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seize the novice, and carry him into the woods. When the wolves are
heard outside the village, coming in order to fetch the intending novice,
the members of the Tlokoala blacken their faces and sing the following
song :—

N
SONS Ser a Nee ae Eee are Saaieesan), eames eae aE ES CT
Sean Sen Soe EE Ea ee Cae Seen ENTE Perera FeLi
a a ie 6s 8 ee = ae

Var na-ooa (re, om Hee yeu eine ya yé ya a né koa-yés tl6 - koa

Sesion So ee ee
Sears a
ee ie —~e- ——— reg ee Gatto —s-5- 6, -o- 3-6 5B

né & he héye é hak-tlés-ha nat - mots sa-éme nétl-ko - a née

SNe pee a ee ees ae a a ee
i= So ee Be eens ee —— =

ha - ni-ké~-is’ -et an - és tlo - koa -né & he heye 6.

T.e., Among all tribes is great excitement because I am Tlokoala.

On the following day the wolves return the novice dead, then the
Tlokoala have to revive him. The wolves are supposed to have put the
magic stone hd/ina into his body, which must be removed in order to
restore him to life. The body is left outside the house, and two shamans
go and remove the hi/ina. It seems that this stone is quartz. The idea
is the same as that found among the Kwakiutl, where the Ma’tmm is
initiated by means of quartz which is put into his body by the spirit of
his dance. The returning novice is called w'cinak.

After the novices have been restored to life they are painted red and
black. Blood is seen to stream from their mouths, and they run at once
down to the beach and jump into the water. Soon they are found to
drift lifeless on the water. A canoe is sent out and the bodies are
gathered in it. As soon as the canoe lands, they all return to life, resort
to the dancing house, to which none but the initiated is admitted, and
stay there for four days. At night dances are performed in the house,
which the whole population is allowed to witness. After the four days
are over the novices leave the house, their heads being wound with
wreaths of hemlock(?) branches. They go to the river, in which they
swim, and after some time are fetched back by a canoe. They are almost
exhausted from the exertions they have undergone during the foregoing
days. Novices must eat nothing but dried fish and dried berries.

Bach Tlokoala lasts four days. It is only celebrated when some
member of the tribe gives away a large amount of property to the Tlokoala,
the most frequently occurring occasion being the initiation of new
members. Sometimes it is celebrated at the time of the ceremonies,
which are practised when a girl reaches maturity. The house of the man
who pays for the Tlokoala seems to be the taboo house of the society.
As soon as the Tlokoala begins, the ordinary social organisation of the
tribe is suspended—as is also the case among the Kwakiutl. The people
arrange themselves in companies or societies which bear the names of the
various Nootka tribes, no matter to which tribe and sept the persons
actually belong. Hach society has festivals of its own, to which members
of the other societies are not admitted, although they may be invited.

_ These societies are called @’patl. Hach has a certain song which is sun
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