MICHELSON. ] WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN CHILDREN DIE. 459 
They always would wake up very early so that they would already 
be staying out of doors when the time came for it to be morning. At 
that time the man would already be gone quite a distance hunting. 
It is a rule for them to eat together at noon, if they ate. And 
soon they would carefully complete every piece of finery. Then the 
man would begin to hunt zealously all the time, hunting such game 
animals as turkeys, elk, deer. And the woman would carefully 
attend to the fresh meat. After they had much meat they would 
cook for (a feast). The one to be adopted is the one who is ordered 
to go around and invite any people. Now after he had gone around 
issuing invitations he would come there. The one to be adopted 
is asked to begin to look and see if as many as he invited have all 
come. He would say, “Yes.”’ Then those acting as ceremonial 
attendants to the dead began serving (the food). The one to be 
adopted eats in the middle. But first they put (food) in his mouth 
four times (symbolically). After it has been put in his mouth then 
he would begin to eat. After he has eaten and all have eaten then 
an old man, the father of the man, would speak: “‘To-morrow these 
collectively release our baby. This one truly will be our grand- 
child. This one, who eats there in the midst of (all), is he who will 
be made to walk around to-morrow, who will take the place of my 
grandchild. You must all come to-morrow at noon,” the people are 
told. Then all the relatives of those who have had the death in 
their family sleep there with them. All the relatives of the woman 
sleep on the north side. Oh, the relatives of the man sleep in the 
east direction. And they, the married couple who have the death 
in their family sleep in the western direction. And the finery which 
the one adopted will use is placed on the south side. In the morning 
all wake up. The women, it is said, then begin cooking, helping 
each other, so they might eat. And those same ones acting as cere- 
monial attendants for them as before serve the food when they come. 
They begin cooking so that those invited may eat. They wait for 
them to be finished cooking. Then the person to be adopted is 
summoned. At that time (the person) is attired in finery. Now 
the relatives of the woman of that married couple who had the death 
collect and hand over finery. As soon as they have collected and 
handed it over then the relatives of the man begin to collect and 
hand it over. After they (both sets) have collected and handed it 
over, they say, “That is all.” As soon as this married couple 
eat together they are told, “‘Now your relatives on both sides are 
beginning to dress you properly. From now on you may wear the 
clothing. And now you have released this your child. You may begin 
