| Moquina, the chief of the Moo-à-chaht or Nootka tribe... brought out his mask and paraphernalia used at potlaches, and made a long speech, to the effect that ... it was very hard to ask them to give up a custom which was intermixed with all their thoughts and feelings,... being an occasion of amusement and rejoicing, and had been handed down to them by their ancestors....* |
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