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sang the same song as before. Wlieu lie stopped singing, the cry of 

 the ha'mshamtsEs was heard again near the house. 



Now Pa'xalats'e shook his rattle again and sang his secret song. 

 When he stopped, the cry " wip, wip, wip" was heard just behind the 

 dancing house. He sang his secret song a fourth time. Then the cry 

 "wip, wip, wip" was heard at the door of the house. The first of the 

 dancers entered and sang his secret song. Tliey were all dressed in 

 hemlock branches, which were wound around their heads and necks. 

 This is the secret song of their leader: 



1. Now listen, ana,' ana' to uiy shaman's soug. Aua', ana' liainamamfi, hamaujania'. 



2. Now listen to the cry of the ha'mat'sa, because I am a cannibal, because I am a 



shaman, ana, ana, hamamama, hamamama, hamamama. 



Then the leader, Ts'e'koa by name, stopped singing. When became 

 near the fire, to the middle of the house, he turned, and at the same 

 time said "hoi'p, hoi'p, hoi'p." Thus forty men came into the house, 

 while the old men who were sitting in the rear of the house began to 

 beat time. They went around the fire in a squatting position. Next, 

 a woman came. Her name was Yfi/kusElag-ilis. She had hemlock 

 branches around her neck. She sang the secret song of Nau'alagumqa: 



1. Hama! I was made a magician by the greatest of the dancers. 



2. Hama! I was filled with magic by the greatest of the dancers. 



When she stopped singing, she turned and all cried "wip, Avip, wip, 

 wip." Forty women were standing in the house. The old men began 

 to sing the song of Jc)a'mtalaL, which he sang in his contest with 

 Qa'niqilak" at Ts'a'wate, according to the tradition, when he gained 

 the victory over Qa'niqilak", at the time when they tried each other. 

 This is the song which he made against Qa'niqilak": 



1. A small magician was he as compared to me. 



2. The small magician Avaa afraid of me. 



3. I called his name, the name of the small magician. 



4. And he tried to tame this greatest of all dancers. 



When she stopped singing, Ts'e'koa repeated his secret song. After 

 this song all the men and women turned to the left and cried " wip, 

 wip, wip." Then the old men repeated j^a'mtalaL's song. When they 

 stopped, Ts'e'koa repeated the song of Ba'Lalag-ilak, the same which 

 he had sung when entering the house. When he had finished his 

 song, all the men and women turned to the left and said "hoi'p, wip, 

 wip, wip." Once more the old men sang the song of x)a'mtalaL. After 

 their song, Ts'e'koa repeated Ba'Lalag-ilak "'s song. All the men turned 

 to the left. The old men repeated the song which i^a'nitalaL sang in 

 his contest with (^ri'niqilak". 



Then Ml the men and" women who had danced went out of the house, 

 and Ta'mXuak'as spoke : " Wa, wa, friends. Did you see this ! What 

 you have seen, friends, on the other side of the house, that is what 

 we are afraid of; that is what makes life short; that is our Lord; that 



