. The ha'mats'as cut it into four pieces, while the k-i'nqa- 

 laLala and the others who are present make as much noise as i^ossible. 

 Then four ha'mats'as carry each piece. They carry it around the fire, 

 turning in front and in the rear of the house, and crying "hap" all 

 the time. Then they throw the pieces into the tire. N"ext, the ma'wiL 

 is pulled down and burnt with similar ceremonies. For four days they 

 remain in the house singing the new ha'mats'a songs. On the fourth 

 day they dress in red cedar bark, strew their heads with feathers, and 

 blacken their faces. Then the wa'leqa — the first meal of the hfi'mats'a 



' Hamilyaai' qa s quequtsai'. 

 Food for you que'qutsa. 



2QfiqEmx8&le qTi kuXwuLtsEwe qfi da'daLtsAle 



For turning to left in qana'yu. for falling out of (lana'yii, for laughing through qana'y u. 



^Lamans iii'LaLai', nonEmokoai', Ifixans nEmoxtsi'' (Xauquniq'EsKlag'illsk-as'6 

 We will tame friends our great friend (Real skull eater). 



BaxbakiKilauuXsi'wae). 



