. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] ILLUMINATION 599 the nose of the offending; woman, and as the men were very jealous, this punish- ment wasoften inflicted i >n mere suspit-ion. It was not the custom of the Ilhnois, at the time the whites first became acquaint- ed with them, to bury their dead. The body was wrapped in skins and attached by the feet and head to trees. There is reason, however, to Itelieve, from discov- eries that have been made in mounds and ancient graves, which appear to be attributable to some of the Illinois tribes, that the skeletons, after the flesh had rotted away, wer
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] ILLUMINATION 599 the nose of the offending; woman, and as the men were very jealous, this punish- ment wasoften inflicted i >n mere suspit-ion. It was not the custom of the Ilhnois, at the time the whites first became acquaint- ed with them, to bury their dead. The body was wrapped in skins and attached by the feet and head to trees. There is reason, however, to Itelieve, from discov- eries that have been made in mounds and ancient graves, which appear to be attributable to some of the Illinois tribes, that the skeletons, after the flesh had rotted away, were buried, often in rude stone sepulchers. Prisoners of war were usually sold to other tribes. According to Hennepin, the cabins of the more northerly tribes were made like long arbors and covered with double mats of flat flags or rushes, so well sewed that they were never penetrated by wind, snow, or rain. To each cabin were 4 or 5 fires, and to each fire 2 families, indi- cating that each dwelling housed some 8 or 10 families. Their towns were not inclosed. The villages of the confederacy noted in history are Cahokia (mission), Immacu- late Conception (mission), Kaskaskia, Matchinkoa, Moingwena, Peoria, and Pimitoui. (j. M. c. t. ) Abimiouec.—Doc. of 1660 in Margrv, Dec., I, 54, 1875 ((;=/). AbimiSec—Jes. Kel. 1660, 12, (b = l). Alimouek.—Ibid., 1667, 21. Alimouk.— Ibid., Ill, index, ly5S. Aliniouek.—Ibid., 1658, 21. AliniSek.—Ibid., 1660, 12 (correftion in errata). Alinouecks.—Coxe, Carcilana, 19, 1741. AUinou- ecks.—Ibid., 49. Chicktaghicks.—Golden (1727), Five Nations, oO, 1747 (). Chictag- hicks.—Smith in Williams, Vermont, I, 501, 1809. Chigtaghcicks.—Golden,op. cit., 31. Chiktachiks.— Homann, map, 1756. Eriniouai.—Jes. Rel. 1640, 35, 18'>S. Eriniwek.—Ibid., , 1858. Geghdag- eghroano.—Pdst () in Proud, Pa., ll,app., 113, 179S. Geghtigeghrooues.—Ganajoharieconf. (1759) in N. Y. Di)C. Gol. Hist., vu, 384, 1
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