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men on the back of his head. He immediately became paralyzed 

 from the touch. Then they pushed another man and he could not 

 walk. So they laughed and turned back in order to return to their 

 home. 



They had not yet learned that they were dead. One went to his 

 camp and told his wife that he was hungry but she paid no attention 

 to him. The other had the same experience. Then each man started 

 to go to the other man's lodge and they met midway. The first man 

 said, "I came back hungry and asked for food, but they would not 

 give me any, so I thought that I would go to your place." The 

 second one said the same thing. Then they said, "Let us lie down a 

 while." Just then the people began to cry, for they had brought 

 back the bodies of the two dead men. Then one of the men said, 

 "My friend, we have been killed." The other one began to cry. 



So the people gathered together and had a meal. One of the 

 ghosts said, " We must try and get something from the meal that they 

 are having, for the people said, ' We are giving this meal in honor of 

 the departed.'" Then the other friend said, "Now we are going to 

 eat, for they are cooking for us." 



These two were born again and told about this, and that is how we 

 know it. This is the origin of the Four Nights' Wake. It is claimed 

 that the spirits of the spuit land have a four nights' feast before they 

 start. 



Grave-post Marks 



(drawings by INDIANS) 



(Fig.2S) 



Warrior has been on the warpath (homani'na). 



Warrior was a leader of a warpath (sak^i'). 



Warrior was a helper on a warpath (wagixo'na) (rek-'i"'). 



Warrior counted one of the three coup (wa'ijgouAijk). 



Warrior had made a captive (waqglni). 



Warrior had killed a horse on the warpath or stolen one from the 

 enemy. 



If a person had killed a man and cut oflf his head, he is allowed to 

 paint the top (upper part?) of the grave-post red. 



I D n t: 



Fig. 2,s.— Grave-post marks: 1, Has been on the warpath; 2, has been leader on warpath: 3, has been helper 

 on warpath; 4, lias counted one of the coup: 5, has made a captive; 6, has kiUed horse on warpath or stolen 

 onefromenemy; 7,haskilledamanandcntoffhishead. 



