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Title: A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians	1
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY	1
A Further Contribution To The	1
By	1
A Further Contribution To The	1
INTRODUCTORY.	1
INHUMATION.	3
STONE GRAVES OR CISTS	29
BURIAL IN MOUNDS.	32
BURIAL BENEATH, OR IN CABINS, WIGWAMS, OR HOUSES.	42
CAVE BURIAL.	47
EMBALMMENT OR MUMMIFICATION.	51
URN-BURIAL.	60
SURFACE BURIAL	62
CREMATION.	67
PARTIAL CREMATION.	75
AERIAL SEPULTURE.	78
BOX-BURIAL	81
TREE AND SCAFFOLD BURIAL	83
PARTIAL SCAFFOLD BURIAL AND OSSUARIES.	96
SUPERTERRENE AND AERIAL BURIAL IN CANOES.	100
AQUATIC BURIAL.	110
LIVING SEPULCHERS	112
	113
SACRIFICE.	117
FEASTS.	122
SUPERSTITION REGARDING BURIAL FEASTS.	123
FOOD.	123
DANCES.	124
SONGS.	126
GAMES	127
POSTS.	129
FIRES.	130
SUPERSTITIONS.	131
FOOTNOTES:	136

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