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down. When the dancer moves, the down becomes loose, and whoever 
among the spectators catches a feather receives a blanket from the chief 
of the Tlokoala. The following is the song of Hi/nemin :— 
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Ha-na-i ya i a na ha na-i ya ha a na 
Clapping Mie thot hE ae.[.ee 
———— SS SS eas el ae ieee eee eee 
SSa—= a 
ines: eh, nai ya ha nai yo ho no 
ae Sa eres ewe 
gw a. OS OC gg pn ee a 
: hé né minsna a haa natl wek kus-ta ma- 
j Seren aN ee eee Sf 
ote Ot tee Sa ee pee SF 
i hae nasi “ya, * i a na ha na-i ya ha ai a 
; 
a 
= SS SS SS ge ay gee ees, 
ha né a ha na-i ya ha na-i yo - ho no ho. 
The A’tlmaqk6é is a dance in which two men wearing two human 
masks appear. The masks are called A’tlmaqkd. When they appear 
he spectators sing :— 
| PGagbe Oy tn ith AL gree hay 
, o see 
Kwai-as  kwai- as Atlmaq - k6 
Te., Back out, back out, Atlmagko ! 
hen they leave the house and run about in the village. The A’tlmaqké 
is a being living in the woods. The first to see him was a Netcumu’asath, 
and ever since this sept dances the A’tlmaqko dance. 
The Sa/nek (panther) dance corresponds to the No/ntlem of the 
wakiutl. The dancer wears a large head-mask, like that of the Hi/nemin, 
da bear-skin. He knocks everything to pieces, pours water into the 
fire, and tears dogs to pieces and devours them. Two canine teeth in 
the mouth of the mask are its most characteristic feature. A rope is 
tied around his waist, by which he is led by some attendants. 
_ The hi’tltak, self-torture, corresponds to the hawi?'natl of the Kwakiutl. 
The dancers rails their bodies with the juice of certain herbs, and push 
‘small lances through the flesh of the arms, the back, and the flanks. 
Other dances are the Pu’kmis dance (see p: 597), i in which the dancer 
is covered all over with pipe clay; the Hu’tlmis dance, the Hnu’tlmis 
» The last note drawn down an eighth. 
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