Show INDIAN BURIAL RITES I 1 same of ill alio To 11 of tile north Ai narlan Itoi adir biu t when ono lot in the ibo dying agony tho the rat relatives a tives give beut to their grief in loud wail ciul the crying Muti mutinies at intervals until death t lales and also albo up ull to tile time or burial this cry oam BUH u a writer in thea aliu journal of american folk lre lore has hi bee been A by dome baron white persons ml for a song or chant but it in it no way partakes pur takes of that thai I 1 it is a expression of auguish g u i sh alifier and grief i ear T tho h 0 w alt A i k or r c cry r y i la a lut lular c r ape 1 r s m t with terms e r a hl cl k e li c s a tl alic t e relationship 0 i 1 tion ship between the and the iho parson grieving tho the v riter rile r ius gnoy times board tho the erv cry 0 it findlan men mail and isom women ino aud has as a been on tho the tears flow iowa down their obeara thim there ts Is truly awful in all tile the sound A when hen meu and iid kivomon together lift aft up their voice in the iho wall of grief IL ii la is fur far frontu being like a boug or ellart wion when hns has left tile bodnor body of tho the ono flying dying the nearest relatives such an parent or child brothers tir or a husband orwine begin with a road mad zeal ical tostrup to csirip them solves of every ornament and cut their hair scattering shorn foals about the alre place the older married bomon onion who have borno borne children clip the bairs bort to tho like car N tile the young women pint past t with no au inch or two young moo do not their ir lock but tho the older mon men shear bhear theirs she hort r L the older women pull off their felti facings lacings logs A and n d moccas lus oud nod rash cash tile flesh off their I 1 a below tile aneo lengthwise land c croker room fee 1 WIBO I 1 till lill tile tho blood floii fload freely all ali tile iho they wall and call upon the iho doud tho the young men vho aho tie are near i solutions to ilia deceased remove their logg leggings logs mid and moccasins and their logs with a sharp knife until tho the blood runs fast fajt front from lite wounds the old moo luon do not scarify with every now arr arrival ivalo whether lite iho per ton ailbe be arcane kinor kin or not the iho wolfing stait elai ti afresh by this hodg mong it tho to 1 grief ninor vi rou nils eb a timo time for burial arrives arrive end aud knabl to above a whimper him per soon boon after doall dieth th tha a corpse corpo is placed us ui a sitting bluing ponta tell facini facing dros in gald gain co or te are put upon ua tile tho little lnier awl rev p tron roson and sometimes the iho face is ia painted in ID ilia same flamo as aa tho the fungi 1 in I tile te coro car a many jhony of tho the sacred pipes this is it if th all tie dc caused belonged to knoof the plu 1 i u ill 11 ft a emerald pipe tho the tau I 1 11 ir As n this ibia mode of painting 1 call it 1 it do h 10 ly joy pal abing lite entire fuco roil red with rallon than chono a block blade line about ilia iho lar bp dm of tile the 11 li or arr ar r it across ih hia foro licad y and down dowa bolla boll cho kis to IL una drawn across tile iho thus thu remaking n A center line huo starts harln fron I 1 ill ono one across tho the forehead and flit fil rot ALTI alg tit alio point this block black of charcoal unit and prepared fat M mi I 1 women old ald children belonging to tho the pipe owners godlop of ilia t r ball v lab a few exceptions exception aro are painted in fai this planner luanner after death wheat a member are of a society dies tile body Y is r taken lakon care of by tho the fraternity and tit thu 0 burial ceremonies arc transferred from th the a family to tho the management of tile tho social society y vor Inn tanco when it member mcm borot oft iho lie M miwa air a adno dies dica the body iba a taken lann ioda lately after death whilo ilia iho body la is yut yet 11 ilin tier bor to tho the lodge where tho the society in ift abc acc no tamed to meol meet on its it arrival it la Is pi ace d I 1 in a sitting ilag position facing tho the hast annl not decked with the regalia of the iho tho the face of tho the corpse is pointed in tit manner in as which litho tho annal chale ado living a 1 aecus turned to paint vs ben attending tho the go of the society in hl bla right liand hand Is ia placed the tafaha to atia frao or deers boat rattle which la Is carried only by tho the teller leader of tho the sec society lety this preparation ot of the iho body in IB done by the relatives of ilia decea demeaned ned and ono one or two members of in ino society TV ben all is complete tile tho crier summons tho the members still and these wend their way to tile lodge thod eid man maa sits alta boht boat tho the Maw adano songs bongs which were tho the favorites of tile tho dead member or aro then song aung and tho steps jakou takou abilo presents ara laid on oil tho the drum these loiter latter aro am offerings toward the abo funeral ceremonies As aa each gift li Is mado made tho the crier stage forth lie namo of tho the river that all the tillage y hoar hear of 0 tho the docal while the body lies in hio to in tho the lodgy either cither of tile tho family or of ho society of which tho deceased was a member bar it if tho the person or his family arc held an tn h high agh respect by the tribe tile young men those thoo between tile ages of twenty and thirty gather ta together to perform a ceremony expel s a 0 or of tho the r esteem and grief haring v themselves of their garments br eb ch clotha loop is cut tb through rough tho the skin of thorarin th tho arin oarin midway between tho pointon arn tho the shoulder slid the elbow the cod of awil luiT about afoot a foot long having baving the leaves on it I 1 i thrust through tho the loop of skin tile tho abbod down tho willow and anal sp after tile tho hanging leaves th abo young meu doeu slowly v w hero fare tho the drad dead lies lica nod stand abreast has bo foro fare the foot ou singing the tuner funeral it song each man acco accounting tho the time limo by ing together wo two short ot of willow alt all bcd shed tears as thy they sing this song Is au old one having been handed down f from verall an unknown it il is the only fun funeral 0 rat song of the omaha tribe at the locq eloma of the ibo song the chief mourner uli ether bian or woman steps forth from the lodge waiting wailing men join in fit tho the wall of the inco mourner urner who mile advances with uplifted heads hand and passes along tho the un ila pausing on an instant at culb cm h person thai la Is no an expression of thanks and nc ac knowl dament of the ba apathy nud and honor shown when the end nd of alie llio lanas Is reached eh d tin u ro trace his bis steps slops nod and put pulls from r t aib oung mans arm the bloodstained wit wil ow w los ig throw ing it il on oil the iho ground some baltic ro lome a hoise hoi so thorit abo gift behig sit an addition U I 1 merit mant of the ibo honor the dead ia often returned to 0 tho the donors after thi the funeral is over tho the young after be ing relieved of their willola wil ivl loua llos return to their sturling point here they drafts gila disband tuis tais custom was last observed about five years ORO age the burial burfal takes 1 acack on the third or fourth day after death tile tho interrant no period Is a busy time latno tor for those havivi twiny if ilia funeral iu in chinga 0 un ls Is aro are collected from tho the kindred to lai yen to the poor at tile tho timo time of ilia ibo IL I 1 iho ito g r Y room moro than ban four feet feel deep Is ii d dug lag by auw a car poor caska man who la paid forbas labor tho the body am 14 borno borne upon a stretcher int by binding luo a cross stica on two pule ten tell or feet long tent poles aro are used for this flits purpose tile bell bed of the tha stretcher is woven of aulow wands on oil which a Is spread tho the hairy side nido uppermost and pillows aro are used to keep tho lite P ait oit it in position petition tile tho feet being covered r with robes or blanked blunk cl |