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and mother mourned very much for his .sake. After four days had 

 passed, they put his body in a coffin and placed it on the burial-place, 

 and every morning his parents burned salmon-dips on his grave. 1 



After two or three months they buried him. The great chief called 

 liis great slave, and ordered him to run out and tell his tribe to move 

 away from the old village site; therefore the great slave ran out and 

 shouted, and said, "Move away from the village site, people!" 

 Therefore the people moved from their old home, for they were ordered 

 to do so by the great chief, and they built then- new village. 



They had been there for two years, and still the parents of the 

 prince were in deep sorrow. One day some young women assembled, 

 and one middle-aged woman was with them. They were going to 

 dig fern roots, and went up to the old village and camped near the 

 burial-place; and while they dug for fern roots, they saw a large com- 

 pany of young men, who had followed them, and who helped the 

 women digging fern roots. Late in the evening the young women told 

 the young men to dig holes and to throw in red-hot stones, on which 

 they were going to cook the fern roots. Therefore the young men 

 dug a large hole in the ground and burned many stones in it ; and when 

 the stones were red-hot, they took the ashes from among the hot 

 stones, placed wet moss over them, and placed the fern roots on top 

 in good order. Then they covered them over with more wet moss. 

 They covered the hole with earth and ashes, which they piled up high. 

 Then they built a large fire on top, and the young women prepared 

 supper. First they served dried salmon with salmon-dips. 



Then the young men felt very happy ; and one very f oolish youth 

 said, when he found a salmon-dip, "Here! I found a salmon-dip, 

 which was Brown Eagle's best food." Then they all shouted and 

 laughed. "Here, here!" they said; and one of them said, "Let us 

 sec it' he will not come from his grave when we call him, and we will 

 hft the salmon-dips and feed him." Then all the 3'oung men agreed. 

 One of them took up several salmon-dips, and said, "Brown Eagle, 

 come down and eat these salmon-dips, which were your best food while 

 you lived in years gone by!" 



Then the middle-aged woman stopped them, and said, "Don't 

 speak like that to the dead prince!" but all the young men repeated 

 it. The young women were all afraid, but the young men lifted their 

 voices and shouted, "Come down, Brown Eagle, and eat your best 

 food!" Again the middle-aged woman said, "Don't, don't! It is 

 improper to mock the dead." 



> In olden times it was the custom that when a prince or rich man, or a chieftainess or princess, or some- 

 body who was dear to them, died, they cut the corpse and took out the bowels, stomach, heart, liver, and 

 lungs; and when the body was empty, they put shredded red-cedar bark into it, and they kept the body 

 for a long while. They burned the bowels, stomach , heart, liver, and lungs immediately after taking them 

 out. Therefore they did this with the prince— Henry W. Tate. 

 50633°— 31 eth— 16 22 



