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caiigbt the siipernatural power of the winter dauce between bis palms. 

 Four times ]ie ran backward and forward, swinging bis bauds, tbe 

 pahns of wbicb were pressed together, tbeii be tlirew it upon tbe peo- 

 ple, wbo began to laiigb, while some cried '■'■ bap" and " wibi'." Now the 

 woman was told to try to catch tbe supernatural power. She went 

 through the same motions, and Avbeu she caught the spirit, the sound 

 of whistles which she bad bidden in her mouth was beard. Four 

 times she ran backward and forward, then she threw the supernatural 

 power among tbe people, who stooped down at once. Then they began 

 to laugh and to utter their cries. This continued for a few minutes, 

 then she caught the spirit again, whereupon Nu'xuerais sung out ^'bo" 

 for the fourth time. The people responded "be." 



Meanwhile the day had broken. The people arranged themselves in 

 procession, which was led by Ya'qois and his attendants. They were 

 followed by tbe bear dancers; then came the fool dancers and the 

 ha'msbamtsEs, and finally, as a fourth group,. tbe people surround- 

 ing the t'o'X'uit wbo bad thrown tbe supernatural power into them. 

 Ya/qois first entered the house of ISTu^xncmis, followed by the rest of 

 the procession. Wilauqoa'lag-ilis was tbe last to enter. She was 

 accompanied by Ho'LElite and Nu'xnemis, who remained standing, 

 one on each side of the doorway. As soon as she bad entered, she 

 commenced singing her secret song: 



1. frieud! I have been made to set everything to rights. O friends! yo, yo, yo, 



yci, friend ! yo, yo, yo, yoi, frieud. 



2. O frieud! I carry in my hands the dances of my rivals. O friends! yo, yo, yo, 



yei, friend! yo, yo, yo, yci, friend. 



3. O friend ! They tried to strike me with the death hringer. O friends ! yo, yo, yo, 



yfi, frieud! yo, yo, yo, yei, frieud. 



4. O friend ! And the tire of death has been put into my hauds. O frieuds ! yo, yo, 



yo, yC-i, friend ! yo, yo, yo, yei, friend. 



She sang this song standing in the doorway, and during this time 

 G'a'lg-alxola, wbo was standing among the people, said: "I am glad 

 that you have come, and that you compel us to follow tbe laws of our 

 ancestors; but sing louder, that we may know who you are." Then 

 he turned to bis iieople and continued: ''Take care! Sometimes the 

 t'o'X'uit will come to a bouse in wbicb there are many people and will 

 benefit them, but generally tbey do harm to them." Then tbe woman 

 stopped singing. Ho'LElite gave a signal to the people to beat time, 

 and jSfu'xnr'mis cried "ho," as before. Tbe people responded "he," 

 but kept on beating the boards. Tlien the t'o'X'uit went forward to 

 tlie rear of the bouse, leaving tbe fire to her left. She moved in a 

 stooping position, looked up and down, and finally caught tbe super- 

 natural ])ower. Then tbe whistles were beard again. She tlirew it 

 among the people, wbo first cried "ya," as though she bad missed tbem ; 

 but then they began to utter their various cries. After a few minutes 

 she took tbe spirit back again and all were quiet. 



Tlien G'a'lg-axola said : " What was the matter just now ? I told you 



