MICHELSON.] WIDOWS UNRELEASED FROM DEATH-CEREMONY, 491 
unreleased from death-ceremonies for the first time. Now he was 
leaned against another tree, and again the tree cried out. And also 
with regard to the one who had a still-born child for the first time. 
She likewise in the same way made the tree cry out. And the last 
was the one who menstruated for the first time. So the four made 
the trees cry. 
That is why I know this day when we do any evil. The manitou 
fears all who do this. That is why the people tell each other, and 
why they tell one who has a death in his family what he shall do. 
And that is why a widow (or widower) is forbidden every little thing. 
That is why those trees all died in four days, as the (people who 
leaned against them) were powerful to that extent. And if anyone 
now touched them, the Indian would become very weak. He might 
nearly die. That is why I forbid you everything. 
That is as far as this story goes. I am Jack Bullard. 
