MICHELSON. ] WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN CHILDREN DIE. 457 
apart. But this would be every kind of finery, exactly (the kind) 
Indians (use) when they are attired in gay apparel. First they would 
make buckskin moccasins, then buckskin leggings made of deers which 
the man had slain. A woman would do the tanning, making the 
hide yellow. After she made the hide yellow she would make 
moccasins. When she had done so the man would begin to hunt, 
and after he had killed two (deer), then the woman again made the 
buckskin hides ready. After she made them then the man made 
leggings. After he made them then he would again begin to hunt 
regularly. Then the woman would again do the tanning. After she 
made the buckskin hides, then the man would make a buckskin 
shirt. After he made it, then they would slowly keep on making 
every kind of finery in afternoons. All the time they still would not 
dress in gay attire. They would always go about wearing worn 
clothing. That is what they would do. They would not be clad at 
all well. But they would always be kind. They would treat anyone 
who came to (see) them very pleasantly. But they themselves 
would not enter other houses but stayed in their own homes.2. Only 
if the woman had parents, if she had a mother she merely visited her, 
and if her father were alive, she would merely visit him. If she had 
a brother or sister she would not be in the habit of visiting him or 
her. And the man similarly. If he had a mother he would often 
go where his mother was. And if he had a father he would often 
go where his father was. Those were all. If he had a brother or 
sister he would not be able to visit them himself. But they (the 
man and woman) would be often visited by them. They would 
always be often visited by them. And they would continue to be 
always visited by other relatives. 
Moreover, if a gens festival were held and if the people danced, it 
was not lawful for them to go and look on. If they were invited 
they could only stay there as long as they were eating. Yet only 
the man might be invited. The woman would not be invited. The 
man is the one who could be invited. But he wouldn’t refuse. It 
is a rule that they must say, “All right.’’ Only if a ghost-feast were 
held, they (both) might be invited. But both ceased making finery 
when they were invited. If the man were told that he was invited, 
then they would put away (what they were making). It was not 
only the one invited who put it away, but both. Only in the after- 
noon of the next day would they again begin making (the finery). 
It was not lawful for them to do so before that time. 
And they could be visited only by aged persons, old women, old 
men; these were only the persons by whom they might be often 
visited. It was not lawful for them to be visited by young people. 
Even if they were their friends they could not be visited by them 
as that is against their religion. 
2 Free translation. 
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