MICHELSON.] THE WAY MESKWAKIES DO WHEN THEY DIE. 405 
And, it is said, later on one of them died.. They did not know what 
was the matter with him. For a long time they kept (the body). 
Soon, it is said, one (person) had a vision of what happened to (the 
other). Then he told the people what they should do: ‘This is the 
way you must treat him. You must clothe him in finery. Then you 
must bury him,” he said to them. “And you are to wash him,’ he 
said to them. 
And, it is said, the people were afraid. Thereupon, it is said, all 
fasted earnestly, crying and seeking everywhere for the true manitou.' 
Then, it is said, one was blessed by the Gentle Manitou. He dreamed 
of him for along time. ‘I declare! The one who is called a manitou 
has blessed me,” he thought. As soon as he awoke he knew all that 
he had dreamed, for he had not forgotten it. ‘‘Well! I have had 
a very wonderful dream,” he thought. 
Finally he went far off. He thought over carefully what he had 
dreamed. It was far away where he sat down and remained seated. 
Soon, it is said, as he looked around, he saw one man right beside 
him. He had long hair and was naked: he only had on a breech- 
cloth. ‘I declare! Who, pray, is it likely this fellow is?”’ is what 
(the Indian) thought of him. 
“Well, do you not know me at all,’’ he was told. 
“No, truly,” he said to him. 
“Oh, the manitous call me ‘Wi'sa‘kii‘*",’”’ he was told. 
“Now who is Wi'sa‘ki*’,” (the man) thought. 
“This is how I am: I created this island,’ he was toid. ‘‘I made 
whatever you see. Because you were worried about your body 
to-day is why I came to you,” he was told by that Wisa’‘ki'™*’. 
“Well, my uncle (mother’s brother), I shall tell you a little some- 
thing. Then you will continue to keep it firmly in mind. You are 
to tell each and every one of your fellow people, my uncle,’’ he was 
told by Wi'sa‘ka™*’. 
‘Now you see where this sun continues to set. That is the (place) 
you shall tell each other to go, where my younger brother dwells. 
He is called ‘Iyapa‘ti’’ by the manitous. Verily my younger 
brother was slain by the manitous of our time. There is where you 
are to go when you die, where my younger brother is. He is the one 
with whom you shall live when you die. You will continue to live 
in whatever way he thinks of you. He will make you happy. But 
only a person who lived quietly while alive will be one to live where 
he (my younger brother) lives. He is the one who will live with 
him close by. But not every one will live there. 
“That is what I think: You will continue to dwell in (different 
wickiups) four times. Whoever was very wicked while alive shall 
dwell in the first wickiup. What will then happen to you (depends 
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