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surviving girl goes away weeping (266) : a girl weeps for her brother 

 on the shore of a lake (272). In another case early every morning a 

 woman goes with her child to wail in the woods, where the bodies of her 

 brothers lie (217). Mourning and weeping are very generally spoken 

 of as occurring after the death of the eldest brother (1.141). Parents 

 mourn for the death of their son for two years (337) ; widows weep 

 at the death of their husbands (148); a father walks about crying 

 after the death of his son (N 87); a man cries for the loss of his nine 

 brothers (148) ; a chief weeps for a long time after the death of his wife 

 (215); a tribe mourns for the dead chief (258, 1.197); the Wolf mother 

 wails while she demands her son's garments and body from the slayer 

 (see 319; also 125, 1.73, 1.107, 1.133, 1.135, 1.199). On 233 it is 

 told that a father sets his daughter adrift in a box, and the whole 

 tribe mourns the loss of the princess. 



Sacrifices are offered at the grave. Thus a widow gets her dead 

 husband's tool box to burn it (1.137), and parents burn a boy's 

 favorite food on his grave (337). 



After a death had occurred, the people would sometimes move 

 (73, 337). 



There is no particular mention of the singing of mourning-songs 

 during the funeral, but these songs play a very important part in the 

 tales. They are called either ''mourning-songs" or "cradle-songs.'' 

 These are mentioned particularly in the stories relating to the acqui- 

 sition of crests. We find, for instance, the mourning-song of Omen 

 (264-266), the mourning-song of Beaver (271), of the Bear (283); 

 another one of the Bear (294, 295). of the Wolf (319, 320), of the 

 abalone bow (284). 



After the death of a person of rank, a great festival was given by 

 the person who took the name of thedeecased (seepp. 418, 419). In 

 one case a shaman had killed many noble girls, until finally one par- 

 ticular girl succeeded in killing him. Then her father gave a feast 

 to the parents of all the dead girls, returning to them their garments 

 which he had recovered, together with presents of beautiful feathers 

 (344). 



Ethical Concepts and Emotional Life 



Ethical Concepts. — In the following notes I have collected remarks 

 on what is considered good or bad behavior, and on expressions of 

 the emotional hie of the people. A young chief should be merciful 

 (220, 293) and gentle (154), kind to the people (154). The princess 

 has a gentle voice (340), and it is proper that she should not eat 

 much (60, 192). Chiefs who hail these qualities were loved by the 

 people (207, 336). Princesses were loved by their girls (253, 273). 

 The people were proud of their chiefs (292) . A cruel chief is ashamed 

 because the people loved his son, who was kindly and merciful (312). 

 Princes should be industrious, so as to become skillful (114). 



