*'"BOAr] ELK HUNTING — TRANSLATION. 265 



a hunter has killed two elks, many people go to fetch it. When he has 

 killed many, then it is dried in the woods [it is not carried away]. The 

 people go home when it is dry, and the hunter distributes the meat 

 among all the people. 



A menstruating woman must not take the head of an elk. Women 

 do not eat the tongue; only men eat it. They do not break the bones 

 of the forelegs. These are carried far away, else a menstruating w omau 

 might see them. When such a woman eats the feet and hoofs, the 

 hunter will be unlucky. When she steps over an elk's head, she will 

 be sick with dropsy. Just so a girl who has just reached maturity. 

 She does not look at an elk, else she will be sick with dro])sy. When 

 a hunter is unsuccessful, his child must not go near the water. When 

 it goes near water, it will fall sick and die at once. When he goes 

 hunting, his wife and children sit motionless. His wife must not go 

 anywhere. When his children make noise, one of them will fall sick if 

 the hunter is unsuccessful. 



