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ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 591 
A A EES = SER eee: see Tee 
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“ef 6 620 5 6 o-oo 
a-la-wia-6 a - a- la-wia-6 a - la - wid - 6 a - la - wia - 6. 
Nac-wi-to0-ah a - a-la-wii-6 a -la-wia-6 a - la - wid - 6. 
I.e., I, Nacwitoah, have missed it. 
Lullaby. 
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Teatci - nai - ha tea - tei - na - hi tea- tcik-stcik- 
5 Se oe eS ee ee Be ee ees 
eg 8 ee a te et Soe 
mi-ha tei - a - ti-h&i teartd mats tea - tei - la. 
I.e., See the mink there diving between the islands. 
CUSTOMS REFERRING TO BirtH, Puserty, Marriacn, anpD Drata. 
The customs referring to birth seem to be almost the same as those 
of the Lku/igrn. During the period of pregnancy the woman must not 
wear bracelets and anklets. After the child is born the father must 
clean himself by bathing in a pond. For four days he is forbidden to go 
inacanoe. He and also the young mother are forbidden to partake of 
fresh food. The former must speak in whispers only. The infant’s 
head is flattened in acradle, which is very much like that of the Lku‘igmn 
in construction. The cradle is either made of wood or platied of strips 
of cedar-bark. Immediately after birth the eyebrows of the babe are 
pushed upward, its belly is pressed forward, and the calves of the leg 
are squeezed from the ankles upward. All these manipulations are 
believed to improve the appearance of the child. It is believed that the 
pressing of the eyebrows will give them the peculiar shape that may be 
seen in all carvings of the Indians of the North Pacific coast. The 
squeezing of the legs is intended to produce slim ankles. It is, however, 
probable that these manipulations have no lasting effect. 
Numerous regulations refer to the birth of twins. The parents of 
twins must build a small hutin the woods, far from the village. There 
they have to stay two years. The father must continue to clean himself 
by bathing in ponds for a whole year, and must keep his face painted 
red. While bathing he sings certain songs that are only used on this 
occasion, Both parents must keep away from the people. They must 
not eat, or even touch, fresh food, particularly salmon. Wooden images 
and masks, representing birds and fish, are placed around the hut, and 
others, representing fish near the river, on the bank of which the hut 
stands. The object of these masks is to invite ail birds and fish to come 
and see the twins, and to be friendly to them. They are in constant 
danger of being carried away by spirits, and the masks and images—or 
rather the animals which they represent—will avert this danger. The 
twins are believed to be in some way related to salmon, although they 
