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PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



from the enemy; two facts from which his reputation is essentially to be derived. It 

 is seldom that more is attempted in the way of inscription. Often, however, distin- 

 guished chiefs have their war-flag, or, in modern days, a small ensign of American 

 fabric, displayed on a standard at the head of their graves, which is left to fly Over 

 the deceased till it is wasted by the elements. Scalps of their enemies, feathers of 

 the bald and black eagle, the swallow-tailed falcon, or some carnivorous bird, are 

 also placed, in such instances, on the adjedatig, or suspended, with offerings of various 

 kinds, on a separate staff. But the latter are super-additions of a religious character, 

 and belong to the class of tin- ke-ke-wa-o-win-an-tig. The building of a funeral lire 

 on recent graves, is also a rite which belongs to the eousideration of their religious 

 faith. 



The following quotations and illustrations are taken from Dr. Ferdi- 

 nand von Hochstetter's New Zealand, before cited. That author says 

 on page 437 et scq : 



The carved Maori-figures, which are met with on the road, are the memorials of 

 chiefs, who, while journeying to the restorative baths of Rotorua, succumbed to their 

 ills on the road. Some of the figures are decked out with pieces of clothing or ker- 

 chiefs; and the most remarkable feature in them is the close imitation of the tattoo- 



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Fie.. 1 16 —New Zealand grave effigy. 



ing of the deceased, by which the Maoris are able to recognize for whom the monu- 

 ment has been erected. Certain lines are peculiar to the tribe, others to the family, 

 and again others to the individual. A (lose imitation of the tattooing of tin face, 

 therefore, is to the Maori the same as to us a photographic likeness; it dors m>t re- 

 quire any description of name. 



A representation of one of these carved posts is given in Figure 110. 

 Another carved post of like character is represented in Figure 117, 

 concerning which the same author says, page 338: 



