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A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

INTRODUCTORY.

CLASSIFICATION OF BURIAL.

INHUMATION.

EMBALMMENT OR MUMMIFICATION.

URN-BURIAL.

SURFACE BURIAL.

CREMATION.

AERIAL SEPULTURE.

AQUATIC BURIAL.

LIVING SEPULCHERS.

MOURNING, SACRIFICE, FEASTS, FOOD, DANCES, SONGS, GAMES, POSTS, FIRES, AND SUPERSTITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BURIAL.

INDEX