MICHELSON. ] INTRODUCTION. Sifal 
within them (and they asked) that these who dwelt on the surface 
of the earth be blessed with life. That is what they were told.17 
That is all. 
And then (those in charge) were all finished with their work. And 
they who had laid (the dead) to rest were told to go and eat. So 
they departed where they dwelt where this dead person was taken up. 
So they departed and went to eat. When they came yonder they 
sat down comfortably in a group, (and) this one in whose family the 
death had occurred,’* spoke as he thought: ‘‘Well, now to-day you 
have placed this one to whom we are related well and carefully (to 
rest). We are pleased that you did not refuse the one we employed 
to employ you. That is why you are to eat,” said he whose dead 
(it had been). Then these men began to eat. That is how it was. 
That was how this performance was which I saw. That is how I 
have repeatedly seen these Indians do. This is simply the way 
they have been doing generation after generation. There is nothing 
new init. So that is why I am telling this to-day the same way. 
And as soon as they had eaten they were also told, ‘‘ To-morrow 
evening,” they were told, ‘‘you must come here, you must come to 
eat,” they were told. And in the evening they again came there, 
and they went to eat. As soon as they had gathered a table was set 
and they began to eat again.® And (the speakers) said the same as 
they had said. For four days they continued doing this, (and) in a 
way they fed their dead. That is how it was. And they always ask 
forlife. Thatis what they desire especially, life. That is how it is. 
And they give each other some little thing, formerly the property 
of those who have lost their lives. And they carry it off. Yet it is 
not taken inside (a dwelling); for four days these things are carefully 
placed somewhere out of doors. They are placed out of doors. At 
the end of four days these things are taken within (the dwellings). 
This head-man perhaps gives away some little thing. That is what 
they do. 
At the time this head-man cuts off a stick and stands it on the 
spot where the head of the dead is.** (It is) as if he tells to what 
gens the (dead) belonged. That is how it is. 
Now on the fourth day then (the speaker) speaks longer. At 
that time this Aiyapa‘tii'** is spoken to directly. He is told to 
bless those relatives whom (the dead) has lost (and) not to desire 
others (to come to him). That is what this Aiyapa‘ti‘' is usually 
told. That is what they do. 
And (this is) another (thing) they do when they feel badly (at the 
death of a relative). On the fourth day is the time when one would 
cry if one (felt like) crying. That is how the story is. Then the 
17 [ have been obliged to omit a portion of the original as being illegible. 
18 Free rendition. 
