MICHELSON] OWL SACRED PACK OF THE FOX INDIANS 29 
It is he, it is he, 
The person with the spirit of an owl; 
It is he, it is he, 
The person with the spirit of an owl; 
It is he, it is he.! 
All the manitous are weeping, 
Because I go around weeping, because I go around weeping, 
All the manitous are weeping.? 
The sky will weep, 
The sky, 
At the end of the earth; 
The sky will weep.* 
The wailing songs are thus four. And the drum is not beaten; 
only the rattles are shaken. And when any one dies those four 
(songs) are used. They sing four times during the entire night. 
These four wailing songs are used there again and again. (It is) the 
same as wailing over one who has died: that is why they use (the songs). 
They only rattle the gourds. And no one is to go to sleep prematurely 
(i. e., before the ceremony is completed). Moreover, during the entire 
night no one lies down. As many as are there inside are seated. 
And they are not to sleep the next day. Surely the following night 
is when they sleep again. That is what those celebrating the gens 
festival do when (a member of their gens) dies. And no one speaks 
at great length. The speaker speaks for a little while on such things 
as are pleasant. Nor do the women hum. ‘Those celebrating the 
gens festival merely sit there. 
And when (the others) eat, they use these wailing (songs). They 
use precisely (these) four songs. 
And the one who is dead is laid slantingly with his head toward 
where those celebrating the gens festival are seated. And the next 
day he is clad in finery. Then he is taken to be buried. It must 
be in the afternoon when he is taken to be buried. It must not be 
late in the evening when he has been buried. And those who bury 
him are given meals for four days. It is always in the evenings when 
they eat. On the fourth day (some one) then makes a speech. 
One that is accustomed to speaking speaks to what they are to eat. 
That is all. 
Now as to the medicine. One who knows this sacred pack prac- 
tices doctoring. He doctors one that is shot, who has a broken bone, 
or what not, even if he has many wounds, even those who are se- 
verely wounded, if they have broken bones—yet he doctors them all. 
He would select a place far away for a wickiup to be made for them. 
And at the time when any one had been taken there, he would go 
4 Ordinarily poles are fastened on either side of the corpse, and the whole is leaned upright at the back of 
the wickiup toward where the singers are seated. The next day the body is clad in finery. 
5 As if it had life in it. 
