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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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assembled, but now it is dark, and I can not see the reason. Children 

 were better taught to respect the truth and to be honest. Once a man 

 came to me in search of his children. They had become lost to him, 

 and he was unable to find them. But 1 could see the children, far, far 

 away, and I told the father that I could see his children, but that there 

 was a great Are raging bet ween them and me, and that they were beyond 

 reach. He could not recover them. Therefore, teach your children that 

 they may not stray beyond your control and find themselves separated 

 from you by the barrier of fire from which it is impossible to rescue 

 them. Teach them also to be honest; do not permit them to learn to 

 lie and to steal." 



At the conclusion of this recitation the companions of Shu'nien gave 

 exclamations of approbation by rapidly uttering, "Ho, ho, ho. hi}, h5." 

 The usher then came forward, gathered up the goods, and carried them 



Fia. 12 — Presents suspended from pole. 



toward the middle of the eastern half of the iuclosure, where, with the 

 assistance of some friends of the candidate, he suspended the blanketst 

 cloth, calico, mats, etc., from the longitudinal ridge pole, placed a short 

 distance below the roof arch for this purpose (figure 12). 



In the meantime the singers had again produced their pipes to take 

 a smoke. Other members of the society who were to take active part 

 in the ceremonies now entered the iuclosure at the eastern door. All 

 who were permitted to enter at this stage of the ceremonies had dressed 

 themselves as became their station, and in entering passed along the 

 right side of the inclosure nearest the mats occupied by the four medi- 

 cine men, and as they passed by them each held his right hand toward 

 the seated figures, the back of the hand toward the person addressed, 

 and saluted him by designating him by the proper term of relation- 

 ship; or, if no such connection existed, then by "my elder brother," 

 "my younger brother," as the relative ages of the speaker and the per- 

 son addressed may have been. The person thus addressed bowed his 

 head and responded by saying, " Hau'ka" (it is well), and when each of 



