THE MAN WHO WENT TO SPIRIT-LAND. 301 
from the war-path. By doing all of these things a woman gave good 
luck to her husband who was gone on the war-path. When a woman 
did not do these things something often happened to her husband. 
Finally there was born to the married friend a boy baby, and dur- 
ing this time a war-party was sent out, and the married man’s friend 
went with the party. On account of the birth of the child, the mar- 
ried man remained home. ‘This war-party, on meeting some enemies, 
fought them, and the unmarried brother lost this life. When the battle 
was over the warriors returned home. On their arrival the news 
regarding the death of the unmarried brother spread. The married 
brother was left to mourn his friend. He thought to himself: “Now, 
if I had been there I surely would have died with him.” He often 
thought of committing suicide; but because he knew that if he com- 
mitted suicide he would never get to see any of his people in the other 
world, he was prevented from doing that. Besides this, he loved his 
wife and child; but still he mourned for the loss of his best friend. 
Whenever any war-party was sent out he would go along, expecting 
to die in some way, so that he could see his friend and be near him 
all the time, instead of mourning for him. | 
When the child was older his mother became sick and died. The 
father now mourned for both his friend and his wife. Of course, the 
grandparents took care of the child while the father went off by himself 
and mourned for the loss of his wife and friend. He would sometimes 
go to his wife’s grave and mourn there, and he would sometimes stay 
there all night, and time after time he went to his wife’s grave. 
No one knew how many times he went to the grave, but once when 
he went to the grave and was weeping he went to sleep and, in a 
dream, his friend appeared to him and talked. While they were talk- 
ing, he wished that the dream would come true. They were talking 
about how ‘lonesome the boy’s father was. While the man was dream- 
ing of this he was asked if he had thought a great deal of his wife 
while she was living. The man, in his dream, replied that he loved 
his wife, because she brought him the boy who was left with him in 
the world, and he loved the child because it was the only thing left 
him. His dead friend then asked him if he wanted to live with his 
wife again, and told the dreaming man that if he wanted to he could. 
The man said he would like to see his wife again and live with her 
forever. Then the dead friend said to the man that he had come after 
him, but that he must first say that he loved his wife; that at this time 
the women were having their Turkey-dance; that before he (the dead 
man) should take him there he should instruct him about some things. 
