590 rEporT—1890. 
= === = =3=fea= ape aa ae “|= aaespes Se = See 
—~e—5-6 = hs ey se Rew aed | og = = Soe = 
né-su-mat mi-yée - a - ae - he - hé he- 
yé - site ha - witl-mé - is ae ‘i a = na = ‘he =the he- 
SS SS = SS eae | eS See ees = 
SS 
@ F - 
ya a a n wai hei ho 
ya a a na wai héi ho. 
Ie., Get ready, all you tribes. He says my property will be rushed down the river. 
The chief of the Kayd’/kath gave this song to the Ahau’sath at a pot- 
latch, who, in their turn, gave it asa present to the Ts’éca/ath chief. It 
seems that the Nootka do not use dancing-aprons as the Kwakiutl do. 
In the potlatch dances men, women, and children dance the same dances. 
It is stated that the Ahan’sath at one time made 
different dances for men, women, and children, but 
this was an exceptional experiment. In former times 
the privilege of performing a certain dance was rigidly 
guarded, and many wars were raged against tribes 
who performed a dance to which they had no right. 
Some persons tattoo their crest on their bodies. 
An old man of the Hopetcisa’th tribe, for instance, 
has a wolf tattooed on his belly and breast. The 
hands of women and men are frequently tattooed. 
I observed one man who had a line tattooed connect- 
ing both eyebrows. The same person had the upper 
half of his moustache pulled out. It is stated, how- 
ever, that these practices have been recently intro- 
duced (fig. 15). 
i; J may remark in this place that the copper plates 
which play so important a part in the customs of the 
northern tribes are not used by the Nootka. 
Fie. 15.—Nootka 
Tattooing. 
GAMES. 
The games of the Nootka are identical with those of the neighbouring 
tribes. A favourite game is played with hoops, which are rolled over 
the ground. Then aspear is thrown at them, which must pass through 
the hoop (nitnii/tc). A guessing game is frequently played between two 
parties, who sit in two rows opposite each other. One party hides a 
stone, the men passing it from hand to‘hand. The other party has to 
guess where it is (¢’é?’dtszk'tlis). The following song, although belong- 
ing originally to Cape Flattery, is used all along the west coast of Van- 
couver Island in playing the game lehal :— 
a SSS PSS are 
la wia - 6, a - la - wid - 6 a= 1s) = aia. '=0 
‘ - la wia - 6, tlé-as - go-dak a « la - wia- 6 
