THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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Dial for you liear that their cries have changed. Look out, Nu'xnemis 

 anclHo'LElite, and you members of the seal society, and you que'qutsa." 

 Then Nu'xnemis gave a new signal and began to sing, accompanied by 

 all the people, who were beating time very rapidly. The song was as 

 follows: 



Slide, Slide, Slide, etc. 



i^^i^il 



W5 -wo ai 



Clapping. J^i J~Ji etc. 



Slide, 



is^^^iiil^ligi^iii^ 



a kyas ai - kyas me - La . 



ai - kyas me - La ai . . . o . . . I'^i 



iiE^i^ 



At the end of the song the master of cer- 

 emonies cried "hn;'' and when he had tiu- 

 ished, all the people sang hii he. 



This song was repeated four times, and all this while the sound of 

 the whistles was growing less and less. Finally, at the end of the last 

 song, the people cried in response to Nu'xncmis's cry, "wo ha'he, wa 

 wr/and with this the sound of the whistles ceased altogether. 



Then G-a'b-axola said : " Wa, wa ! I can not say much now, for we are 



surely all very hungry. But I will thank you for driving away the 



birds I am afraid of the way in which our children were taken away 



this morning. Our friend K-ex- has asked me to invite you, Ya'qois, to 



stay and to have something to eat, and all you, members of the seal 



society, and you, que/qutsa. Now take your seats." Then all the people 



sat down in their proper places, while Ya'qois retired to the secret room 



„f the luVmatsia in the rear of the house. Then K-ex- and his friends 



brouoht dry salmon and roasted it. They sent a piece to \aqo.s, 



and then distributed the rest among the members of the seal society 



and the que'qutsa. They sent a dish of grease to Ya'qois, and then 



gave the others in order, one dish to every four persons. After they 



had eaten, K-ex- asked them to keep their seats, as he intended to 



give another feast. H.VLElite, who acted as K-ex-'s speaker said: 



t'Now friends, my chief K-ex- is going to give another feast. Let us 



siuo- and let the world know that we are feasting. Pass the batons. 



