256 DEATH. |'^,^«^; 



LETHNi 



BUREAU OF 

 HNOLOGr 



1 agiLE'lsemx. LotX ka aLgia'x. Qoii'nErai aLgia'wulax ka kapE't. 



he is given it to He then he eats. Five times he swallows and enough, 



eat. stands 



2 LoiiLa'Li aLa'o-ix, ka wiXt a'gon onuwa'LEma aqa/tElax. A'lta 



Thirty hia sleeps, and again another red paint is put on him. Now 



3 atlo'kti onuwa/LEma. A'lta aLgCk-rx uLtl'Xak; etik k;a-y- iiLa'cgan 



good red paint. Now he carries it hia head ring and his bucket 



4 go k"ca'xali-y-e'maktcX. QuL aLga'wix go-y- a'ap e'maktcX. Xakct 



to on top of a spruce tree. Hang lie does it on top of .spruce. Not 



5 qa'usix- aqa'Lxameex gaLa/k;auk;au, ma'nix aLxLxE'lEmax. Ntikct 



anyhow the people eat in the murderer, when he eats. Not 



hia company 



6 qansi'x aLo'La-itx aLxLxE'lEmax, gua'nsum aLo'tXuitx ma'nix 



anyhow he sits he eats, always he stands when 



7 aLxLxE'lEinax. Ma'nix aLo'La-itx ka eXt iLa'^owit aLcxtcawa'txu-itx 



ho eats. When he sits and one his leg he kneels on one leg 



8 gaLa'k; auk; an. Xiikct qansi'x aLkLo'kctx Lk;ackc gaLa'k;auk;au. 



the murderer. Not anyhow he looks at it a child the murderer. 



9 Xakct qansi'x aLkta'qamitx te'lx-Em noxo-iLxE'lEinax. 



Not anyhow he sees them people they eat. 



Ma'nix aLo'mEqtx L^^a'kil La'k-ikala LE'pL^^au aLxa'x. A'lta 



When he dies a woman lier husband a widow she becomes. Now 



^T^ aLo'ix go k"ca'la e'qxeL. E'XtEmae mo'kcte aLa'o-ix, e'XtEmae 



she goes to up river a creek. Sometimes twice her sleeps, sometimes 



e'Xte aLa'o-ix. ALE'X'otx. LonLa'L Ls^aLa'ma nekct aLgi'ax 



once her .sleep. ■ She bathes. Thirty days not she eats it 



22 ixge'wal. E'ka wiXt niikct akLE'tqamt Lk;ackc, niikct akLE'tqaiiit 



fresh food. Thus also not she sees it a child, not she sees him 



j^ ge'LatcIa. Ka'nauwe LsaLa'ma aLx'o'toLa-itx. ALxene'nago-itx 



a sick one. Every day she always bathes. She rubs on herself 



15 ge'tak; ESEma go-y- e/LaLf^a. Niikct qa'nsix- it;o'kti iLfi'ok LSE'pLanj 



good smelling things on her body. Not anyhow a good blanket a widow; 



-I J. ia'qjatxala iLfi'ok guri'nsnm. EXt iqe'taq nekct qa'nsix* lie'he 



its badness her blanket always. One year not anyhow laugh 



.,„ aLxa'x. Qia'x aLkLo'lXam La'pL'au: "A'lta itio'kti e'xa e'memxtc! 



-'■ • she does. If he says to her her dead "Now good make it your heart! 



husband's 

 relative: 



TcEmucga'ma ime'pL'au," a'lta niLx/LX'a'nagox itio'kti iLa'ok. 



He will take you your dead husband's now she puts it on good her 



brother," blanket. 



19 Ma'nix nakct io'Lqte LE'pL'au, ka gua'nEsum lie'lie aLxa'x ka 



When not luug widow, and always laugh she does and 



20 nekct itio'kti ne'xax e'tamxtc La'pL'onan. Ma'nix ai'aq 



not good get their hearts her dead husband's When quick 



relatives. 



aLole'niXa-itx LE'pL'au ka aqLo'gux qLfi'qewam, tqe'wam aqLa'x 



•^1 she marries a widow then he is asked a shaman, sending is done to 



disease her 



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LE'pL'au. ALo'mEqtx. Mane'x La'Xa LE'pL'au, iLano'kstX La'Xa, 



the widow. She dies. If her child a widow, ita smallness her child, 



ka nakct io'Lqte ka aLkLd'lEXamx La'pL'au: "TIa'ya e'xa 



and not long and he says to her her dead husband's "Good make 



relative : it 



24 e'memxtc;" nau'itka tiaya' ne'xax e'Lamxtc. 



your heart;" indeed good gets her heart. 



Translation. 



When a person dies wlio has many relatives, much property, and 

 many slaves, his relatives tie [dentalia] to his body. Two young men 

 are selected to prepare the corpse. If [the deceased] had a good canoe, 



