MICHELSON. ] THE GHOST-FEAST. 479 
brother is slain? He, my younger brother, is surely slain,” it seems 
our nephew thought. And the next day in the evening it seems he 
heard some one nearer. ‘Why, he could not know that my little 
brother is slain,” it seems our nephew thought. The third time in 
the evening it seems he heard some one here at the side of the wickiup. 
“Why, who is it that comes here to poke fun at me when my little 
brother is slain,’ it seems our nephew thought. And it seems the 
fourth time when it was getting dark, (some one) put his nails on 
his door. ‘Now, Wi'sa‘ki™“’, they who have killed me have set me 
free, as you were so downcast in heart is why they released me. Iam 
ever unable to open this, our door. Open it for me, my elder brother,” 
it appears he was told by his younger brother. “Why who, pray, is 
it that plays a joke on me when my little brother is slain? I am 
sure my little brother is slain,” it seems he thought. ‘No, my elder 
brother; they have truly let me go as you were so downcast in heart,” 
it seems (Aiyapa'tii*’) said to his elder brother. 
Then it seems our nephew rose to his feet. He took down their 
flute and their burning fire stick and their drum. “Now, my younger 
brother, I shall not open (our door) for you. Our fellow manitous 
have already heard me wail too much over you,” it seems he said to 
his younger brother. ‘You will go and kindle a fire for our uncles 
and aunts where this manitou who goes by (i. e., the sun) continues 
to go down,” it seems he said to his younger brother. ‘Those with 
whom I shall go about and live here on the surface of the earth will: 
be wretched. You must bless them for my sake. When they begin 
to loose sight of each other, they will ask each other for life, they 
will ask each other for old age, and that they be not in want of food, 
they will say to each other. So think of them for my sake so that 
they may thus bless each other. And they will ask each other that 
they be not in need of clothing, so they will say to each other. So 
think of them that way for my sake. And they will speak to each 
other how every war-party is (?). Bless them that way for my sake. 
And they will say to each other to drive away from each other the 
disease which stands about. You must bless in that way those with 
whom I shall go about and live,’ so it seems (his younger brother) 
was told. ‘Verily, now to-day you are to quietly start to walk 
away, you must not look backward at me, you must look hap- 
pily at me(?) You alone will have power to grant gifts five times 
there.» You must bless your uncles and aunts so. You will do 
me (an injury) if you look back at me: you might make them 
wretched if you look back at me,” it seems he said to his younger 
brother. ‘Only you will remove disease from them for my sake,” 
it seems he said to his younger brother. ‘And merely this, 
when there is one cloud in the sky which hangs, you will think of 
® Free rendition, but such is the sense of the passage. 
