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Show KHijulmaiix Superstitions. Esquimaux are believers In ghosts. They also bolicvo in tho transmigration of souls, that spirits return in animals, winds, rocks, ice and water, that they are evil, angry or good,, as the elements may bo favorable or unfavorable, aud that they can be appeased by hoodoo rites, if the performer per-former is sufficiently versed in occult sciences Childless women, it is claimed, cannot return to the surface of the earth after death. To clmngo the wind, for instance, in-stance, they chant, drum and howl against it, build iires, shoot against it, and, as a last resource, flro the graves of the dead. Tribes put hoodoos on each other by cero-moniul cero-moniul dancos and howling. The hoodoo of total destruction upon neighbors is tho building of a flro within eight of those coming under their displeasure. Tribal relations are severed by making n Are outside out-side and burning all ornaments or disguises dis-guises used in ceremonial dunces, such as raven skins, eagle tails, door horns and masks. Tribes that are hoodooodi answer by a ruturn hoodoo, but with families aud individuals it is different. Outlawed by their tribe or relations, they bocorao discouraged, dis-couraged, hopeless and gloomy, und literally lit-erally "go off and dio." Sitka Letter. |