MICHELSON.] THE WAY MESKWAKIES DO WHEN THEY DIE, 407 
upon) how you have each? lived. Only a person who has lived 
uprightly will be the one who shall dwell yonder. And when you die 
you are to tell each other about (going to) where the sun goes 
down. My younger brother does not dwell on the earth; he dwells 
up above. And so you shall call it ‘where the sun goes down.’ Such 
is the name you shall give it,’”’ he was told by Wi'sa‘ka‘". 
“Now this is how you should lay each other when you die. Do 
not lay each other all sorts of ways. Always it is to be toward where 
the sun goes down. You shall have the man who is to be the speaker 
face toward where the sun goes down. And this speech will go that 
way. (My younger brother) will never fail to hear the one who 
speaks to the corpse. His very word shall be heard. 
“But I desire you to remember each other.?, You must always 
remember whoever may be your relatives. You must even speak to 
little children when one dies. Do not think he is of no account. 
You must firmly keep this. As long as this earth endures you shall 
do this to each other. Do not straightway merely bury each other. 
You must do as I tell you. 
“Death is a hard thing. Sorrow is especially hard. To-day, to 
be sure, you will not die in great numbers. Soon later on is when 
you will die rapidly. At the time when you cease to lead good lives, 
at the time when you begin to act very evilly, then you will die much 
too soon. 
“We do not desire that you die prematurely. As far as life goes 
we shall plan it for you, so that you may continue to see each other 
for a long time. We do not desire that you die all too soon. We 
are unwilling that you die prematurely. But we are unwilling for 
you to do (eyilly) at the time. If you begin to act (evilly) at that 
time every one will continue to die. Even if there is any child he 
will die, one by one. The one who shall live righteously is the one 
who will reach an old age. This is how he reaches an old age, if he 
lives righteously. Now as for this fellow, the one who is evil, he 
shall die prematurely. He will not reach an old age. That is what 
will happen to you. 
“You are to be careful when you relate what I have told you. Do 
not conceal anything from your fellow mortals. No one shall dodge 
this. It shall happen to all of you who are mortals. You shall die. 
You shall not see each other live forever. This is how it is, my 
uncle,’ he was told by Wi'sa’ka*’. 
“““T shall feed him,’ you shall always say to each other. You will 
put food for each other at the edge of the fire. In that way you will 
continue to remember each other; (do this) to whomsoever you are 
related. I shall not fail to know it when you name each other. 
2 Freely rendered. 
