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woman to the wigwam of bark, put the
dead body in a covering of birch bark, and
place the body on the ground in the middle
of the wigwam.” On the next morning,
when this had been done, the family and
friends went into the lodge and seated
themselves around the corpse.

Then they saw, through the doorway, the
approach of a bear, which gradually came
toward the wigwam, entered it, and placed
itself before the dead body, and said “Hu,
hu, hu,” when he passed around toward the
left side, with a trembling motion, and as
he did so, the body began quivering, which
increased as the bear continued, until he
had passed around four times, when the
body came to life and stood up. Then the
bear called to the father, who was sitting
in the distant right hand corner of the wig-
wam, and said:

“My father is not an Indian. You area
Spirit son. Insomuch my fellow spirit now
as you are. My father now tobacco you
shall put. He speaks of only once to be