84 MANNERS AND CUSTOi^lS. 



huk tch^kcr a gupka. Tsui wewan'sh guli' wino'tuish; shashuaki'sli tclii'sh, 



the blood comes Dp. Then women enter who form choras; people who call the too, 



conjurer 



lutatki'sh tchlsh, shuashuAktchlsh matchatgi'sh tchish gull' Idtchashtat 



the soDg-repeater too, bewailers, listeners also enter lodge 



3 m'na. 



his. 



NOTES. 



The ascetic performances and ceremonies here described are going into disuse at 

 the present time. When they were fully observed, the bereaved husband wandered 

 alone through the woods and wilds (spotu) for live days, but to the widow these ob- 

 servances extended over a shorter time. For this puipose both sexes wore warm 

 clothing, but took to worn-out blankets or old articles of raiment, and used wisps of 

 the serviceberry-bush as belts. 



83,1. shp6tu: strong and unusual bodily exercise, running up hill, plungiug etc. 

 was and is still considered beneficial to the body, and is much in favor with the 

 Indians. Cf. 82, 10. 11. 



83, 1. hissudksuk for hishuaksh ak ; the husband alone, not in company of others ; 

 pii'ug for pii'u a, pen a, cf. 4t6nen for iit a nen ; and se lor sha, they, 82, 4. 



83, 2. ka-itua p;it or p'M: he eats nothing at the time while wandering; pauk, 

 p'Ank might stand here instead of pdt; tu'tshna : for dozing they did not lie down, but 

 tried to catch a little sleep while walking and wandering. 



83, li. shlati, and tchdkfele 83, 5, forms sometimes used in conversation instead of 

 shla4, shle4 ; tchii'kele, tch^keli. Cf. yika for ya'ka, y^ka : iVbte to 16, 10. 



83, 3. hushti'ktamna; the suffix -tamna shows that pshin stands for u4nuk pshl'u 

 gi'sh: "nightly, eveiy night." 



83, 4. siuno'tish and shul'sh are both tamdnuash-songs, but of a different character. 

 See Dictionary. Shlil'popka : he sees in his dreams what he has heard mentioned in 

 the songs. To sing or repeat songs started by the conjurer devolves almost exclusively 

 on the women present at the ceremony. 



83, 5. sumat : into the mouth ; their blood, disturbed by the constant excitement 

 produced by the night rambles, ascends to the throat, and is sometimes spit out by 

 them. 



84, 2. shuashudktchish. By their loud and noisy lamentations (shuiiktcha, to cry, 

 to weep) they expect to avert from the bereaved husband the eft'ects of the tam^nuash- 

 speU (shul'sh) which he has seen in his dreams. 



84, 2. matchiitgish : those listening to the words uttered by the conjurer and his 

 repeater or expounder ; they are of both sexes and also act as bewailers. 



