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very emphatically before they desisted. Why poor fellow
he is quite dead they exclaimed. I said I am not
sure, I must look on him once more. He
recovered & lived above 24 hours] longer. [In margin: When they wrap up the corpse they draw up the knees so as to lay [indecipherable] on the body, thus the corpse looks much shorter.]
They usually bury the body the same day, if possible
or if a person dies at night he's sure to be buried
without delay next morning. When once in the
grave, they dislike having his name mentioned again
[crossed out: If a man dies leaving a widow the] At the death of a person the women usually
commence a sad melancholy wailing lamentation
besmear their faces with pipe-clay cover the head
with mud & somethimes cut their heads with pointed
sticks till the blood gushes out, & smoke
[indecipherable] with fire sticks & boughs is generally [indecipherable]
from the moment of death even till the day after
the funeral.[In margin: The smoke is intended to keep the evil spirits away who they believe are sorcery to hurt the dead body & above all to steal the heart out of it.] And here permit me to read an
extract of a description of a burial I
wrote about 20 years ago & which was published
in one of the missionary periodicals at the time.
The subject of the funeral was a leading man
who had almost the influence of a chief & was much
respected. He died late in the evening & was
buried next morning being carried about 2 miles
by some of the men & followed by groups of men
women & children. The narrative is as follows:
Here read the Extract of the C.ch Record x -
There is less ceremony in burying a woman than a man.
The Woman cannot marry again before at
least one year is expired after the death of her

very emphatically before they desisted. Why poor fellow
he is quite dead they exclaimed. I said I am not
sure, I must look on him once more. He
recovered & lived above 24 hours] longer. [In margin: When they wrap up the corpse they draw up the knees so as to lay [indecipherable] on the body, thus the corpse looks much shorter.]
They usually bury the body the same day, if possible
or if a person dies at night he's sure to be buried
without delay next morning. When once in the
grave, they dislike having his name mentioned again
[crossed out: If a man dies leaving a widow the] At the death of a person the women usually
commence a sad melancholy wailing lamentation
besmear their faces with pipe-clay cover the head
with mud & somethimes cut their heads with pointed
sticks till the blood gushes out, & smoke
[indecipherable] with fire sticks & boughs is generally [indecipherable]
from the moment of death even till the day after
the funeral.[In margin: The smoke is intended to keep the evil spirits away who they believe are sorcery to hurt the dead body & above all to steal the heart out of it.] And here permit me to read an
extract of a description of a burial I
wrote about 20 years ago & which was published
in one of the missionary periodicals at the time.
The subject of the funeral was a leading man
who had almost the influence of a chief & was much
respected. He died late in the evening & was
buried next morning being carried about 2 miles
by some of the men & followed by groups of men
women & children. The narrative is as follows:
Here read the Extract of the C.ch Record x -
There is less ceremony in burying a woman than a man.
The Woman cannot marry again before at
least one year is expired after the death of her