SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY


J.W. POWELL DIRECTOR


INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MORTUARY CUSTOMS AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN
INDIANS


BY DR. H. C. YARROW ACT ASST SU G USA


WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1880





SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY

_Washington D. C. July 8, 1880_


This little volume is the third of a series designed to promote
anthropologic researches among the North American Indians. The first
was prepared by myself and entitled "Introduction to the Study of
Indian Languages," the second by Col. Garrick Mallery entitled
Introduction to the Study of Sign Language among the North American
Indians.