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you, Kwakiutl. I promise to give its value to you (lue'tEla, aud to you 

 Q'o'moyue, aud to you Walas Kwakiutl, aud to you Q'o'mk-utis. 

 This is ' Killer Whale.' I want to sell it at ouce.'' Thus speaking, he 

 gave it to Q'eq'anqoala and said: "Go on! Place this copper before 

 our friends." He did so. Then a Kwakiutl chief, No'Lq'auLEla, arose 

 and spoke to Q'e'q'anqoala : "Briug the copper to me." He did so, 

 and No'Lq'auLEla continued: "Oh, my tribe! my friends! Look at me. 

 I, No'Lq'auLEla, took the copper for the sake of your name, Kwakiutl, 

 because your name is above those of all other tribes aud I do not want 

 to see it derided. Now, brother-in-law Nu'xnemis, look at me. I have 

 nothing with which to pay for this copper to which I have taken a 

 liking. Therefore I ask you and my wife La'msitaso to buy the copper 

 for me. That is all, friends ! " 



To this si)eech Ma/a, the Koskimo, replied: "There is no chief like 

 you, No'Lq'auLEla. You are the flrst one to treat us well. You carry 

 your tribe on your back by the strength of your wealth." 



When he had finished, To'qoamalis, chief of the Koskimo, took a pair 

 of blankets and s^joke: "True is your word, Mil'a! No'Lq'auLEla is 

 our chief, for he gave us more property than any other chief of the 

 Kwakiutl. Go on, No'Lq'auLEla ! buy our copper," and, turning to his 

 tribe, he concluded: "Thus I speak for our chief, Koskimo." Now he 

 held up the pair of blankets and said: "Look at this, friend! This is 

 our good will to our friends on the other side" (meaning the Kwakiutl). 

 "I want you to do as our friend G-o'qoade did who brought the copper 

 into our dancing house. Sell it for blankets and give them away ! This 

 pair of blankets served to keep our copper w^arm. I took it oft' in 

 order to put it onto some of our friends on the other side. This is for 

 Ya/qois, Se'ix, and Ho'LElite. It is given by G-o'qoade, the daughter 

 of Ko'kwiLala. That is all." 



Then Ma'a and G-a'loiL went out, and immediately the que'qutsa 

 began to beat time and cried " yfi ! " all at the same time. When they had 

 done so, the whistles of the ha'mats'a were heard on the roof of the 

 house. Then Ma/a returned, carrying a staff to which an imitation of 

 a scalp was attached. He was followed by G-a'loiL. Both remained 

 standing at the door, one on each side, and Ma/a said: "Friends, did 

 you hear that noise I If I am not mistaken, something dangerous is 

 near us. Keep your batons in readiness." 



While he was speaking the door oi)ened and the ha'mats'a Ya'xya* 

 k*alag'ilis appeared, crying " hap, hap, hap." His face was blackened. 

 He wore a head ring and a neck ring of red cedar bark. His neck 

 ring was thin and set at two places with long fringes, indicating that 

 this was the first initiation of the new ha'mats'a. He wore no blanket. 

 He was accompanied by two attendants, who carried rattles. One of 

 them wore a large head ring of red and white cedar bark, the ring of 

 the ma'maq'a of the helig-iliqala of the La'Lasiqoala tribe. ^ 



'See "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischeii Kiiste Amerikas," Berlin, 1895, 

 page 187. 



