Show indian mortuary customs 1 1 the north american indian bra are buried to in five diff arout ways first by 1 inhumation in ia pits pit graves grates and caves second by cremation the ashes being buried in ia boxes urns or scattered Ecat lored I 1 third by embalmment fourth by aerial sepulture fifth by aquatic burial banal ile is 13 buried lying sitting bitting a tm iding and on sometimes he is ia laid in a u fantastic coma bright W with ith feathers sometimes lie ha is in put into a banoo aud and beat adrift the vinod of A Ar riz izina na generally prepare the grave before the tha patient dies and tili hg he persist in recovering the grave ii left open until ho be does die dia stone graves or cr ciata are rare i although althon gL some have 1 0 ell found in ia tennessee the autee b bury ury in ia cavos int in many was cases this tha lan fau cral fratts follow death are wild medleys nied leys in which part of the company lament while others sing and dance amozie the tins ol of oregon the d d on tho the tenth lav day after death I 1 is cremated ore mated luo The willow widow is ia compelled I 1 to lie on the burning pile till her body I 1 11 is is covered with willi blisters blia tera she is n then compelled oom com palled to dip her bands in the liquid fat which issues laanes from the body ol of tire I 1 corpac and anoint her face and body corege wit with it when tho the sinews of the legs I 1 aud arras arms of the body begin to contract bile aha is is co compelled in palle a to straighten those bemb members 8 ra for any suspected infidelity tile the friends blonds of her ber husband are at I liberty ally to throw her batak on the burai burning I 1 pile pa from which she ehe is ia dragged by I 1 tier her own frion friends ds probably the ghast liest performance perform auca of the no surviving coble savage is ia the ghost gamble a game gaime played for the possession of th the property properly of the deceased all the property or y is divided into many small p piles iles to lil give each indian invited to ploy I 1 chance to win something ono one LIM indiala represents the shoat ghost the players are called in in one at a time and play I 1 against liim it if the invited player one BBC cleda in beating the ghost he be takes a i pilo pile of goods and passes oat and no 10 on until all the goods are woo won this ibis game gmal which id la peculiar poo uliar to the sioux is played in ia recent years with cards but bat before tho the indian became civilized it was wa played with wild plum plain stones variously ll guro I 1 |