EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXVIIL 



The Body of Chief Shakes lying in State, and a Scene from a Theatrical Enter- 

 tainment Commemorative of the Legend of the Alliance of Shakes with the 

 Bear Family. 



From a sketch in the U. S. National Museum and a photograph by the author. 



Fig. 353. Tlingit and Haida custom on the death of a chief. The body is dressed in 

 ceremonial attire and surrounded by the emblems of the wealth of the 

 deceased; is displayed in state as long as possible. Indians from far 

 and near gather to view the remains. When decomposition sets in the 

 body is inclosed in a casket and either interred with great pomp or 

 cremated, or else displayed, as in the case of Chief Skowl. This view 

 represents the body of the head chief, Shakes, lying in state at Fort 

 Wrangell, Alaska. 



Fig. 354. Tlingit theatrical entertainment, as explained in the text. Chapter XIII, 

 p. 376. 377. 



