[522] Williams, p. 214.
[523] Wood, p. 104.
[524] Morton, p. 133; Winslow, p. 363.
[525] Williams, pp. 216-18. It is likely that considerable of this display was less of what we would call “grief” than an attempt to convince the spirit of the deceased not to linger and trouble those who were close to him in life. Malevolence on the part of spirits of the dead is a typical northern Algonquian pattern, and abandoning the house to trick the spirit of a dead relative is a very common practice in primitive groups throughout the world.
[526] Morton, pp. 170-71; Williams, pp. 71, 214-15; Winslow, p. 362; Wood, p. 104.
[527] Williams, pp. 214-15.
[528] Winslow, p. 363.
[529] Morton, p. 133; Wood, p. 104.
[530] Morton, p. 133; Williams, pp. 35, 216.
[531] Williams, pp. 214-15.