"^""BOAr] THE POTLATCH TRANSLATION. 269 



guardian spirits sing. When the people of one town have finished, 

 those of another town enter dancing. When there are not many people 

 of one town, those of two towns enter together. When the house is 

 large, the people of three towns will enter together. 



If the host has too little food, two youths are sent and told, "Go 

 and ask my relatives to bring food." The youths go to a town and 

 ask the [host's relatives] to bring food. They all come and bring food. 

 They also dance on the canoes and land. They enter the house danc- 

 ing. When they bring dry salmon, five men hold it in their mouths 

 while they enter the house dancing. When they bring roots, five men 

 carry them on their backs when they enter the house dancing. After 

 the people have danced five days they receive presents. One man is 

 asked [to stand near the host and] to name the people. First he names 

 the chief of one town. When the host is liberal, he gives the man who 

 calls out the names a blanket. Or he is given long dentalia. After 

 one town is finished, another one receives presents. Again first the 

 chief is called. When he drags his present he is called back. Men as 

 well as women are thus given presents. 



The people are forbidden to shoot with arrows during the potlatch. 

 If a man should want to fight against the people of a town and shoot 

 an arrow, then the people would fight and several would be killed. 



The women receive each a fathom of short dentalia. Only men are 

 given long dentalia. Common men receive short dentalia. If a chief 

 has many dentalia, then every one receives two fathoms of short den- 

 talia. 



