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Sir: Being engaged in preparing a memoir npon the “Burial Customs of the Indians of North 
America, both ancient and modern, and the disposal of their dead,” I beg leave to request your kind 
cooperation to enable me to present as exhaustive an exposition of the subject as possible, and to this, 
end earnestly invite your attention to the following points in regard to which information is desired : 
1st. Name of the tribe. M'ssouri Botah!«i. G/iRDEff 
2d. Locality. ^ George Engelmann Papers 
3d. Manner of burial, ancient and modern. 
4th. Funeral ceremonies. 
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