CONTENTS 



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Algonquian groups '■ 11 



New England 12 



INIanhattau Island and southward 18 



Delaware ceremony, 17G2 20 



The Nanticoke 24 



The Powhatan confederacy 26 



West of the Alleghenies 29 



The Menomini 34 



Cremation , 36 



" The Illinois country " 39 



Stone-lined graves 44 



Inclosures in mounds 58 



Burials in caves 65 



Iroquoian groups TO 



The Five Nations 70 



Ossuaries 73 



Huron ceremony, 1636 73 



Later Huron burial, 1675 80 



Seneca ceremony, 1731 83 



Various types of burials 87 



Belief in a future state after death 88 



Iroquoian tribes adjoining the Five Nations , 90 



The Cherokee 90 



IMuskhogean groups 93 



The Choctaw 94 



The Natchez 101 



The Chickasaw 105 



The Creeks 110 



The Seminole 114 



Timucuan tribes ^ 116 



Siouan groups 122 



The Monacan 122 



The Santee : 131 



The Biloxi and Pascagoula 135 



Southern Ohio and adjacent regions 137 



Conclusion 146 



Bibliography 149 



Index 157 



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