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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/nemix :—

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Ha-na-i ya i a na ha na-i ya ha a na

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Bog eg igi OC a Sig gs Ti tigl ge ete:
hé né minsna a haa  natl wek k:us-ta ma-

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ha na-i ya i a na ha na-i ya ha al a
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The A’tlmaqké is a dance in which two men wearing two human
masks appear. The masks are called A’tlmaqk6. When they appear
the spectators sing :-—

oo :
Be a anaes
Kwai-as  kwai- as Atlmaq - ko

Le., Back out, back out, Atlmaqké !

Then they leave the house and run about in the village. The A’tlmaqk6
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/nzek (panther) dance corresponds to the No’/ntlem of the
Kwakiutl. The dancer wears a large head-mask, like that of the Hi’nemin,
and a 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 haw?'natl of the Kwakiutl.
The dancers rub 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. 45), in which the dancer
is covered all over with pipe clay; the Hu’tlmis dance, the Hu’tlmis

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