Iron County Record | 1938-04-07 | Page 8 | An Old Indian Custom

I An AD Old Indian Custom An Indian widow was wu by custom to marry for a year after her ber husbands husband's death because the spirit of her departed spouse was believed to stay tay with her that long Jone During Durine the year she could not accept accept ac ac- ac gifts gift of meat from anyone nor could she even buy It she had to get It herself If she he lived through the year says ay the Cleveland Plain De Dealer ler and observed all aU the rigid customs she would then be given iveD gifts by both the men and women in the tribe and she he would usually get another husband because the next spouse would know that she he was wu obedient and he could depend on her Indian men were not held by such uch straitjacket rules They could even put up their ai as stakes In