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Indians. Prices, too, were high in the region of Telegraph creek 

 before the break-up of the ice and arrival of river steamboats. 

 FlOur and bacon sold for 50 cents per pound, and one ton of hay 

 could have been sold for $500. 



There is some novelty in the method by which the Tahltans 



INDIAN CABINS FOR THE DEAD — TELEGRAPH CREEK 



dispose of their dead. After the flesh has been burned from the 

 bones on a funeral pyre, with the favorite weapons and orna- 

 ments of the deceased, they are packed in small tin-covered 

 trunks furnished by American traders. The trunks are then 

 placed in neatly constructed cabins with glass windows. The 



