because in several natural deaths they claimed that the person who died was stabbed, which is why they carry the corpse around and ask him questions. Wauwitpinna gave me an important insight into this when he said that the black people do dagging names (Ngarri pungoni), as a result of which people die. In such a case, the question is presented to the corpse (nun-no): Ngurluintya enta ninna punki? and the Kadliadli [deceased] answers: Ngurluintya aii punki. I don't know how they discovered the magician or dagger, but the narrator told me that they killed [him] afterwards.

( 078 ) Wauwitpinna told me, among other things, about the Munaintyerlo [ancestor], which I take to be the name of the highest being and therefore instead of Jowa (Jehovah), that he made the sun, moon and stars, the earth and so on. I cannot say whether he is thought to be married or celibate.

The Munaina [ancestors] seem to be connected with Munaintyerlo, not only in name, but also in the idea of them, because both formerly lived on earth, but now dwell above, or in heaven. It was said of the Munaina, if I remember correctly, that they climbed up the spear pillar, with whom [it] happened like this. Men threw spears in all directions, but all fell to the ground, until at last they threw one straight up from the apex, which remained at the very top; They then threw a second one, the tip of which caught in the soft end of the first kaya [spear], then a third and so on until finally the pillar reached down to the ground and the people could climb up it.

The Tindoyerli or Tindoyerlimeyo (sun-father or sun-man) has several wives (wild stars? [comets(87)]) who are very good; but he also has some long sisters (tailed stars? [asteroids](88)) who are very evil. Incidentally, he seems to have power over life and death and to play an important role in the South Australians' theory of the gods.

Kakirra (the moon) has no women but a strong cough. He tells people to let the expectoration of their cough fall on their hand and give it to the Tindoyerli. If he accepts it, they may still live; if not, he says, "Grab yourselves and die," and they die.

( 079 ) What is secret about this is shared with the young people when they are getting tattoos, which is why Wauwitpinna advised me to go along next time and hear everything. A woman is not allowed to be seen unless she wants to be speared.

He said of those who go on Mulyoro (frenzy) that they go up and die soon afterwards.

June 6th, 1839.
When yesterday evening I had the great pleasure of receiving important information about the religious ideas of the natives, this evening I had the no less