MICHBLSON.] INTRODUCTION. 361 
WHAT THEY DO WHEN AN ADOPTION-FEAST IS HELD, WHEN THE PEOPLE 
RELEASE EACH OTHER. 
Those giving the adoption-feast have much food; not a little, much. 
They are playing with each other for the last time. They are stopping 
to play with their relatives for the last time. They play only the 
kinds of games (their relatives) enjoyed (playing) while alive. Those 
invited dance heartily. And those related to (the dead) are they 
who dance heartily where those whom they have adopted are dancing. 
They dance where (the adopted) are dancing. They are dancing 
with (the dead) for the last time. 
(This) is how it is arranged inside when an adoption-feast is. held.’ 
And this is how the adopted sit. That is how they sit. And that 
is how they walk. There are very many people there when that 
happens. <A long time ago, to be sure, it is said, only those who 
were invited were those there, not simply any one. And to-day 
there are very many there, simply anybody; and there is much food. 
Also it is said that (formerly) it was not so: there was but a little 
food, not a large amount. Surely there must be a large amount 
to-day. When anyone cooks a little he is blamed. That is an evil 
thing we have done once. 
Ball players play ball there. Those who first hurl this ball, hurl 
it toward the west. When the Ki'ckés first touch they hurl it in 
that direction. And when the To'kans touch it first they hurl it in 
that direction. The ball players (always) use lacrosse sticks: that is 
what they call them. When the To’kans win, they are supposed to 
eat. To’ kan-bowls: that is what they are called. And when the 
Ki'ckos win, they are called Kicko-bowls. (Those holding the 
adoption-feast) desire that all the people dine sumptuously. That is 
how the people hold adoption-feasts. No one is supposed not to eat. 
Every one of those there, as many as went to play with the one for 
whom the adoption-feast is held, are expected to eat. They desire 
that no one go away from there hungry: they desire that all of the 
people eat, even children, no matter what they eat. No person is 
thus thought of, “Do not eat.” That, it is said, is what those giving 
the adoption-feast and those attired in finery think of the entire 
crowd. 
It is not lawful for (the adopted) to look inside: they must look 
straight ahead. It is said that it was against their religion for those 
adopted to look backward. That, it is said, is what they did. 
Then they begin to give calicoes to those whom they invited, the 
entire group whom they invited: there is no one to whom they do 
not make presents. Surely they make presents to the entire group 
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