SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY

J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR




A Further Contribution To The

STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.



By

Dr. H.C. Yarrow, ACT. ASST. SURG., USA



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


1.-Quiogozeon or dead house
2.-Pima burial
3.-Towers of silence
4.-Towers of silence
5.-Alaskan mummies
6.-Burial urns
7.-Indian cemetery
8.-Grave pen