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They cry/’ or mourn, for all who die, except 
slaves, and persons killed in war, or for crime. 
Those killed for crime are also denied a burial, 
and usually they are thrown into the woods to be 
destroyed by whatever may chance that way. 
Crying for the dead is quite a business in that 
country ; and not a few sleepless nights do mission- 
aries spend because of the noise made by the 
moaning, fiddling, and drumming on such occa- 
sions. To comfort one mourning for the dead, is 
to cool his heart”; and they always expect a 
handsome present from white persons, to assist 
their words of comfort cool their hearts.” 
They inter their dead by simply rolling the 
corpse in a mat, or cloth, and putting it under 
ground, sometimes near the same depth usual in 
this country, hut often not so deep. 
Just after they “ pull the cry ” — cease from it — 
for a head-man, is their favorite time to make war 
upon an enemy. 
- The notion is quite common that a noted head- 
man can not die, but that he changes his iden- 
tity, and hence they call the new head-man by the 
same name which the deceased had. This is also 
an ancient custom, so far as retaining the name is 
concerned. The kings of Egypt were named 
Pharaoh for many successive reigns. 
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