Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 367
s wrap their dead in skins, and lodgethem in the branches of trees, never forgetting to placea wooden dish near the head, that the friend may quenchhis thirst in the long journey he is supposed to havebegun. Among the Patagonians the dead are frequently re-duced to skeleton before burial, and are… … continually with spears or staves, and keep up a mournfulsong to drive away the spirits, who they fear are un-friendly to the dead. THE GREAT SPIRIT OF AMERICA. 367
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