Vir.— DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD. 



There is a great diversity in the manner of burying tlie dead. Some bury in the ground, other.s on scaffolds; some in canoes whicli tliey turn 

 adrift, iSc. Their metliods sliojild I)e discovered and recorded, together with the ceremonies and customs relating tlicreto. 



Some Indians periodically collect tlie bones of the dead and bury them in common ossuaries. It seems probable tliat only persons of the same 

 gens are bmued together. Some tribes practice cremation. 



Record in the blank below the names of any articles tliat may be laid away with the dead or burned in cremation. 



