Mortuary Customs

About this eBook

Author

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

Title

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope, Anne Folland, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org) and The Internet Archive ( www.archive.org).)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11398

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11398

Release Date

March 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION — STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS
2. 2.NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — Dr. H. C. YARROW, — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS — INTRODUCTORY. — CLASSIFICATION OF BURIAL. — INHUMATION. — PIT BURIAL. — GRAVE BURIAL. — STONE GRAVES OR CISTS. — BURIAL IN MOUNDS. — BURIAL BENEATH, OR IN CABINS, WIGWAMS, OR HOUSES. — CAVE BURIAL. — EMBALMMENT OR MUMMIFICATION. — URN-BURIAL. — SURFACE BURIAL. — CAIRN-BURIAL. — CREMATION. — PARTIAL CREMATION. — AERIAL SEPULTURE. — LODGE-BURIAL. — BOX-BURIAL. — TREE AND SCAFFOLD BURIAL. — PARTIAL SCAFFOLD BURIAL AND OSSUARIES. — SUPERTERRENE AND AERIAL BURIAL IN CANOES. — AQUATIC BURIAL. — LIVING SEPULCHERS. — MOURNING, SACRIFICE, FEASTS, FOOD, DANCES, SONGS, GAMES, POSTS, FIRES, AND SUPERSTITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BURIAL. — MOURNING. — SACRIFICE. — FEASTS. — SUPERSTITION REGARDING BURIAL FEASTS. — FOOD. — DANCES. — SONGS. — GAMES. — POSTS. — FIRES. — SUPERSTITIONS. — FOOTNOTES — INDEX — Note on Illustrations

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