Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States; collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 . the soul has left the body. The resignation,nay, the alacrity, with which an Indian frequently lies down and surrenders life,is to be ascribed to this prevalent belief He does not fear to go to a land which, allhis life long, he has heard abounds in rewards without punishments. 51. I was present with an interpreter in upper Michigan in 1822, when the
Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States; collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 . the soul has left the body. The resignation,nay, the alacrity, with which an Indian frequently lies down and surrenders life,is to be ascribed to this prevalent belief He does not fear to go to a land which, allhis life long, he has heard abounds in rewards without punishments. 51. I was present with an interpreter in upper Michigan in 1822, when the inter-ment of a warrior and hunter took place, at which the corpse was carefully dressed, asabove described, and after it was brought to the grave, and before the lid was nailedto the coffin, an address was made by an Indian to the corpse. The substance of itrelating to this beUef was this: — You are about to go to that land where our forefarthers have gone —you have finished your journey here, before us. We shall followyou, and rejoin the happy groups which you will meet. 52. When the speaking and ceremonies were concluded, the coffin was lowered intothe trench prepared to receive it, and thus buried out of sight. This mode of inter-. i€^%
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