578 REPORT — 1895. 



Ade gugO'et nctl gyamlJ- atl ts' smlaqha' ya tla gyin tqalda'utl dsni woq 

 Whenever strikes me the heat of heaven ya ! again comes (fut.) sleep 

 7ra's nihc, Em woq, kua ! 

 to the husband of sleep, kua ! 



I : AirvutlrvoqJiud' , aiwuthvuqliu' : | 



Oh 1 how sleepy we are. Oh ! how sleepy we are. 



In this manner the spirit of sleep proves his presence and is asked to 

 try to bring back the novice. 



One nEqnd'h after the other tries to bring him back. If the novice 

 does not return by midnight of the first night, the ceremony is interrupted 

 and continued the following night. On one occasion a member of the 

 LotlE'm was the last to try. He took his nnqnu'k', a small carved human 

 image, held it up, and asked it to bring back the novice. Then he poured 

 a spoonful of grease into the fii^e and threw the carving after it. At once 

 the whistles of the novice were heard on the roof. All the LotlE'm 

 rushed out of the house, but soon they returned, saying that they had 

 seen him, but lost him again. They cried, ' eh I ' (drawn out very long). 

 Then all the people left the house. After the novice is lost in this manner 

 he is expected back on the following day. Early in the morning a killer- 

 whale or some other animal is seen on the river carrying the novice on 

 his back. He is crying md, met, md, md I all the time, and the people go 

 to see him. The LotlE'm take a canoe and paddle, singing, towards the 

 novice. When they have almost reached him one of their number, who 

 stays ashore and wears a bearskin, drives all the people into the houses. 

 The LotlE'm take the novice into their canoe and destroy the whale float 

 which carries him, and which is manipulated by means of ropes. Then 

 he runs up and down the street like one wild, and the Olala' follow him 

 and bite any of the profane who dare to leave the house. The novice 

 catches a dog, tears it to pieces, and eats it going from house to house. 

 When returning he is naked. Then they enter his house, which becomes 

 tabooed. A rope hung with red cedar-bark is stretched from the door of 

 the house to a pole erected on the beach, preventing the people from pass- 

 ing in front of the house and com^^elling them to go behind. A large ring 

 of cedar-bark is fastened to the pole in front of the house. These remain 

 on the house for a day after the return of the novice. On the following 

 day four men put on bearskins and place rings of red cedar-bark on 

 their heads. Thus attired they go from house to house inviting the 

 people to see the dance of the novice and to learn his songs. When the 

 people have assembled, the uncle of the novice throws blankets on the ground, 

 on which the novice dances. Then his uncle pays the chiefs who tried to 

 bring him back, and distributes blankets among the other people also. He 

 gives a feast consisting of two kinds of berries, each mixed with grease. 

 Chiefs are given large spoons filled with grease. Their people help them 

 to empty the contents, as they must not leave any of the food that they 

 receive. After the ceremony the novice is called tlaamgya't (a perfect 

 man). 



The man who wants to become a member of the Olala' must have been 

 a halai't (shaman) first. 



The following description of the initiation of an Olala' was given by a 

 man who had gone through the ceremony himself, but who is a Christian 

 now. It is a question to my mind if the ceremonies at the grave about 

 which he told me were actually performed, or if he reflected only the 

 dread in which the Olala' were held. 



