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A second speaker followed, carrying his staff. His name is Ma'a. 

 He is the highest in rank of all the que'qutsa. When he entered, 

 G'a'loiL stopped singing and Ma/a commenced his secret song. At the 

 same time G'a'loiL addressed the people and said: "Now look at me 

 and at my friend. Look at us, friends, at the other side of the house" 

 (meaning the Kwakiutl). And, turning to his own tribe, he continued: 

 "Now take care, friends!" To which A'Labala, another speaker, who 

 stood next to LoXuaxstaak", replied: "Yes, friends, let us keep in 

 readiness. If we should make a mistake, we shall not escape the power 

 that will kill us." During these speeches Mfi/a sung his secret song, as 

 follows : 



1. Ah, I have everything ; I have all the dances of my enemy. 



2. Ah, I have all the death bringers of my enemy. 



Now a third man, a wolf dancer, entered. Two white feathers were 

 attached to his head ring of red cedar bark and his head was strewn 

 with white eagle down. His name was NaqwaLaye. As soon as he 

 entered, To'qoamalis and Lagulag-aliL, the chiefs of the Koskimo, who 

 had been sitting in the rear of the house, arose, and with them their 

 speaker, Qoa'lx-ala. 



NaqwaLaye's head ring belongs to the descendants of Ya'xstaL of 

 the Naqo'mg-i lisala. According to tradition, the Xoyfi'lEs (see also 

 p. 332) had killed all the G'ig*e/LEm, except Leo'lExmut and his three 

 sons, the eldest of whom was Ya'xstaL. In order to make his sons 

 strong, Leo'lExmut dragged them over the beach around the island of 

 G-ig-e'LEm, so that the sharp shells cut their backs. Only Ya'xstaL 

 survived this ordeal, and came to be of supernatural strength. Then 

 they went to make war upon the Xoya'lEs. When they had reached 

 Ta'tsolis, a wolf came to their cami) while they were asleep, threw 

 Ya'xstaL on his back, and carried him away. From time to time he 

 put him down, in order to see if he was still alive. When he felt his 

 breath, he took him up again and continued his course. Finally he 

 reached the village of the wolves. He threw Y^a'xstaL down in front 

 of the chief's house and, having assumed human shape, he whistled. 

 Then many people came out of the houses to see who had come. They 

 mistook Ya'xstaL for a sea otter, carried him into the house, threw him 

 down, and began to cut him up. When they had cut down his chest 

 and were about to open his belly, he jumjied up and asked: "Will you 

 help me to take revenge upon the Xoya'lEsr' Th(' wolves promised 

 to help him, and asked him: "What did you come for? Do you want 

 to have this wedge? It will help you to build canoes in which you can 

 reach your enemies." Ya'xstaL did not reply, but merely thought he 

 did not want to have the wedge. WTLaqa'latit, chief of the wolves, 

 knew his thoughts at once. He asked: "Do you want the harpoon? 

 It will enable you to kill seals enough at a time to fill your canoe." 

 Ya'xstaL thought that he did not want to have the harpoon, and WlLa- 

 qa'latit knew his thoughts. Then the wolves offered him the water of 



