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Scientific American, Vol. 60, No. 22 (June 1889) (1889)

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xture of spruce gum, grease, and lampblack, put on, it is said, to pre- serve the complexion. One of the most curious practices of the natives is their method of disposing of the dead. The bodies of the departed are cremated and deposited in log houses, which are surmounted by some carved object in… … GENERAL VIEW OF SITKA, PRINCIPAL TOWN OF ALASKA, © 1889 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.

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