Dr. H. C. YARROW,

ACT. ASST. SURG., U.S.A.

[CONTENTS]

List of illustrations[89]
Introductory[91]
Classification of burial[92]
Inhumation[93]
Pit burial[93]
Grave burial[101]
Stone graves or cists[113]
Burial in mounds[115]
Burial beneath or in cabins, wigwams, or houses[122]
Cave burial[126]
Embalmment or mummification[130]
Urn burial[137]
Surface burial[138]
Cairn burial[142]
Cremation[143]
Partial cremation[150]
Aerial sepulture[152]
Lodge burial[152]
Box burial[155]
Tree and scaffold burial[158]
Partial scaffold burial and ossuaries[168]
Superterrene and aerial burial in canoes[171]
Aquatic burial[180]
Living sepulchers[182]
Mourning, sacrifice, feasts, etc.[183]
Mourning[183]
Sacrifice[187]
Feasts[190]
Superstition regarding burial feasts[191]
Food[192]
Dances[192]
Songs[194]
Games[195]
Posts[197]
Fires[198]
Superstitions[199]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

In the original, Figure 12 was printed before Figure 11 (both full-page Plates). Figure 45 (on page 196) was printed before the group of plates 34-44 (between pages 196 and 197).

[1].—Quiogozon or dead house94
[2].—Pima burial98
[3].—Towers of silence105
[4].—Towers of silence106
[5].—Alaskan mummies135
[6].—Burial urns138
[7].—Indian cemetery139
[8].—Grave pen141
[9].—Grave pen141
[10].—Tolkotin cremation145
[11].—Eskimo lodge burial154
[12].—Burial houses154
[13].—Innuit grave156
[14].—Ingalik grave157
[15].—Dakota scaffold burial158
[16].—Offering food to the dead159
[17].—Depositing the corpse160
[18].—Tree-burial161
[19].—Chippewa scaffold burial162
[20].—Scarification at burial164
[21].—Australian scaffold burial166
[22].—Preparing the dead167
[23].—Canoe-burial171
[24].—Twana canoe-burial172
[25].—Posts for burial canoes173
[26].—Tent on scaffold174
[27].—House burial175
[28].—House burial175
[29].—Canoe-burial178
[30].—Mourning-cradle181
[31].—Launching the burial cradle182
[32].—Chippewa widow185
[33].—Ghost gamble195
[34].—Figured plum stones196
[35].—Winning throw, No. 1196
[36].—Winning throw, No. 2196
[37].—Winning throw, No. 3196
[38].—Winning throw, No. 4196
[39].—Winning throw, No. 5196
[40].—Winning throw, No. 6196
[41].—Auxiliary throw, No. 1196
[42].—Auxiliary throw, No. 2196
[43].—Auxiliary throw, No. 3196
[44].—Auxiliary throw, No. 4196
[45].—Auxiliary throw, No. 5196
[46].—Burial posts197
[47].—Grave fire198

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

By H. C. Yarrow.