1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 1 7 



The grave is made deep enough to prevent coyotes from dig- 

 ging out the corpse; with this object in view, thorny brush 

 is also put on the grave. The relatives go out to the grave 

 for several days. They mourn there, crying while sitting in 

 one place. Hair that has been cut off by friends and rela- 

 tives is wrapped up with the body and buried. The dead 

 man's best or favorite horse is shot next to his grave, and left 

 lying there. The tail and mane of the horse on which the 

 body was taken to burial are cut off and strewn over the grave. 

 Before the body is taken away to be interred, an old man 

 speaks encouragingly to the relatives. The dead man's family 

 move to another place. They give away the tent in which 

 he died. If he happened to die in a brush shelter, it is 

 burned. Clothing, beds, and other articles that were where 

 hfe died, are burned, in order that his shadow (spirit) will not 

 come back. Sticks that may have touched him while he was 

 dying are buried with him or laid on the grave. Immediately 

 after the burial the relatives bathe because they have touched 

 the corpse. For several nights they burn cedar-leaves; the 

 smoke or smell of this keeps away the spirit. For some time 

 they wear old clothing and do not paint. They seek no 

 amusements. At first they eat little. As long as they wear 

 old clothes and keep their hair unbound, they are in mourn- 

 ing. This period is not fixed. When they have finished 

 mourning, they provide food and invite in old men and 

 women. An old man paints their entire faces and their hair 

 red. This is called cleaning; it is done in the morning, so 

 that they may be under the care of the sun all day. Now 

 they braid their hair again, and go about as before. 



For a murder or accidental killing, horses were given to the 

 relatives of the dead. The murderer had no influence or posi- 

 tion, and was shunned. He was not, however, excluded from 

 tribal affairs. He could camp in the camp-circle, and enter 

 dances. Everything that he ate was supposed to taste bad 

 to him. 



The name of the dead was apparently as freely mentioned 

 as that of the living. Old men sometimes gave their own 

 name to young men. Red-Wolf (haaxabaani) gave his name 

 \May, igo2.J ^ 



