An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians

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Author

Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929

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Produced by Scott Pfenninger, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions

Language

English

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E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites

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eBook-No.

6462

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6462

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J.W. POWELL DIRECTOR — INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MORTUARY CUSTOMS AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS — BY DR. H. C. YARROW ACT ASST SU G USA — WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1880 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
2. 2.INQUIRIES AND SUGGESTIONS
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY. — INHUMATION. — BURIAL IN CABINS, WIGWAMS, OR HOUSES. — STONE GRAVES OR CISTS. — BURIAL IN MOUNDS. — CHILLICOTHE MOUND. — MOUNDS OF STONE. — CAVE BURIAL. — MUMMIES. — URN-BURIAL. — SURFACE BURIAL. — CAIRN BURIAL. — CREMATION. — PARTIAL CREMATION. — BURIAL ABOVE GROUND. — BOX BURIAL. — TREE AND SCAFFOLD BURIAL. — PARTIAL SCAFFOLD BURIAL AND OSSUARIES — SUPERTERRENE AND AERIAL BURIAL IN CANOES. — AQUATIC BURIAL — LIVING SEPULCHERS
4. 4.MOURNING, FEASTS, FOOD, DANCES, SONGS, GAMES, POSTS, FIRES, AND SUPERSTITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BURIAL. — MOURNING. — FEASTS — SUPERSTITION REGARDING BURIAL FEASTS. — FOOD. — DANCES. — SONGS. — GAMES. — POSTS. — FIRES. — SUPERSTITIONS. — FINAL REMARKS.
5. 5.LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. — E. H. ALDEN. DR. C. P. ALLEN. GEN. BENJAMIN ALVORD, U. S. A. C. C. BALDWIN. JOHN BALL. E. A BARBER. DR. JOHN H. BARTHOLF, U. S. A. LIEUT. E. M. BASS, U. S. A. LIEUT. ERIC BERGLAND, U. S. A. DR. E. BESSELS. JOHN HENRY BONER. DR. W. C. BOTELER. LIEUT. JOHN G. BOURKE. U. S. A. GEN. L. P. BRADLEY, U. S. A. WILLIAM N. BYERS. T. A. CHENEY. BENJAMIN CLARK. LIEUT. WILLIAM P. CLARKE, U. S. A. W. J. CLEVELAND. W. L. COFFINBERRY. J. F. CRAVENS. W. M. CUNNINGHAM. WILLIAM H. DALL. MRS. E. H. DANFORTH. W. H. DANILSON. WELLS DRURY. HARRY EDWARDS. REV. EDWIN EELLS. DR. LOUIS ELSBERG. LIEUT. GEORGE E. FORD, U. S. A. DR. EDWARD FOREMAN. CAPT J. H. GAGEBY, U. S. A. DR. W. H. GARDNER, U. S. A. ALBERT S. GATSCHET. FLORIEN GIAUQUE. G.K. GILBERT. DR. J. W. GIVEN. O. G. GIVEN. DR. P. GREGG. REV. SHERLOCK GREGORY. DR. FORDYCE GRINNELL. DR. J. F. HAMMOND, U. S. A. A. G. HENNISSEE. DR. W. J. HOFFMAN. COL. A. L. HOUGH, U. S. A. DR. FRANKLIN B. HOUGH. ROBERT HOWELL C. A. HUNTINGTON. DR. GEORGE W. IRA. H. P. JONES. CAPT. W. A. JONES, U. S. A. JUDGE ANTHONY JOSEPH M. B. KENT. H. R. KERVEY. DR. JAMES P. KIMBALL, U. S. A. W. M. KING. DR. J. V. LAUDERDALE, U. S. A. DR. J. L. LECONTE. GEORGE W. LEE. J. M. LEE. DR. RICHARD ELMHURST LIGHTBURNE, U. S. A. DR. REBECCA H. LONGSHORE. COL. G. MALLERY, U. S. A. DR. CHARLES E. MCCHESNEY, U. S. A. DR. AUGUSTIN J. MCDONALD. DR. J. C. MCKEE, U. S. A. DR. JAMES MCLAUGHLIN. DR. T. A. MCPARLIN, U. S. A. I. L. MAHAN. DR. F. S. MATTESON GEN. M. C. MEIGS, U. S. A. DR. JOHN MENAUL. DR. J. L. MILLS. R. H. MILROY. DR. RUDOLPH MUELLER. DR. WILLIAM M. NOTSON, U. S. A. FRANK M. OFFUTT. W. T. OWSLEY. CAPT. A. D. PALMER. DR. EDWARD PALMER. C. W. PARISH. GEORGE H. PERKINS. J. C. PILLING. CAPT. R. H. PRATT, U. S. A. HOSP.-STEW. CHARLES PRIMBS, U. S. A. DR. CHARLES RAU DR. J. REAGLES, U. S. A. R. S. ROBERTSON. DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, U. S. A. C. C. ROYCE. S. A. RUSSELL. C. W. SANDERSON. DR. B. G. SEMIG, U. S. A. LIEUT. CHARLES S. SMITH, U. S. A. DR. JOSEPH R. SMITH, U. S. A. JOHN A. SPRING. C. L. STRATTON DR. M. K. TAYLOR, U. S. A. W. H. B. THOMAS. GEN. CHARLES H. TOMPKINS, U. S. A. M. TOMPKINS. CAPT. E. J. THOMPSON, U. S. A. T. M. TRIPPE. S. S. TURNER. CAPT. FRED VAN VLIET, U. S. A. GEN. S. VAN VLIET, U. S. A. LIEUT. A. W. VOGDES, U. S. A. W. D. WHEELER. DR. C. A. WHITE. DR. W. WHITNEY. COL. CHARLES WHITTLESEY. EDWARD J. WICKSON. DR. B. G. WILDER. REV. JOHN P. WILLIAMSON. WILLIAM WOOD. DR. J. P. WRIGHT. S. G. WRIGHT. DR. LORENZO J. YATES. JOHN YOUNG.
6. 6.INDEX

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