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13. burying the dead. They frequently lay them on the ground, cover the body over with bark and make a pen of logs around them. They also bury the dead in the same manner that the whites do, but instead of plank for coffins, they substitute bark.

 The most ancient mode of disposing of the dead is by preparing a strong box of scabs of wood or bark in which the body is placed, they then hang the box in some large tree where it remains as long as it will hold together. 
 It is always customary for them to place some kind of provision, a pipe & some tobacco under the head of the deceased.

              Adoption

When an Indian dies, his relations believe that if his place is not filled by adoption that other members of the family will die. If the deceased is a male, his most intimate friend is selected to fill his place, and vice versa.

 If the deceased was a person of much