the ordeal of fasting had been observed.

_Modern mourning observances_.--Many of those of the past are
continued, such as wearing the hair unrestrained, wearing
uncouth apparel, blacking faces, and fasting of children,
and they are adhered to with as much tenacity as many of the
professing Christians belonging to the evangelical churches
adhere to their practices, which constitute mere forms, the
intrinsic value of which can very reasonably be called in
question.

The Creeks and Seminoles of Florida, according to Schoolcraft,[4] made
the graves of their dead as follows:

When one of the family dies, the relatives bury the corpse
about four feet deep in a round hole dug directly under the
cabin or rock wherever he died. The corpse is placed in the
hole in a sitting posture, with a blanket wrapped about it,
and the legs bent under and tied together. If a warrior, he
is painted, and his pipe, ornaments, and warlike appendages
are deposited with him. The grave is then covered with canes
tied to a hoop round the top of the hole, then a firm layer
of clay, sufficient to support the weight of a man. The
relations howl loudly and mourn publicly for four days. If
the deceased has been a man of eminent character, the family
immediately remove from the house in which he is buried and
erect a new one, with a belief that where the bones of their
dead are deposited the place is always attended by goblins
and chimeras dire.