Title: Introduction to the study of mortuary customs among the North American Indians /
Authors: Yarrow, H. C. 1840-1929; Smithsonian Institution.
Publisher: G.P.O.,
Year: 1880
Subjects: Indians of North America Funeral customs and rites; Mortuary Practice; Indians, North American
Contents: Introduction by J. W. Powell -- Letter from H. C. Yarrow to J. W. Powell -- Inquiries and suggestions upon the mortuary customs of the North American Indians by H. C. Yarrow -- Circular of queries -- Inhumation: Mohawks, Wichitas, Caddoes, Persians, Klamaths, Pimas and Apaches, Massasugas -- In canoes -- Stone graves or cists -- Mound burial: Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina -- Cave burial: Utah,California, Alaska -- Mummies: Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Northwest Coast -- Urn burial -- Surface burial -- Cairn-burial -- Cremation: Oregon -- Verification of deaths-Caraibs -- Cremation: California, Florida, furnace, partial -- Burial and cremation: California, New Jersey -- Burial above ground: Sioux -- Box Burial -- Tree and scaffold burial: Blackfeet -- Scaffold burial -- Mourning observances -- Conclamation -- Theory of scaffold burial -- Bone Houses -- Ossuaries: Natchez, Iroquois, Mandans -- Canoe-Burial: Clallams : Burial Houses