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ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA, 
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ge ea iea isBiele cs 
One man dances in the centre of the square. Meanwhile the wife of 
the yé’winila invites the women and the old men to a feast which is 
celebrated in the house. All the men are painted black, the women red. 
They wear headrings of red cedar-bark, and their hair is strewn with 
eagle down. The men who are in the forest wear headrings and necklets 
of hemlock branches. While they are singing and dancing the novice 
appears. He looks pale and haggard from continued fasting; his hair 
falls out readily. His attendants surround him at once, and he is taken 
back to the village, where he performs his dances and ceremonies.! 
In the winter of 1886-87 I collected a number of Ts’ étsa’ék'a songs in 
Newette Nahwitti without being able to obtain a translation. 
summer of 188 I read my notes to a number of natives of Alert Bay, 
and obtained the translation and explanations. All tke songs consist of 
four parts, but I have not obtained the complete songs in all instances. 
I give a series of these songs here :— 
T. Ha'mats’a. 
1. Haok'haok’qd'laé sta/mk uti iwésta/kqtis na’la. 
Hdok'haok’’s voice is all around the world. 
Hoqoéna’kolastlas ts’é’tséqkengélis 16’wa ! 
Assemble at your all the lower the 
places. dances around world 
the edge of 
2. K'uik'uag6’laé stamkuti iwésta/kqtis na’la. 
The raven’s voice is all around the world. 
Kyimk‘ona/kolastlas bébéku'ngélis 
_ Assemble at your places all the men around the edge of 
3. Hamats’alaq6'laé stamkuti iwésta/kqtis nala. 
Hamats'a’s voice is all around the world ! 
Kyimk:ona’/kolastlas bébéku’nqélis 
Assemble at your places all the men around the edge of 
II. Ha’mats’a. 
1. Léistaistlagyiliskya’so ! 
He goes around the 
world, truly! 
2. Hamasaia/lagyiliskya’s6 ! 
For food he looks around 
the world, truly! 
Laq wa’qsEngqélis kya’tsis 16’wa. 
Something on both sides of world, of heaven. 
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the world 
lo’wa! 
the world 
1 This description supersedes the description formerly given in Jawrn. Amer. 
In the 
