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Show niallt winds frolr~ the mounCains, tho whieperiug of pines, ths odor of burning wood, anrl the *choitlp cry of the mouutain lion on the cliEs above. While this mental phenomena lasted, the feeling that it was best to slip array, and put as many miles as possible between them and tllescene pr,evniled. The fiesta here described has just been tolerated by the highest local autl~oritpi,n clturch and sta.te, in Sau Diego. We now tnru to another kind of a. festival, long coinmon among tlie Indians of Puget Sound and tlie Strait of Sali Juan de Fuca, but which has now been wholly supplalited by t'he wisdom of the Indian agents, sustained by the Indian Bureau. AN ANCIENT SIWASH PESTIVAL. It was a c o ~ ~ t c~n~sto~mo aun long the Siwash or Puget Sound Indians, mhenerer au IniIian had acrluired property enough in blankets, guns, brass kettles, tin pans, aud other articles of Indian wealth, to propose holding a " potlat.ch " or gift festival, ,and making presents to a large number of friends. It has been a sentimeut among Indians (as well as white politicians\ that the more a man cau give away the better his standil~g~ i t thhe tribe or the surer his chance of becoming a chief by the votes of the people. The gifts of mhite men are usually promises redeemable after the oliieftainship is obtained. Whenever it is the intention of anyone to make such a distribution of property a number of friends are eouvened in solemn oonncil-called of late years a caucus, and messengers are sent abroad to invite the guests. Formerly, if the party was to be a large one, fifteeu or twenty messengers would go in a body with painted faces aud evergreen sprigs in the hair. The com-pany ent,ered the lodges with songs and oue of the number announced the intended feast and called 'lood the names of all who mere invited. Sometimes this work mas done more quietly, but the object and means nsed mere the same. About the first of October, ill the year 188-, a rich Indian of the S'Kolcomish tribe sent his couriers all over the Sot~ndt, o Vancouver, 'and a l o ~ ~thge Pacific coast, and invited all to come to his potlatch. At the middle of the mouth the first canoes left their homes for the great eatherins. Abont the 22d the .e. a ests be-ea u to arrive a116 for a week <ontino~;ltu comc!. In rhc bow oI'enehlurgaca~~av ef lag was diq~lnycd ant1 3 d~.i~lulnbeern t Itis 1.11tle iostr~lmenr,w l~ilet wrlvr s\vift palldles kcnr ti181r n,irh t l ~ em usic. E I V ~ PtrVibe on tlie Yul~ncl\ \.a% rr~,rea:l~ted an& some Indians came from ~Gnconver. On the arrival of each new company pleasant greetings-clow-how-ya's (horn7-do-you-do's)-are excha~~wda,n d each tribe uresents the uotlatch satherinn with blanket& Goney, guns, and alikinds of proviuions, so as to makesure of getting the proper share of the potlatch offering. The Indian giving the entertainment had erected a buildiug of shacks 273 by 33 feet, and here on the set day a11 the invited guests assem-ble& The herald, after making a speech extolling' the liberality of the donor, strikes a board and oalls ahame, and an-attendant places the present in front of the receiver, where it remains until all are served. The womeu open t,he potlatch by giving away tbonsauds of yards of calico, dresses, shawls, baskets, beads, and crockery. About three days later the inell have their potlatch, each lasting about five days. The me11 receive horses, guns, blankets, clothing, and money. During the feast two rneals are served each day to everybody free of charge. The food co~rsists of clams, dried salmon, iakamas, ducks, venison, potatoes, flonr, fried bread, sugar, huckleberries, apples, tea, and coffee. The b1a11ket.s are stretched across the lodge or displayed on poles, and the otl~erg ift nrticles em be seen by the assembly, which is seated at |