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ment is moistened. A member of the Ute tribe who made and 
played on such a flageolet said: ““American song tunes can not be 
played on it but Indian music can be played on it.” 
NOTES ON BURIAL CUSTOMS.--Cave burial was formerly practiced 
by the Utes. It is said that “Ouray, the Ute chief, . . . was buried, 
so far as could be ascertained, in a rock fissure or cave.” 2 Instances 
of cave burial are also recorded.* A burial ground was visited by 
the writer which appeared to be still in use. On the burial places 
were the bones of horses and dogs which, it was said, had been slain 
at the death of their owners. Clothing was hung above the graves, 
and, in one instance, a quantity of corn was suspended from the 
branch of a tree (pl. 3, 0d). 
2 Yarrow, H. C. A further Contribution to the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians. 
First Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 128, Washington, 1881. 
13 Ipid., p. 142. 
