U. S. Natl. Mus. Rep.

Date: 1895

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No greater misfortune, however, can happen than for one of the dancers . . . to fall, . . . and his father must make a new festival for him. . . . As the expense of such a festival is very great . . . but few persons are able to afford a second initiation. While nowadays every effort is made to enable the father to give the new festival, it is said that in former times the unfortunate one was killed [by the dancers of his own and other clans] often at the instance of his own father.¹

¹Boas, F.n/an/an/an/an/a, "The Social Organization and Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl Indians,"for 1895: 433–434.

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Chicago: U. S. Natl. Mus. Rep. in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed July 7, 2026, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LM6Z15NMR3TENLI.

MLA: . U. S. Natl. Mus. Rep., in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 7 Jul. 2026. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LM6Z15NMR3TENLI.

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