258 DEATH. [SoLOGY 



man whom lie bad given dentalia. Now the same is done [as before]. 

 They give him slaves, dentalia, and canoes. His heart becomes glad. 



When a chief dies, his relatives are sad. They speak to each other 

 and go to war. They kill the chief of another town. 



When a person has been killed, an old man who has a gnardian spirit 

 is asked to work over the murderer. The old man takes coal and mixes 

 it with grease. He puts it on to the face [of the murderer]. He gives 

 him a head ring of cedar bark. Cedar bark is also tied around his 

 ankles and knees and around his wrists. For five days he does not 

 drink water. He does not sleep, and does not lie down. He always 

 stands. At night he walks about and whistles on bone whistles. 

 He always says si a ji. For five days he does not wash his face. Then 

 on the next morning the old man washes his face. He takes off that 

 coal. He removes the black jjaint from his face. He puts red paint 

 on his face. A little coal is mixed with the red paint. The old man 

 puts this again on to his face. Sometimes this is done by an old man, 

 sometimes by an old woman. The cedar bark which was tied to his 

 legs and arms is taken off and buckskin straps are tied around his arms 

 and his legs. Now, after five days he is given water. He is given a 

 bucket, out of which he drinks. Now food is roasted for him, until it 

 is burned. When it is burned black it is given to him. He eats standing. 

 He takes five mouthsful, a!ul no more. After thirty days he is painted 

 with new red paint. Good red paint is taken. Now he carries his 

 head ring and his bucket to a spruce tree and hangs it on top of the 

 tree. [Then the tree will dry up.] People never eat in company of a 

 murderer. He never eats sitting, but always standing. When he sits 

 down [to rest] he kneels on one leg. The murderer never looks at a child 

 and must not see people while they are eating. 



When a woman's husband dies she becomes a widow. Then she goes 

 up the river. [There she stays] sometimes one day, sometimes two 

 days. She bathes. For thirty days she does not eat fresh food. She 

 also does not look at a child or at a sick person. She bathes every 

 day. She rubs her body with sweet-smelling herbs. She never wears 

 a good blanket. Her blanket is always bad. For one year she must 

 not laugii. Then her dead husband's relatives tell her : " Now be glad ; 

 your brother-in-law will marry you ; " then she puts on a good blanket. 

 When she laughs shortly after becoming a widow, her husband's rela- 

 tives are not pleased. When she marries again quickly, they ask a 

 shamau to send disease to her and she dies. When a widow has a 

 child which is small, her dead husband's relatives say to her soon : 

 "Now be glad," and, indeed, she gets glad. 



