pe at 
600 yy REPORT—1890. 
seize the novice, and carry him into the woods. When the wolves are 
heard outside the village, coming in order to fetch the intending novice, 
the members of the Tlokoala blacken their faces and sing the following © 
song :— 
ps es Bs Oia Nh ls th Ee — -———_ —_—__() —-——_ 
—— 
2286 S]2e2e ge ee 
Ya na a 4 he ye he ya yé ya a né koa-yes ‘tlo - koa 
A A 
oe SSS Se See | aes ae ee eee a 
= Se a 
ne # he héye é hak-tlés-hanat - mots sa-eme nétl-ko - a né 
SS SES 
pa es = ws ran SS ers ET a 
- aa aa ae ae oo gi ae shige e326. 
ha-na-ké-is’-et an-és tlo-koa-né & hé he ye 6. 
I.c., Among all tribes is great excitement because I am Tlokoala. 
On the following day the wolves return the novice dead, then the 
Tlokoala have to revive him. The wolves are supposed to have put the 
magic stone hii/ina into his body, which must be removed in order to 
restore him to life. The body is left outside the house, and two shamans 
go and remove the hi/ina. It seems that this stone is quartz. The idea 
is the same as that found among the Kwakiutl, where the Ma‘trm is 
initiated by means of quartz which is put into his body by the spirit of 
his dance. The returning novice is called @cinak. 
After the novices have been restored to life they are painted red and 
black. Blood is seen to stream from their mouths, and they run at once 
down to the beach and jump into the water. Soon they are found to 
drift lifeless on the water. A canoe is sent out and the bodies are 
gathered in it. As soon as the canoe lands, they all return to life, resoré 
to the dancing house, to which none but the initiated is admitted, and 
stay there for four days. At night dances are performed in the house, 
which the whole population is allowed to witness. After the four days 
are over the novices leave the house, their heads being wound with 
wreaths of hemlock(?) branches. They go to the river, in which they 
swim, and after some time are fetched back by a canoe. They are almost 
exhausted from the exertions they have undergone during the foregoing 
days. Novices must eat nothing but dried fish and dried berries. 
Each Tlokoala lasts four days. It is only celebrated when some 
member of the tribe gives away a large amount of property to the Tlokoala, 
the most frequently occurring occasion being the initiation of new 
members. Sometimes it is celebrated at the time of the ceremonies 
which are practised when a girl reaches maturity. The house of the man 
who pays for the Tlokoala seems to be the taboo house of the society. 
As soon as the Tlokoala begins, the ordinary social organisation of the 
tribe is suspended—as is also the case among the Kwakiutl. The people 
arrange themselves in companies or societies which bear the names of the 
various Nootka tribes, no matter to which tribe and sept the persons 
actually belong. Hach society has festivals of its own, to which members 
of the other societies are not admitted, although they may be invited. 
These societies are called @’patl. Each has a certain song which is sung 
