MICHELSON.] MAN UNRELEASED FROM DEATH CEREMONIES. 437 
away. For he would feel as badly as possible. He would,be made 
even more wretched. At nights he would have nothing to cover 
himself. Not even a single blanket would be saved from being 
taken away. He would lie stretched out on the bare ground if he 
slept, no matter wherever he was. Even then he also would feel as 
badly as possible. 
He alone would feel as badly as possible. These, the relatives of 
that woman, would not feel as badly as he whose wife she had been. 
They would be sorrowful for a short time; verily this one unreleased 
from death ceremonies would feel wretchedly for a long time. Their 
property would become the property of (those who) were there. 
Now when that man sees their former property he would be forcibly 
reminded (of his wife). That is what would happen to him. 
Furthermore he would be dressed shabbily. No matter where, if 
he itched he would not scratch himself. It was not (lawful) for him 
to scratch his head. Nor was he permitted to go out barefoot. He 
must put on (his moccasins). Even if he goes out in a hurry, he must 
stop to put on (his moccasins). Nor must he look backward. If he 
is addressed by anyone behind him he must not look that way. He 
may merely halt. And if anything happens to him he must not look 
backward. And if he goes out at night, he should not be afraid of 
anything. And he should not move from wickiup to wickiup. He 
should keep on staying in the same spot, in the wickiup where he 
lived. Nor should he ever sing. Nor should he ever laugh loudly. 
And he must not sit up against any trees against which one (normally) 
sits as long as he is unreleased from death-ceremonies. The tree 
against which he sat would die. It would slowly begin to die. And 
the reason why he should not be barefoot is that if he accidentally 
went out barefoot it would come topass that the ground whereverhe 
had gone would crack, it would crack. There might be hot weather, 
it is said, if a widower (widow) unreleased from death-ceremonies 
accidentally went out barefoot. But (this) was only as long as he 
was unreleased from death-ceremonics. 
He would not even be invited (to gens festivals). It is not at all 
that he is hated. The reason why he would not be invited is that 
during the time he feels as if wretched. But it is only as long as he 
is unreleased from death-ceremonies that he would not be invited. 
That is the length of time, as long as he is unreleased from death- 
ceremonies. 
In the same way he is forbidden every little thing as long as he is 
unreleased from death-ceremonies. He would even be forbidden to 
talk loudly as long as he is unreleased from death-ceremonies, he 
might be forbidden so long. As long as he is unreleased from death- 
ceremonies he is strictly forbidden. A widower (widow) unreleased, 
