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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



J. W. TOWELL, DIRECTOR 



INTRODUCTION 



TO THE 



STUDY OF MORTUARY CUSTOMS 



AMONG THE 



NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS 





BY Dr. H. C. YAEROW 



ACT. ASST. SURG. U. S. A. 



64oU 



18: 



LIBRARY. 





WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1880 



