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been constructed in the following manner: A number of bowlders had been
removed from the bed of the slide until a sufficient cavity had been
obtained; this was lined with skins, the corpse placed therein, with
weapons, ornaments, &c., and covered over with saplings of the mountain
aspen; on the top of these the removed bowlders were piled, forming a
huge cairn, which appeared large enough to have marked the last resting
place of an elephant. In the immediate vicinity of the graves were
scattered the osseous remains of a number of horses which had been
sacrificed, no doubt, during the funeral ceremonies. In one of the
graves, said to contain the body of a chief, in addition to a number of
articles useful and ornamental, were found parts of the skeleton of a
boy, and tradition states that a captive boy was buried alive at this
place.

From Dr. O. G. Given, physician to the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Indian
Territory, the following description of burial ceremonies was received.
According to this gentleman the Kiowas call themselves _Kaw-a-wah_, the
Comanches _Nerm_, and the Apaches _Tah-zee_.

They bury in the ground or in crevices of rocks. They do not seem to
have any particular rule with regard to the position. Sometimes
prone, sometimes supine, but always decumbent. They select a place
where the grave is easily prepared, which they do with such
implements as they chance to have, viz, a squaw-axe, or hoe. If they
are traveling, the grave is often very hastily prepared and not much
time is spent in finishing. I was present at the burial of Black
Hawk, an Apache chief, some two years ago, and took the body in my
light wagon up the side of a mountain to the place of burial. They
found a crevice in the rocks about four feet wide and three feet
deep. By filling in loose rocks at either end they made a very nice
tomb. The body was then put in face downwards, short sticks were put
across, resting on projections of rock at the sides, brush was
thrown on this, and flat rocks laid over the whole of it.

The body of the deceased is dressed in the best clothing, together
with all the ornaments most admired by the person when living. The
face is painted with any colored paint they may have, mostly red and
yellow, as I have observed. The body is then wrapped in skins,
blankets, or domestic, with the hands laid across the breast, and
the legs placed upon the thighs. They put into the g