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for any one to say, ‘‘I shall not do so.’’ Every one always says, 
“Allright.” That is what he was told a long time, and it is so even 
to-day: it has not been changed. Even to-day they still do what 
the people did a long time ago. The Meskwakies still do so. 
And a woman is made to stop and play with (the dead) before (she 
Jeaves). When they play the double-ball game, only women play it, 
not men. Only women play this. The one adopted throws the 
double balls in the air. And when a Ki'cko woman begins to throw 
themr she first throws them toward the west. And when an O'cka‘e 
[To' kan] woman touches them first she throws them toward the west. 
Four times they hrow them in (the goal). Then they win. When the 
Ki'ck6 women throw them in (the goal) four times first then they win. 
And when the O'cka‘e women throw them in (the goal) first four 
times, then they win. When the women stand thus, the women are 
told: “Do not fight each other. You must merely play together. 
Do not become angry at each other. You must play with each other 
quietly. Let no one be angry if she is accidentally hit. You must 
play quietly with each other,” those who are made to play with the 
future ghosts are told. Sure enough, no one gets angry. They play 
quietly (fairly) with each other. The people begin to think that they 
are really playing with (the dead) for the last time. That is how it is. 
They are stopping to play happily with the dead for the last time. 
Those related to (the dead) think their relatives are truly there. Some 
cry at the time. Nothing affects some who feel happy. It is a sign 
that they have done nothing mean. And those who have acted badly 
toward (the dead) cry whenever their relative is released by an 
adoption-feast. And when good-hearted people live properly, when 
they hold an adoption-feast, it is a perfectly splendid day. And 
when bad people do this, itis a bad day. Sometimesitrains. Itisa 
bad day in some way. It is not a good day, it is bound to be a bad 
day in some way. Even when it is a good day it changes to be a 
bad day. And whenever good-hearted people hold an adoption- 
feast when it is a bad day, even when it is raining hard, or when it is 
a bad day in any way, it becomes a perfectly splendid day and full 
of sunshine, when they do that, hold an adoption-feast. 
Now why they employ a person accustomed to speaking is because 
they desire to be instructed regarding what they are to think of each 
other, and how they should think of the one for whom they are hold- 
ing the adoption-feast. They are not thoroughly instructed for a 
short time; they are told for a long time the thought which they 
should think of the (dead), and they are told never to speak angrily 
of (the dead). 
And those who are arrayed in finery are instructed while they are 
being properly clothed. They are told how they will be related to 
the ones who will be their relatives, the relatives of (the dead). 
