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overlooks the village, their former place of residence, [unclear] on elevated [unclear], the dead. There retires the Mother & the widow to weeks over the life of a child or husband & to pray the great spirit for their [unclear] in the spirit land. The cradle of the child & the arms of the warrior are placed by their side that their sport may serve their former owners as they did during their life. The [unclear] of hostile Chippeways, the hereditary enemy of the Dacotah, stretched upon [unlear] are placed by the lady of the departed as evidence of the color of his race; and as a [unclear] of the favor of their diet. In the death of an Indian