EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXV, 



Modern Tlingit Graves, Alaska. 



From photographs and sketches by the author. 



Fig. 346. Shaman's Grave. Of the general type found amongst the Tlingit. 



Fig. 347. Grave of Chief Shustocks. On Shustocks Point, opposite the village 

 of Wrangell. The pole is surmounted by the carved figure of a black 

 bear. 



Fig. 348. Northern Tlingit Dead-house. Containing the carved and orna- 

 mented boxes in which are deposited the cremated ashes of the dead. 

 From a sketch made by the writer, Sitka, Alaska. 



Fig. 349. Grave of Indian Chief. Surm ounted by the carved wooden figure of 

 a wolf, indicating the totem of the deceased. Fort Wrangell, Alaska. 



