602 REPORT—1890. 
Among the dances belonging to the Tlokoala I mention the Aai’tlk'é 
(=feathers on head). The ‘Aai'tlk's is supposed to be a being living in 
the woods. He wears no mask, but a head-ornament of cedar-bark dyed 
red, the dyed cedar-bark being ‘the emblem of the Tlokoala. This orna- 
ment consists of a ring from “which four feathers wound with red cedar- 
bark rise, three over the forehead, one on the back. The face of the 
dancer is smeared with tallow and then strewn with down. The orna- 
ments of each dancer—of the Aai’tlk‘é as well as of all others—must be 
Fia. 17.—Head-mask of Hi’nemin, 
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their personal property. They must not be loaned or borrowed. The 
following is the song of the Aai’tlk-é :— 
Fine. 
Se Rese abet re ered tocar 
2 (tama ag seas ae mergers eee Ser 
Ha ya ha yi. Hii ya ha a nanu i - tli - me. 
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SS ae ee eee 
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hi ya nanu i thi mé nanu wt tli mé ha _ ya. 
Another dance is that of the Hi/nemin, a fabulous bird-like being. 
The dancers wear the head-mask, fig. 17. On the top of the mask there 
is a hole, in which a stick is fastened, which is greased and covered with 
