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and the cliiefest of them was the sepulchre of the 

 late Indian king of the Santees, a man of great 

 power, not only amongst his ovm subjects, but 

 dreaded by the neighboring nations for his great 

 valor and conduct, having as large a prerogative 

 in his way of ruling, as the present king I now 

 spoke of. 



The manner of their interment is thus : A mole 

 or pyramid of earth is raised, the moidd thereof 

 being worked very smooth and even, sometimes 

 higher or lower, according to the dignity of the 

 person whose monument it is, on the top thereof 

 is an umbrella, made ridgeways, like the roof of an 

 house, this is supported by nine stakes, or small 

 posts, the grave being about six or eight feet in 

 length and four feet in breadth ; about it is hung 

 gourds, feathers, and other such like trophies, 

 placed there by the dead man's relations, in re- 

 spect to him in the grave. The other part of the 

 funeral rites are thus : As soon as the party is 

 dead, they lay the corps upon a piece of bark in 

 the sun, seasoning or embalming it with a small 

 root beaten to powder, which looks as red as Ver- 

 million ; the same is mixed with bear's oil to beau- 

 tify the hair, and preserve their heads from being 

 lousy, it growing plentifully in these parts of 

 America. After the carcass has laid a day or two in 

 the sun, they remove and lay it upon crotches cut 

 on purpose, for the support thereof from the earth, 

 then they annoint it all over with the foremen- 

 tioned ingredients of the powder of this root and 



