BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1175 



Then he arises and the | song-leaders sing again the same songs, which 72 

 they sang first, and he goes toward the door dancing | and wearing 

 his cannibal head-mask. Wlien the song is at an end, | he sits down 

 while the song-leaders are beating fast time, and he shakes him- 

 self; II and when he has turned around four times, he utters the 75 

 cannibal-cry; and when | he rises again, the song-leaders sing again. 

 Then he | dances again, going to the rear of the house, and he dances 

 in front of the sacred room. As soon as | the song is at an end, the 

 song-leaders beat fast time. Then he goes into his | sacred room; 

 and when he has gone into his sacred room, the hamats !a comes out || 

 naked, and goes around the fire in the middle of the house. Then 80 

 he I goes right back into his sacred room. And it is not long before | 

 the song-leaders sing a song with slow time-beating. Then the 

 hamats !a comes | out of his sacred room, and dances, and he wears a 

 black bearskin blanket, | and he wears a red cedar-bark ring around 

 his neck, and a red cedar-bark ring on his head, || and anklets, and 85 

 arm-rings. | The k'inqalaLEla dances near him, going in front of the 

 hamats !a, who is not | wild. Four songs with slow beating | are 

 sung with his dance while he is wearing the black bear-skin blanket. 

 When the last | song of the song-leaders is nearly ended, he goes into 

 his sacred || room. Now he is tamed. For four winters | he always 90 

 dances four times, according to the manner of the Awlk' !enox" ; and | 

 after the hamats !a has danced four times for four winters, | he 

 ceases being hamats !a; and | after he has been hamats !a, he becomes 



gade, yixaases gilx'de dEnxElaya. Wa, la^me gwEyolEla ylx"stol]lE- 72 

 leda hamsiwala laxa t lExila. Wii , g-il^Emxaawise q !ulbe q lEmdEma- 

 sexs lae kiwag'alllaxs lae Lexaleda nenagade qaexs lae bakweg-ila. 

 Wa, g'il^mese mop'.Ena x^llpIedExs lae hamts'.Eg'a^a. Wa, laEmxae 75 

 Lax^idllaxs lae etiededa nenagade dEnx^eda. Wa, laEmxae et'.ed 

 yixuy5lIlEla qa^s la ytxwaLax L!asalilases mawile. Wa, gil-'mese 

 q liilbe q '.EmdEmas lae Lex'ededa nenagade. Wii, la-me lats !alll laxes 

 mawile. Wa, giPmese lats !alila laxes mriwilaxs gaxaasa hamatsia 

 xanala qa^s la l<¥stalIlElaxa laqawalilasa g'okwe. Wii, Laxae 80 

 hetsIalllElaEm laxes mawile. Wii, kMestle gataxs lae dEuxH- 

 deda nenagadas nEqiixEla q!EmdEms. Wa, gax'^meda hiimats'a 

 yix-'wiiltslahlEla liixes mawile. Wii, la^me ^uEx^lniilaxa LlEntsEme. 

 Wa, laEmxaawiseqEnxalaxes LliigEkwe LE^wis qEx^Ema^ye L'.agEkwa 

 LE^wis L'.agEkwe qeqEx^sidza^ya LE^wis qeqEx'ts'.ana^ya. Wa, la^me 85' 

 yixwemeleda kinqalaLEla lax g'iilag-iwa^yasa hamats'.a liixGsk' !esae 

 la kwegEkwa. Wa, la mosgEme q!Emq!EmdEmas nsqiixEla tlEm- 

 yats yixHvIdayos lae ^Ex^uniilaxes iJEntsEme. Wa, g-iHmcse Elaq 

 q!iilbeda la eIxlc dEnxElayasa nenagadaxs lae lats!alil laxes mawile 

 lEmelats!a. Wa, la^me yal-'ida. Wii, la^me moxiinxelaxa ts'.&wunxe 90 

 heniEualaEm ^nEmp'.Ena yixwa lax gweg'ilasasa AwikMenox" yixs 

 g'il-'mae gwala moxunxe tslawunx maemoplEua ylxweda hamatsjaxs 



