tree-burial

John Young, Indian agent at the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, sends the following account of tree-burial among this tribe:

An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians 1884

A. Delano, [66] mentions as follows an example of tree-burial which he noticed in Nebraska.

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

Figure 18 represents tree-burial, from a sketch drawn by my friend Dr. Washington Matthews, United States Army.

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

John Young, Indian agent at the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, sends the following account of tree-burial among this tribe:

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

a second burial or otherwise disposing of them when the flesh is quite decayed, 166; tree-burial followed by earth-burial in some Australian tribes, 166-168; general conclusion as to the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead among the Australian aborigines, 168 _sq.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Amongst the tribes which practise a second burial the custom is first to deposit the dead on platforms among the branches of trees, till the flesh has quite mouldered away, and then to bury the bones in the earth: in short, they practise tree-burial first and earth-burial afterwards. [

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897