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RL.? request to have them take their seats in the council house that night. The afflicted family, accepting the kind invitation repaired to the council house, where all the town met them and took them by the hand. After this token of affection, the mourners might return home, if they chose, while the others continued the dance. In case the deceased was a husband, the widow continued unclear in a single state; and for ten months let her hair go loose without dressing, or taking any particular care of it. She did not wash, nor seem to pay any attention to herself, but wore her clothes thrown carelessly over her.