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shaman divided it among themselves. Then they made a tent 

 of thin larch-trees, and each of them put his share in the middle 

 of the larch-tent separately. Then the relatives of the shaman 

 killed dogs as offerings. They did not kill bad dogs ; they 

 killed only good ones. Then they added the killed dogs to 

 their portions of dried flesh. After that they left the tent with 

 the shaman's flesh and the dog-offerings. 



Then they divided the bones of the corpse, and, after having 

 dried them, they clothed them. They worshipped the skull of 

 the shaman. They made a trunk of wood, and set on it the 

 skull. Then they made for it (for the idol) a jacket and caps 

 (two caps, — a winter and a summer one). They embroidered 

 the coat all over. For its face they made a mask, with open- 

 ings for eyes and mouth. Over the embroidered coat they put 

 a coat of fawn-skins ; and over that, a blanket of soft reindeer- 

 skin. 



Then they placed the figure in the front corner of the house. 

 Whenever they were going to eat something good, they first 

 threw a piece of it into the fire, and held the figure over the 

 smoke. This they did at every meal ; and thus they fed the 

 figure, which they worshipped like a god. 



Grammatical Analysis of the Text. 



1. Cit' ole-d-o^ uini. Cn' o, adverb of time {Jong ago) ; at'ole 

 (old times ) ; o' mni, a collective conception (people, men). It 

 was apparently formed from o mo (tribe, clan, kin) and the suffix 

 comitative ivi (instead of we) (with the kin, with the entire 

 clan). Cu' olt'-d-o' inni (people of times ancient). See § 9. 



2. A (male. The base is alina (shaman) ; le is the suflix, 

 accusative indefinite. See §§12, 20. 



3. A'mde-gcne. Ainde, base of intransitive verb [die^ ; gene 

 is the sufiix of the conditional mode. See § 87. 



4. Ctide is used instead of cugi. The base is ad (meat, 

 flesh) ; gi is the possessive suffix (see §§ 8, 9) ; / before gi is 

 usually dropped. The use of de instead of ^/ is apparently an 

 old form. It occurs in ancient tales and shaman's songs, but 

 not in ordinary conversation. 



