. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . , theboys mounted their horses and rode with the officers and others at thehead of the column. In a little while they came in sight of a scaffold onpoles, and supporting a bundle wrapped in a buffalo-robe. Harry was theiirst to see it, and he naturally inquired what it was. Thats an Indian grave,1 said the Doctor. An Indian grave! Harry exclaimed, in astonishment. Yes, an Indian grave, was the reply. This is the way the Indiansdispose of their dead. They erect a scaffold, and place the body upon it,wrapped in a robe that was once the pro
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . , theboys mounted their horses and rode with the officers and others at thehead of the column. In a little while they came in sight of a scaffold onpoles, and supporting a bundle wrapped in a buffalo-robe. Harry was theiirst to see it, and he naturally inquired what it was. Thats an Indian grave,1 said the Doctor. An Indian grave! Harry exclaimed, in astonishment. Yes, an Indian grave, was the reply. This is the way the Indiansdispose of their dead. They erect a scaffold, and place the body upon it,wrapped in a robe that was once the property of the deceased. In addi-tion to this, they leave sufficient food, clothing, arms, ammunition, andother things to give him a proper equipment for the happy hunting-grounds where he is expected to go, and sometimes the property found inan Indian grave is of considerable value. The Indians complain that thewhites desecrate their burial-places by carrying away everything that hasbeen left for the benefit of the dead men, and certainly they have good. - - -,. - .--•.-,• S? f,f AN INDIAN GKAVE. reason for complaint. Where there are groves of trees, the bodies areplaced among the branches sufficiently far from the ground to be out ofreach of wolves. The whites cut down the trees for fuel, and thus de-stroy the burial-places and scatter the bones on the ground. It is not atall surprising that the Indians should make war on the men who thus in-terfere with their customs and traditions, and a good many men have lost•their lives in consequence. AMONG THE RATTLESNAKES. 107
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