MICHELSON.] BEGINNING OF STORY HOW ANY ONE DIES, 399 
being who has his eyes on the smoke-hole, who is said to be there, 
will also take a smoke.’’ That is what they say to him. “You will 
tell it truthfully for us when we hand out this Indian tobacco.” 
That is what they say to him. After they have addressed him then 
they begin to sing. This is supposed to be weeping. They say to 
the Great Manitou, ‘‘One name has been broken.’’ The manitous 
always say that among themselves. They sing all night. They are 
supposed to stay up with the dead. That is all they do there. 
And then it seems another person was blessed by the one called 
Head-piercer. He was told how (Head-piercer) worked yonder. 
When any one died (Head-piercer) would pierce their head. 
It is said that the ghosts have a fine time dancing. And it is said 
that over yonder in the land of the ghosts it is as it is here. 
A person by the name of “ Big-Mouth”’ reports this who is said to 
have been there. It seems when he died the other side of Cedar 
Rapids, that is where he died over there, then a woman, who was 
his sister, carried the corpse here when they only used horses to ride 
upon—before the Indians used wagons. They camped many times, 
it seems it was four days. Soon when his sister felt him he had a 
red arm and was still warm. Then she laid him down very care- 
fully. Then it seems this dead one departed. He went toward the 
land of the ghosts. He kept on walking toward the setting of the 
sun. He followed a large road." Persons who were barefooted had 
made many tracks, it is said. Soon he met an old woman. ‘So 
you have come,” he was told. ‘Yes,’ he said to her. “Our (rela- 
tives) will not be able to come,” he was told.2 ‘No one desires to 
come,” he said to her. ‘“‘Oh I am very tired of waiting for them,” 
that corpse said. 
Lo, there were big and long wickiups there. He entered one. Lo, 
he saw those who had died. Inside they fed him. ‘Oh your rela- 
tives live over there,” he was told. ‘‘What are you going to do?” 
he was told. ‘You may return?”’ he was told. ‘Yes,’ he replied. 
It is said there were many ghosts. It was (like) a large town there. 
Soon he saw his elder sister, I mean his niece (sister’s daughter) 
coming leading an animal."? ‘Now you must take this (horse) and 
ride him,” he was told, ‘‘including the saddle.” ‘All right,”’ he said 
to her. 
After he had been fed in that wickiup, he started back. As he was 
returning it seems that he was pursued by Head-piercer. “ Big 
Mouth has come,’ (Head-piercer) was told. ‘Pursue him,” he was 
told. Then Head-piercer pursued him. That is what happened 
to (Big Mouth). He started to flee. “Throw him away,” he was 
told. When he was nearly overtaken he gave up his horse. Then, 
12 Free translation. 
