864 FOX MORTUARY CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS. (ETH. ANN. 40. 
“This is how you will be related to them,’’ they are told while they 
are being properly clad there, when they are made to wear fine 
apparel. They must not attire themselves in finery there. There 
are (people) there by whom they are clad in finery and properly 
attired, (persons) employed (for that purpose). And the (persons) 
who clothe (the adopted) properly are given a very little finery, not 
abundant. Because they have been hired is why they are given it. 
And when the (adopted) have been clothed, they make firm their 
foothold and a pause is made to address them earnestly. They stop 
to talk to them earnestly for a long time. It is as if the ghost were 
spoken to earnestly there when they are addressed earnestly. ‘The 
ghost is spoken to earnestly there for a long time. When they have 
been spoken to, they walk in a circle four times. As soon as they 
have walked in a circle four times, they start to walk out. From 
there they go about inviting anyone they see. As soon as they have 
walked about they go and stand fixedly where the calicoes hang. 
Then food is carried out. They begin to ‘set the table.” Then 
those invited sit down comfortably and then immediately some one 
says “Eat.’’ He summons any one, not only those he wishes. 
Every one, the whole crowd of people, is summoned to eat. As soon 
as they have eaten they begin to play all sorts of games with each 
other. As soon as they finish playing with each other, they go home. 
That is all. 
THE GHOST FEAST. 
A person, it is said, is extremely sorry when his (or her) relative 
dies. It seems then that he (or she) began to fast earnestly when 
he (or she) wailed over his (her) relative. He (or she) always blackens 
his (or her) face with charcoal before the sun rises. When he (or 
she) has painted his (or her) self, when he (or she) has blackened his 
(or her) face with charcoal, he (or she) departs. He (or she) stops 
to throw Indian tobacco on the fire before departing. ‘‘Now, my 
grandfather, as I am wretched, I must go wailing over the one to 
whom I am related so that I may go about weeping from here,” is 
what he (or she) says to the Spirit of Fire. The one wailing over (the 
dead) forthwith departs. That is always what (the person) does. 
Before the sun rises, he (or she) has already departed. He (or she) 
goes about in the forest weeping. 
Tt seems as if he made our nephews ° sorrowful at the time when he 
(or she) was informed what happened to them when they were hated 
by the manitous. At first there was (but) one manitou by whom 
they were hated. Soon there were two. They (Wi'sa‘ki'*’) and his 
younger brother were living in perfect health (but) both treated their 
fellow manitous harshly. Finally some of the manitous not living 
5 That is, Wi'sa‘ki‘4* and Aiyapa'ta‘s’, 
