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the world. All tlie tribes try to Imitate us, but I have not seen anyone 

 who has been able to do as we do." Then all the people said, " True, 

 true!" Next NEmo'gwis's father, No'Lq'auLEla, spoke: " Look at me; 

 look at my son ! You shall not call me chief on account of what I am 

 doing, but call my son chief, because I am doing it for his sake. I am 

 working for him; I want to make him heavier all the time."' Then he 

 asked one of the Nfi'q'oaqtoq chiefs, who had expressed his intention to 

 leave, " Is it true that you are going to leave 1 If you intend to do so, 

 wait four days longer, because my brother is going to give away 

 blankets within a few days," and he continued : " Ma'maleleqala ! my 

 son is ready for you. He intends to give blankets to you. My brother- 

 in-law KuLE'm is also ready for you, and Afi'listalitsa intends to give 

 blankets to you." Then the Na'q'oaqtoq, who intended to leave, arose 

 and said : " I wish there were two men like you in Tsa'xis (Fort Eupert). 

 You are the iirst who treated me well; you who asked me to stay here," 

 Novemher 20. — In the afternoon the Koskimo sent their messengers to 

 invite to a feast. About 6 p. m. the people had assembled in their 

 dancing house. First a Na/q'oaqtoq distributed blankets among the peo- 

 ple, and then one of their number arose, holding a copper in his hands. 

 He spoke about its value, and said that he was going to buy it. Sud- 

 denly whistles and noise were heard outside, and the Koskimo ha/mats'a, 

 who had disappeared the preceding night, entered, accompanied by his 

 attendants. He danced around the fire once and disappeared again. 

 Then the speaker of the Koskimo asked the Kwakiutl and theNa/q'oaqtoq 

 to sing. The Kwakiutl sang their two songs. The Na'q'oaqtoq followed, 

 but when in their first song they got out of time Ya/qois, the principal 

 hamats'a of the Kwakiutl, got excited. He jumped up, crying "hap, 

 Inlp, hap." His nine attendants rushed up to him, and while he was 

 trembling violently they moved once to the right, once to the left behind 

 the fire, then around the tire, and when they reached the door, they 

 went out. During all this time whistles were heard proceeding from 

 the circle of the attendants. While the Koskimo chief was continuing 

 his speech the whistles and the howling of the ha'mats'a was heard on 

 the street. Soon he returned, dressed only with a dancing apron, two 

 rings of cedar bark worn crosswise over his shoulders, and a heavy ring 

 of red cedar bark worn on his head. The first circuit he danced in a 

 squatting posture. When opposite the door, he was for a short time 

 carried by his attendants. In the rear of the house he turned once. 

 The second circuit he danced standing, and tlie songs which were sung 

 during this time were in a five-part measure. His feet were put down 

 with the beats of the batons. The knees were lifted high up for each 

 step, while the trunk moved downward at the same time. After he 

 had gone around the fire twice, his father dressed him with a fine Chilcat 

 blanket and an apron and leggins of the same make, with which he 

 made two more circuits around the fire. Then he disappeared, utterly 



' That means he wants to make his ornaments of red cedar bark more valuable. 



