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96 Of the Hunting of tbe Laplanders.
Kit’ulit ii sktda tekamit foubbi ialla zaiiti, that is, they thank, the Bear for
coming , and doing them m harm in not breaking their weapons, in the Singing
of which their Captain is the cheif MuSician. After celebration of their
victory , they drag the Bear out, beating him with staves, whence they have
a Proverb, Jlto bioern medrih, that is, the Bear it beat, which Signifies he
is killed. Then putting him upon a fledge , they draw him with Rain-deers
to the Hut where he is to be boiled, Singing Ii ptha talki oggio, ii paha talk a
pharonk, that is ,they befeech tbe Bear that he would not raife tempefts again ft
them , or any’way hurt them that killed him. This they Say by way of jest,
unleSs we will fuppoSe them ( as Some of them really do ) to imagine the
killing of Some kind of wild beast portends ill to the hunter. Samuel Rheen
Speaks of a different Song from this we have mentioned, much to this
pur-pofe, that they thank God for making beasts for their Service , and giving
them strength and courage to encounter and overcome fo strong and cruel a
creature, and therefore 1 beleive they may join them together and Sing both.
That Rain-deer that bringshome the Bearisnot to be ufed by Women for
a year, and fome fay, by any body elfe. If there bematerialls, near the
place where the Bear is kill’d, tht-y ufually build up a hovel there to boil
him in, or if not, carry him to a place that is more convenient, where all
their Wives flay to expert them, and as foonasthe men come nigh them
they fing Laibi ia tuoli fufct, that is they ask their wives to chew the bark
of the Alder Tree and fpit it in their faces. They ufe this rather then
any other Tree, becaufe when ’tis bruifed between their teeth, it grows
red, andwill dy any thing, and the men being Sprinkled with this, as if it
were the Bears blood, feem to have gone through fome notable exploit
not without danger and trouble. Then their wives aiming with one eye
through an Alchymy Ring fpit upon them: Samuel Rheens opinion differs
only in this, that but one woman fpits in the Captains face. This
ce-remonyis not done in the Hut where the Bear is kill’d, but at the backdoor:
for they build two Tents, one for the men where the Bear is to bedrest,
and the other for the women in which they make the feast: whereas foon
as the men come in, the Women fing Kittulh pouro tookoris, that is, they
.thank their husbands for the fport they had in killing the Bear: fo they fit
down men and women together toeat, but not of Bears flefh. Supper
ended the men prefently depart into the other houfe, anddreffing the Bear
provide another meal: and it is not lavvful’for any ofthofe Hunters to ly with
.his wife irl three daies after, and the Captain in five. The Bears skin is his
that first difcovers him. They boil the fleih blood and fat in brafs Kettlet,
and what Swims they skim off and put in wooden veflels ; to which are
fasten’das many Alchymy plates as there are Bears killed. Whilst the meat
is boiling they all fit down in order about the fire, the Captain first on the
right hand, then the Drummer, and next he that struck the first blow; on
the left hand first the Wood-cleaver, then the Water-bearer, and after the
rest according to their place. This done the Captain divides it between
the Women and Men. In the division the Women must have none of the
posteriours, for they belong only to the men; neither is it lawful for a
Wc-man to come and fetch their division, but ’tis fent them by two men,who fay
thus to them, Olmai Potti Sueregiflandi, Yolandi, Engelandi, Frankichtt,
i.e. that they came a great way off, from Swedland, Poland, England, or
France,
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