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and attacked another man with a hatchet. The other succeeded in 
wresting the weapon from his hands. After some time the madman 
apparently died and was buried, the body being tied up between boards, 
deposited in the woods, and covered with branches and brushes. After 
a few days a number of children found him sitting on the beach. He 
declared that the ghosts had sent him back from their country. The 
people did not allow him to enter the village until he had bathed and 
cleansed himself. After a while he was killed by the man whom he had 
formerly assaulted. As the people continued to be in dread of him, his 
body was cut to pieces. 
A very remarkable method of curing diseases is used when the prac- 
tices of the shaman prove of no avail. In such case the patient is initiated 
in the secret society, Tsa/yek.! I obtained the following description of 
the Tsi/yek* ceremonies: The members of the Tsa/yek’ assemble and 
begin to make a circuit through the whole village, walking in Indian file 
and in a circle, so that their left hand is on the inner side. Nobody is 
allowed to laugh while they make their circuit. The following song is 
sung by the T'sa/yek: society of the Hopetcisa/th and Ts’éca/ath during 
their circuit through the village :-— 
Se == = = SR SS 
s = a — 2S 
NS : = =e E = =| 
a a a 
Ha hi ha he a ha ho he he é ha 
Soe EES aD == = ) Ss Se a 
ar a a 3 f= eet E See == 
21 gem Sh oe. ge. ° S ice aa 
ho wek mo - te - ta’‘k'- yu ha ne he he. 
Le., he is not conjurer. 
In dancing they hold the first fingers of both hands up, trembling 
violently. They enter the houses and take the patient and all others 
who have expressed the wish of becoming 'sa/yek: along, two members 
of the society taking each novice between them and holding him by his 
hair, while they continue to shake their other hands. The novice must 
incline his head forward and shake it, while they continue their circuit. 
Thus they go from house to house and take along all those who desire to 
join the society. The circuit finished, they assemble in a house in which 
for the following days none but members of the Tsa/yek’ is allowed. 
They sing and dance for four days ; after these days the novice obtains 
his cedar-bark ornament. The latter is almost identical with the one 
described by Swan (p. 74). Small carvings representing the crest of 
their septs are attached to the front part of their headrings. The dress 
of the Ucta/k'yi, who is the most important member of the society, is 
larger than those of any of the other members. The following song is 
one of those sung by the members during the initiation ceremonies in the 
house :— 
Sa ee ee 
=e st =e “The = =f Te A 
ee Seeicryes mer weer eR Pere Arye 68 Ger rae: eo cca 
A yauueye sya ye ya ye a ho te - ta’-kyti a 
neste ESE aoe Jd didi 
1 See Swan, l.c. p. 73, ff. 
