. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. ou have clay-modeling at school, you can tryto make some of these duck-dishes and bear-jugsfor yourselves. INDIAN BURIALS. When the Indian fath(.r saw his son become anhonored warrior, he was ready to leave this worldand go, as he said, to the happy hunting felt that the most important work of his lifewas accomplished. After he died, hisbody was dressed innew skins of animalsor a l)lanket ; newmoccasins were puton his feet; and thefeathers which hehad won the right in war to wear were placed onhis head. Then the body was wra
. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. ou have clay-modeling at school, you can tryto make some of these duck-dishes and bear-jugsfor yourselves. INDIAN BURIALS. When the Indian fath(.r saw his son become anhonored warrior, he was ready to leave this worldand go, as he said, to the happy hunting felt that the most important work of his lifewas accomplished. After he died, hisbody was dressed innew skins of animalsor a l)lanket ; newmoccasins were puton his feet; and thefeathers which hehad won the right in war to wear were placed onhis head. Then the body was wrapped in clothor bark. In some parts of the country the Indians. Scaffold Burial. 88 INDIANS AND PIONEERS. were buried in graves, but not deeply, and wereprotected by branches and stones. Sometimes thebody was put into a canoe with another canoe fittedclosely over it. At other times the corpse was laidupon a ])latform, raised high enough from theground to be out of tlie reach of dogs or wild ani-mals. There was need to protect the dead bodyfrom animals, but not from other Indians, for theywould not disturb the dead of even their warriors arms were laid l^eside him, and afterthey began to have horses, his war-steed, too, waskilled and left at the grave, so that the warriormiofht have him in the next life. Food was leftnear the grave, and sometimes a bundle of sticks,showing how many ponies he had given , with other odd decorations, told the passer-by what honors the Indian warrior had in life. EARLIEST DAYS IN AMERICA. 89 OHAPTEE VI. PIONEERS FROM EUROPE. You know how often little children wonder ifthere are people in the moon.
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