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times the ha'mats'a, accompanied by some of the fool dancers and bears, 

 would leave the house and attack the people. In the afternoon all the 

 members of the seal society appeared on the roof of the house. 

 Every society howled its peculiar cries, the fool dancers throwing stones 

 at the people. During all this time the people were forbidden to pass 

 in front of the house. Whenever anyone approached the house, the 

 members of the seal society frightened him away. While they were on 

 the roof of the house, all standing at the front edge of the roof, a man 

 approached. Immediately the ha'mats'a and bears jumped down and 

 pursued him. The fool dancers climbed down the sides of the house, 

 and all went in hot pursuit until the man escaped into one of the neigh- 

 boring houses. Whistles of the different societies were heard in the 

 house all day long. 



About half past six in the evening, Lagula'g*aliL and Lo'Xuals black- 

 ened their faces, put on blankets and belts, head rings and neck rings 

 of red cedar bark, and strewed eagle down on their heads. Then 

 they left the dancing house and opened the door of the neighboring 

 house. There they stood, and Lagula'g-aliL cried: "Now, que'qutsa 

 men and women, let us go into the house;" and Lo'Xuals added: " We 

 will pacify our cannibal." Thus they went from house to house. When 

 they had returned from the round, four young men went and called the 

 people, saying: "Now we come to make you rise." While they were 

 still going around, some of the Koskimo gathered in the dancing house, 

 beat the boards, and cried "yu" twice, giving a short final rap with each 

 cry. As soon as the Kwakiutl heard the beating, they all went to the 

 dancing house. There the beating and the cries were repeated twice. 



About 8 p. m. all had assembled in the dancing house. The men of 

 the Koskimo tribe were sitting in the rear portion of the house. Then 

 LoXuaxstaak", a Koskimo, arose and spoke: "Come, friends, that you 

 may see the manner in which I perform the winter ceremonial. This 

 was given to us by«the creator of our ancestors. Your ways, Kwakiutl, 

 differ greatly from ours. They were given to you in the beginning of 

 the world. Take care and do not change your old customs, Kwakiutl ! " 

 Then he turned to his tribe and asked them to hold their batons in 

 readiness. While he was speaking he held his staff' in a horizontal 

 position. Then Ho'LElite, chief speaker of the Kwakiutl, replied: 

 "Your speech is good, friend. It is true what you said. I am glad to 

 see that you are adhering to the customs that were given to you;" and, 

 turning to the Kwakiutl, he continued, "We must answer our friends." 



Now the rest of the que'qutsa of the Koskimo entered — first G*a'loiL, 

 the chief speaker of the dancers. He held a speaker's staff in his 

 hands and carried a number of blankets over his shoulder. He was 

 singing his secret song while the others were singing outside the house. 

 He sang as follows: 



1. I tried to tame them by the power of my magic, Crienda. 



2. I blew water uiion them to tametthem, friends. 



