TRIBAL BO li 



inul slain by us!"*" \\ i n tlu berries an* ripe the chief 

 summon* all the people and announr< 'he time for 



lie people, who have 

 paint. -d themMhret in h.n..r of the magical ceremony, 



tli'- .-hi. -I' holds a bir.-li I'.-uk ti Mining some of tin- 



ripe an. I | . toward* :!; ii^hest 



mountain in Mirht, announcini: to thi- mountain that tin- 

 to eat friil- nis each of th- 

 LTi.Mip is given a lxrry to eat, and all then proceed to 

 kl lierri- 



The s\>tem of Lruardian >pirits and secret soci 

 which has d-Vflo|n-d anmnir tin* soutln-ni Kwakiutl is 

 mii|iir amoiiir |.rimitiv- |M-oplrs. Mai-h rlan d-riv. 

 ii from a mvthi.-al am-.-xtor, on whose advent 

 the crests anl pri\ il-LT'-> of tin- dan d-prnd. This an- 

 cestor in the course of his adventures, meets a certain 

 animal, and in a variety of ways ol'tain- from him super- 

 powers or magical objects: such as, "the magic 

 MI." which insures success in sea-otter hunting; 

 the water of life/' which \ katea the dead, and o 



objects of a similar mairieal po\\.-r. He obtains besides 

 these things, a dance, a song, and cries which are peculiar 

 to each spirit, as well as the ri^ht to us* certain peculiar 

 carvings. The dance is alwav> a dramatic presentation 

 of the myth in which the ancestor acquired the gifts of 

 the spirit. The-e -jMnN are animaU the lear, 



ion, kill, r whales which have become the protectors 

 of men. 81 



Guardian >pi: acquired individually by younir 



They are spirits which protect the younir man and 



him powers of invulnerability. One such spirit is 



"Making \11 ( >ver the-Karth/' under whose protec- 



t, Je**p Brptd., vol. ii, p. 270. " Bo*, JTraliifff, pp. 333-390. 



