The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-16

they mark the grave the exact time at ] which the deceased ceased to live. The inscription will state that such per- son died on the 18th day of July lssS' ] al l o'clock in the afternoon In some cases cheap alarm clocks are hung 10 the cross. the hands being set at the hour and minute at which death oc- cured.
 The Yuma Indians of the Col orado Desert cremate their dead. fu~ neral pyrc is erected as soon as' or De fore, death takes place, and the burning of the body takes place as soon after death as the arrangements can be com pleted. The clothing and personal eI- fects of the departed are consumed Wltn
 the body, together with quantity 0f
 food to last the spirit on is journey
 to the realm of pleasure, whence II IS bound. The house is also burned. that
 those who survive may not be remind
 e1 of one who is gone, for, they say
 memory is but sorrow; therefore let
 Us forget
 The Ute Indians place the bodies of their dead in caves, many bodies being i entombed within a single cavern After each entombment the mouth of the cave | is stopped with sticks and stones to
 keep out animals, and the place is not tagain visited till the next interment takes place. The preparation of the body for burial is simple. No change l is made in the clothing, the limbs being srraightened and the weapons of the 1 deceased, if a male, or household imple- ments, if a woman, being placed beside the body. The male friends of the de-
 ceased shoot the horses and cattle
 which belonged to him and burn his
 house and personal effects. The female
 friends, whose duty 1t is to prepare the
 body for the tomb, bear the remains
 to their last resting place, uttering hid
 eous cries during the march to the
 sepulcher.
 Tn the western part of Utah, in the
 Great Salt Lake Desert, is valley
 called Skull Valley. because of the
 great number of human skulls and bones found there This locality is the home of the Gosh-Ute Indians, Wnc
 have one of the most unique burial GUS toms known. This consists in weighting the body with stones and sinking 1t 1T the mud and water of the few springs to be found in that regions of thirst. The Mojave Indians cremate theii dead upon a funeral pyre, similar tt that of the Yumas. While the body | : being consumed, certain priests or poe singers run about the pyre chanting tht praises of the departed. The incinera U tion takes place at night, and the cere monies are weird and uncanny in tn
 extreme.
 The Achomawi Indians of Californi u have a, curious custom which is par | burial and part cremation. They di ; a hole in the ground of sufficient dept
 to admit the body, leaving only tn = head above the level of the ground y The head is then cut off, the weapon and personal effects of the deceased ar $ placed In the grave beside the bod! together with a quantity of food, an t the grave is then filled. Then fagot s are placed upon the grave and tn e head is burned to ashes thereon. Dun IT ing the burning the friends and rela y tiyes stand aroud and chant a mourn o full song.
 ie The Yo-kai-a Indians practice cremt 'l ton accompanied by elaborate demof 'I strations of grief and the chanting ( u songs They visit the abode of the d Ill parted daily for a year, sprinklin le meal upon the ground to serve as foe
 for the spirit. When a woman losC Il, her husband she mixes his ashes vii ol pitch, making a white paste, and sl T. smears it around her head, making .S white band about two inches wtd ls which she wears as a badge of mourn g ing.
 pr The KeIta Indians believe that wbe It one of their tribe dies little bird talk :. the spirit and starts with it for u tn spirit world If the departed has livt ID a worthy life the bird reaches the ha 7u py land and the spirit dwells there fo tl' ever If, however, the life has been Z III evil one. a cruel hawk catches the bi ns and devours it, together with the so Xt which it is bearing, and both peri ~ IT iserably.
 " The Karok Indians of California pc D. petuate the memory of their depart
 friends by abstaining from all menti 'o' of them. If one is so forgetful as no nention the name of one of the dea gs the others are shocked, for 1t is the ch belief that the mention of the mar ne causes the body or bones in the gra IT, to turn and moan, and the spirit or halted on it's journey toward the spi
 land. In fact, the mention of the nal lal of a. departed friend is a deadly inst or to the living relatives, and is punis US able by the laws of the tribe with | ITS same penalty as murder, a very hea ey' fine, known as blood money" he
 in REV. MIR. BROWN.