This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...graveyards which are in the valleys near the mesas. The body is buried in a sitting position so that it faces the east. This is done within a few hours after death has occurred. The third night, a bowl containing some food, a prayer stick offering, and a feather and string offering are carried to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...graveyards which are in the valleys near the mesas. The body is buried in a sitting position so that it faces the east. This is done within a few hours after death has occurred. The third night, a bowl containing some food, a prayer stick offering, and a feather and string offering are carried to the grave. The string is placed so that it points from the grave toward the west. The next morning, the fourth, the soul is supposed to rise from the grave, and proceed in the direction indicated by the string where it enters the "skeleton house." This is believed to be situated somewhere near the Canyon of the Colorado. The bodies of children who have not yet been initiated into some society are not buried in the ground but are placed in a crevice of the rock somewhere in the side of the mesas and covered with stones. The string offering in this case is not placed pointing toward the west, but toward the house where the family lives. The spirit of the child is believed to return to the house and to be reborn in the body of the next child, or to linger about the house until the mother dies, when it accompanies her to the world of the departed. Among the Zuni it is the relatives of the father of the household who have the duties connected with death and burial. The bodies are placed in the churchyard, the men on the south side and the women on the north side with the head to the east, which is also the position of burial among the Keresans. The souls are supposed to go in four day's time to the sacred lake 65 miles southwest of Zuni. After this interval, a purification of the family and their belongings takes place. The personal property of the deceased, which is not required for the proper dressing of the corpse, is burned or buried...
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