MICHELSON.] THE WAY MESKWAKIES DO WHEN THEY DIE. 419 
especially and particularly ask him for. This is what you shall say 
to Aiyapa'ti'*" when you arrive yonder and stand before him: ‘They 
whom I left in wretchedness on the surface of the earth send this 
tobacco by me as a message. But you shall bless them so that they 
whose tobacco this is shall live long.’ You shall say that to Aiya- 
pa ta’*’ when you arrive yonder and stand before him. You yourself 
will thus think strongly of it. This is why I say to you, ‘Think 
well.’ And so you shall do as I tell you. To-day is the last time 
Tshall speak to you. Now I shall cease speaking to you, my relative.’’ 
Then (the speaker addresses the people): ‘“‘Come, make an offering 
to him; throw tobacco for him.’’ Then the one who had finished 
speaking moves from where he is standing. Then one closely related 
to (the dead) first throws tobacco for him and speaks a little to him: 
“J throw this tobacco for you so that I may live long. Bless me 
that way.’’ He says that to him. 
Then a number of others speak to him: “This day I give you this 
_ tobacco as message for you to take to our nephew. That is what I 
desire, that I may live long, that I may reach old age. That is what 
I especially desire. And this is why I send my tobacco by you to 
our nephew. So you will tell him what I desire, namely, that I may 
continue to see this earth of the manitou as it changes its appearance 
(i. e., seasons), that I may live here a long time with mortals.” 
And then another speaks to him: “I send this tobacco by you 
that I may live long.” That is how any one spoke to (the dead) of 
those who threw away tobacco for him, any one, a woman or a man, 
any one able to speak to him. 
Now when a woman is spoken to when she dies, this is how she is 
addressed: ‘‘Now my relative, this day sickness has stricken you. 
This is why you died. Do not think anything evil, do not think this 
toward any one of all your relatives, or any person. You must 
merely carefully think of where you are going, that you are going to 
have a son (sister’s son), Aiyapa'‘ti‘“*. You are to think only what 
is good about yourself. You are to take up a pleasant thought. 
And you are to speak firmly to (Aiyapa‘ti‘*’) for those who send this 
tobacco by you. Have pity upon the children. Do not uselessly 
think back of their lives. And do not think of looking back at them. 
You will merely think of the one to whom you are going, to have 
him for your son. In that way you will gladden him. You will 
think that way. And you will speak firmly for as many as sent 
their tobacco by you. When you arrive yonder you will speak to 
