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386 and 36 penciled at top of page interment, followed generally by one but the adult relatives of the deceased, & the conjurer, unless he himself had attended the sick. When the body was to be buried in rocks, the buryer laid it, if practicable by the side of a large rock. He then built a wall on the other side of the corpse about 18 inches high, and after making a covering of wood, or an arch of stone, made a large heap of stones over the body. When the body was buried in the ground, this man also dug the grave & performed all the service.

After the burial, the funeral procession returned to the house, & all except the conjurer, took emetics. After their operation, all repaired to the creek. The conjurer stood behind them with a bead between his thumb & forefinger, and prayed to an old person above to obliterate from their memories the person deceased, and also to let them know whether there were to be shortly any more deaths in the family. If there were, it is said the bead would move a little and then stop; but if not, it would continue moving sometime. This being done, all washed in the creek, except the conjurer, and were considered unclean four days, - stayed in tents for the purpose, and were not allowed to eat with, nor to touch any other person. The name of the deceased was not to be mentioned on any account whatever, and at some period of their