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the present South Carolina (Anghierra, 1912, pp. 260-267; Swanton, 

 1922, p. 44). 



Laudonniere and Le Moyne give almost identical accounts of 

 burial and mourning customs among the Timucua, and I will quote 

 from the former while reproducing Le Moyne 's illustration (pi. 87) : 



When a king dieth, they bury him very solemnly, and, upon his grave they 

 set the cup wherein he was wont to drink; and round about the said grave, 

 they stick many arrows, and weep and fast three days together, without ceasing. 

 All the kings which were his friends make the like mourning ; and, in token 

 of the love which they bear him, they cut off more than the one-half of their 

 hair, as well men as women. During the space of six moons (so they reckon 

 their months), there are certain women appointed which bewail the death of 

 this king, crying, with a loud voice, thrice a day — to wit, in the morning, at 

 noon, and at evening. All the goods of this king are put into his house, and, 

 afterwards they set it on fire, so that nothing is ever more after to be seen. 

 The like is done with the goods of the priests; and, besides, they bury the 

 bodies of their priests in their houses, and then set them on fire. (Laudonniere, 

 1586, pp. 10-11; Swanton, 1922, p. 373; Le Moyne, 1875, p. 15.) 



The Tocobaga, a Timucua tribe living about Tampa Bay, had a 

 method of treating the bodies of the dead reminiscent of the Pow- 

 hatan, Choctaw, and many other tribes : 



When one of the principal caciques dies, they cut him to pieces and cook 

 him in large pots during two days, when the flesli has entirely separated from 

 the bones, and adjust one to another until they have formed the skeleton of 

 the man, as he was in life. Then they carry it to a house which they call their 

 temple. This operation lasts four days and during all this time they fast. At 

 the end of the four days, when everything is ready, all the Indians of the town 

 get together and come out with the skeleton in procession, and they bury it 

 with the greatest show and reverence. Then they say that all those who have 

 participated in the ceremonies gain indulgences. (Swanton, 1922, p. 374.) 



Of the Calusa we only know that "when the son of a chief dies, 

 each neighbor sacrifices his sons or daughters who have accompanied 

 the dead body," and "when the cacique, or the caciqua, dies, every 

 servant of his or hers, as the case may be, is put to death" (Swanton, 

 1922, p. 389). The Tekesta had a usage similar to the Tocobaga In- 

 dians. When the chief died they disjointed his body and took out 

 the largest bones. 



These are placed in a large box and carried to the house of the cacique, where 

 every Indian from the town goes to see and adore them, believing them to be 

 their gods. 



They were also in the habit of putting the two large tusks from the 

 head of a manatee in the coffin with the bones of their dead (Swan- 

 ton, 1922, p. 389). 



The place occupied by wailing in the mortuary rites of many of the 

 people of the Southeast has been dwelt upon and is well known, and 

 it is also well known that, in the case of certain tribes such as the 



