id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 6462 Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy) An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians .txt text/plain 47012 2317 72 3. The gifts offered to the dead; not only those placed with the body the burial, and the body is taken without delay to the grave prepared the deceased are placed with the body in the grave. rude coffins formed by placing four boards around the body and covered place of death and remains where a dead body is. ground, draw up the knees of the deceased Indian, and wrap the body his explorations of the ancient mounds and burial places in the injured by time, were placed a great many heads made of ivory or bone, The conclusion was irresistible that this was not a burialplace for _the bodies_ of deceased Indians, but that the bones body, and other customs not connected with burial observances, most interesting account of the burial ceremonies of the Indians of woods, is an ancient Indian burial-place; it consists of eight vaults, ./cache/6462.txt ./txt/6462.txt