228 XZrx^srzxxr s/ /VzZ«?-«Z ^ZUZs-^. ^Vol. XVII, said to a person was to wisk tdat a snake migdt dits dim. living was regarded ns verv repre densidle. 'dde koot-dill people dad a saving to tde elkect tdat "tire man witd a crooked tongue is like tde rnan witd a crooked arrow." 8oci^u O^NLLiizos DLsriv^us.— Datderings ok a social as distinguisded krom a ceremonial nature were common. One village, or a man in tdat village, would invite older villages to a least, or, as it is generally called, a " soup dinner/' V'den it dad deen decided to dold sued a festival, tlie sliaman, as a rule, was requested to prepare "strings." d'dese were cords on wdicd a numder ok knots were tied, tlie numder correspond ing to tlie numder. ok da^s detween tde time ok sending out tdese "strings" and tde date ok tde ksstival. Xs manv strings were prepared as tdere were kamilies tdat were to de invited; and wden all were read^, tdc^ were sent out d^ mes sengers, wdo distriduted idem to tde diKerent kamilies asked. Lacd dav tde dead ok tde kamilv untied a knot, or eut it oK; and tdus all knew wden tde time dad coms, and all arrived togetder. 8ucd notices were usually sent out one or two weeks in advance. Xt tdese kestivals tde cdiek amusements were Aamdling, and games ok various sorts; and adundant supplies ok acorn-soup and musd were provided. Kdis was supple mented d)x otder kinds ok kood; and akter a couple ok da^s ok keasting and merr^-making, tde guests went dome. Ike season most kavored kor sued gatderings seems to dave deen tde summer montds; kor in winter tde kood-supplv was less adundant, and indulgence in an^ games except tde gamdling- games was impossidle. Liani, DusLaiw, De^-rn. following is a description ok tde kormer customs relating to periods in tde like ok tde individual, as told d^tde Indians. Liarn. — During tde period ok pregnancy, dotd dusdand and wike dave to odserve consideradle cars in all tdat tdev do. During tde latter part ok tde time, neitder must eat meat or ksd, tde dusdand must not dunt, and tde woman sta/s mucd at dome. V'den tde time arrives kor tde cdild to de dorn, tde