. Bulletin. Ethnology. bushnell] BURIALS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 17 sketch. (Fig. 1.) In one instance two small ribs and two verte- brae were found in contact with the long bones, and one flint knife and a single fragment of pottery were discovered in the earth between the human bones, but no other objects were recovered from the mound. All material of a perishable nature had long ago decayed and disappeared, and undoubtedly the bones, when they were placed upon the ground to be covered with earth, were wrapped in skins, bags, or robes, possibly decorated with embroidery of quills. The. â 0 j.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. bushnell] BURIALS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 17 sketch. (Fig. 1.) In one instance two small ribs and two verte- brae were found in contact with the long bones, and one flint knife and a single fragment of pottery were discovered in the earth between the human bones, but no other objects were recovered from the mound. All material of a perishable nature had long ago decayed and disappeared, and undoubtedly the bones, when they were placed upon the ground to be covered with earth, were wrapped in skins, bags, or robes, possibly decorated with embroidery of quills. The. â 0 j.»jiKi,(u>i> Fig. 1.âFour burials in a mound ou the northeast shore of Mille Lac, Minn. bones remain but they will soon have vanished, leaving no trace of the burials. Early in the spring of the year 1680 Father Louis Hennepin while ascending the Mississippi was taken captive by a Sioux war party. They continued up the river, thence through the dense forests to their village situated on the shore of a small lake only a short distance south of Mille Lac. (Bushnell, (1), pp. 45^6.) While at the village Father Hennepin saw much to interest him and fortu- nately his notes were preserved. He referred to the strange custom of the people in caring for and carrying about with them the bones of their relatives. He wrote reg-ardino- a certain member of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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