. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 468 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. ANOTHER SONG OK A 15EAR 1>ANCER, LA'LASIQOALA. Haioo' a haioo'! Let your great name 1)6 called, Great Bear! 5rou will go at oin'e to the chiefs of the tribes, whom you will make your slaves, (ireat Bear! Then we shall have war! Then we shall have trouble! THE NU'LMAL. The iioo'iiLEinaLa (pi. of iiu'LmaL) or ''fool dancers" are also mes- sengers and helpers of the ha'mat'sa, who help to enforce th
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 468 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. ANOTHER SONG OK A 15EAR 1>ANCER, LA'LASIQOALA. Haioo' a haioo'! Let your great name 1)6 called, Great Bear! 5rou will go at oin'e to the chiefs of the tribes, whom you will make your slaves, (ireat Bear! Then we shall have war! Then we shall have trouble! THE NU'LMAL. The iioo'iiLEinaLa (pi. of iiu'LmaL) or ''fool dancers" are also mes- sengers and helpers of the ha'mat'sa, who help to enforce the laws referring- to the ceremo- nial. Their method of attack is by throwing stones at people, hitting them with sticks, or in se- rious cases stabbing and killing them with lances and war axes. The noo'nLEuuiLa are initiated by a fabulous people, the A'Lasimk', who are believed to live near a lake inland from LiXsI'wae. Their village is believed to be on an is- land floating on the lake. They have enormous noses and their bodies are cov- ered with snot. In olden times a man went beaver hunting and fell in with these people. He came back exhausted and "; His nose was running all the time; heate the mucus and smeared it all over his body. He urinated and defecated in the house, and only after a long time did the people succeed in restoring him to his senses. From him the noo'uLEniaLa are said to derive their origin. They are supposed to be out of their senses and to have long noses. They are as filthy as the first nri'Ln)aL is said to have been. Some of them when initiated are taken away by the A'Lasindc", others are initiated in the house. The noo'uLEmaLa are wl'xsa. Those who are to be initiated in the house will all of a sudden begin to scratch their heads and bodies. They scratch more and more violently. This indicates that they are. Fig. 103. MASK OK HA'MSHAMTSES. Height, 17J inches; white, red, black nn, Royal Ethnographical Museum, B by A.
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