The Open court . affold and Scalp-Pole of Ten Bear. The Death-Lodge, the poles of which are on the ground, has been taken down. (Crow Agency, Montana.) bearers carried the coffin into the churchyard. The processionwound its way by graves and grave-houses till it reached the opengrave for this new arrival. Great branches of pine and fir covered go THE OPEN COURT. the ground and lined the last resting-place. Emmengahbowh inpriestly surplice read the committal service, and then, while thevoices of the Indians sang again a sweet hymn, the body was gentlyand slowly lowered to its resting-place. Bro
The Open court . affold and Scalp-Pole of Ten Bear. The Death-Lodge, the poles of which are on the ground, has been taken down. (Crow Agency, Montana.) bearers carried the coffin into the churchyard. The processionwound its way by graves and grave-houses till it reached the opengrave for this new arrival. Great branches of pine and fir covered go THE OPEN COURT. the ground and lined the last resting-place. Emmengahbowh inpriestly surplice read the committal service, and then, while thevoices of the Indians sang again a sweet hymn, the body was gentlyand slowly lowered to its resting-place. Broad strips of heavy barkwere placed over the coffin, and earth fell almost silently whilefriends continued the sweet songs of hope in the promises of theSaviour. What a picture it was in the far-away Indian Reserva-tion, this Christian burial, this object lesson of love and duty forChrists sake, this victory of the religion of Jesus over the mummeryand fierce orgies of heathenism. And yet as the hymn of faith con-. BuRiAL method of caring for the dead. (Crow Agency, Montana.) tinned, as the sinking sun shone in the western sky, it seemed asif these poor children were but voicing the doom of passingaway just as the sun was sinking. The emblem of all these tribesof red men is the setting sun. Soon their race will be completed, soon the last of them willhave departed forever In the purple mists of evening, To the Islands of the Blessed, To the kingdom of Ponemah To the land of the Hereafter. The Chippewas bury their dead in almost any convenient CONCERNING INDIAN BURIAL CUSTOMS. QI place, often directly in front of their cabin door so that in steppingout one has almost to step upon a grave. Before placing the bodyin the grave, if no coffin has been provided, it is carefully wrappedin great pieces of birch bark such as they use in building theircanoes and summer camps, or it is enveloped in one or more oftheir beautiful mats, of the finest texture obtainable. Over
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