658 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Diin^ liim back. This was doue in the same manner as described 

 above in the case of initiation of the hlLE'm. Finally his vvhisWes were 

 heard, and he appeared vvijistics were 



on the roof of the house 

 crying- '^ fi lalalalala!" 

 He disappeared again, 

 and in the following 

 night, after prolonged 

 dances, he was seen on 

 the hills dancing in a 

 fire, which he had built 

 in such a manner that 

 when he danced behind 

 it he appeared from the 

 village to be standing in 

 the fire. The following- 

 day he appeared, carried 

 by his totem animal. 



The G-lspawadu- 

 wE'da are brought back 

 by a killer whale, as 

 described above; the 



Cat. N 



■tfil by J. <i. Swan. 



Laxk-ebo' by a bear, the Laxskl'yek ou the back of an eagle whiol, rises 

 from uuderground, the Qanha'.la oa the back of a frog, lom' times the 



novice appears ou a point of land some 

 distance from the village, carrying a 

 corpse in his arms. Then he is said 

 to walk over the surface of the water 

 and to come ashore in front of the vil- 

 lage. This is accomplished by means 

 of a raft which is covered with planks, 

 and burdened so that it floats a short 

 distance under the surface of the water. 

 It is pulled by means of a rope by some 

 of the other olala' while the novice is 

 dancing on it, so that the impression 

 is conveyed that he is approaching on 

 the surface of the water. When he 

 reaches the village, he eats of the body 

 which he is carrying, and one or other 

 of the chiefs kills a slave and throws 

 the body to the olala', who devour it. It 

 is said that before eating human flesh 

 the olala' always use emetics, and that 

 afterwards they tickle their throats 

 T„ „„ ^ ^ , . ^'ith feathers to insure vomiting. 



receives h.s share first, and nobody is allowed to eat until after he has 



Fig. 212. 



RATTLE. 



Haida. 



Cat. No. «87-.l, U. S. N. M. Collected by J. G. Swan. 



