THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. (1 1 7 



we will tame your dancer, Isra,'uts'e. Now we will see the dauce of 

 Laqoasalag'ilis. Now we will >see the dance of yakamausa'lagnlis." 



Then the otiier one said, "Be quick now, dancers ! We will assemble, 

 friends, while it is day/' and they went back to the dancing house. 



After some time the two men went again to every house, and the first 

 one said: "We come back to call you." The second one said: "Now 

 let us go to the house, dancers. It is late in the evening. We have 

 no fuel, friends. Let us all go together." Thus they said at every 

 bouse, and went back to the dancing house. 



Then the two men went again and looked about in the house and 

 said: "Now all our friends are in;" and when they discovered that 

 some one was missing they went to him and said: "You are the only 

 one who is still missing." 



When they were all in, Pa'xalats'e arose and spoke: "I thank you, 

 my great friends, that you have come to our dancing house. Remain 

 here in the dancing house of i)a'mtalaL, the great shaman, who van- 

 quished our Master, (^Vaniqilak", at Ts'a'wate. This is the winter dancing 

 house of Nau'alagumqa, the great shaman at Ts'a/wate. This is the 

 winter dancing house of Ba'Lalag-ilak", who gained victory over 

 We'qae of the Le'kwiltoq (see p. 41()). Those whom I named had 

 large cedar bark ornaments. Thus we say, La'mgal; thus we say, 

 Nu'xnemis. Therefore I gain the victory over the chiefs of all the 

 tribes, for in the beginning they were vanquished by jga'mtalaL and 

 Nau'alagumqa and BaLa'lag-ilak". Now take care, my friends!" He 

 turned to his tribe and said to them, "I say so, Ta'mXuak'asj I say 

 so, Xu'gamsila; I say so, P'a'lxalasqam; I say so, Le'na; I say so, my 

 friends. Now take care, my great friends; give me my rattle that I 

 may call the spirit of the ceremonial. Therefore I tell you to be care- 

 ful, friends." They gave him the rattle; he shook it and sang "hoip, 

 op, op, op." He stopped and looked upward as though he was expect- 

 ing the spirit. The chiefs said: "Take care, friend, else you might not 

 get the spirit of the winter ceremonial." Again he shook his rattle 

 and sang the secret song of Ts'awata'lalis: 



1. Now listen! ya, ya, ya, greatest of all dancers! Ha wo. 



2. Now sing! ya, ya, ya, greatest of all dancers I Hawo. 



3. Now sing your song, ya, ya, j'a, greatest of all dancers ! Hawo. 



4. Now he comes to me, ya, ya, ya, greatest of all dancers! Hawo. 



Then he ended his song, and the cries of many ha'mats'as were 

 heard among the trees. Thej' cried "wip, wip, wip, wip," like the 

 ha'mshamtsEs. 



As soon as the cries ceased, Ta'mXuak-as spoke : " Friends on the 

 other side of the house, did you hear what we obtained from our grand- 

 fathers? You heard that it belongs to the earliest legends of the 

 world. Now take care, friends, we do not need to be frightened of 

 anything, because, as you heard, my great cedar bark ring came to me 

 from my grandfather." Then Pa'xalats'c shook his rattle again and 



