The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers
THE PILGRIMS OF NEW ENGLAND: A TALE OF THE EARLY AMERICAN SETTLERS. BY MRS. J. B. WEBB, AUTHOR OF "NAOMI," "JULAMERK," ETC. PREFACE In the following story, an attempt has been made to illustrate the manners and habits of the earliest Puritan settlers in New England, and the trials and difficulties to which they were subjected during the first years of their residence in their adopted country. All the
esteeme quiyough-cosughs, when they are deade doe goe beyond
the mountains towards the setting of the sun, and ever
remain there in form of their Okee, with their bedes paynted
rede with oyle and pocones, finely trimmed with feathers,
and shall have beads, hatchets, copper, and tobacco, doing
nothing but dance and sing with all their predecessors. But
the common people they suppose shall not live after deth,
but rot in their graves like dede dogges.
This is substantially the same account as has been given on a former
page, the verbiage differing slightly, and the remark regarding
truthfulness will apply to it as well as to the other.
Figure 1 may again be referred to as an example of the dead-house
described.
The Congaree or Santee Indians of South Carolina, according to Lawson,
used a process of partial embalmment, as will be seen from the subjoined
extract from Schoolcraft;[31] but instead of laying away the remains in
caves, placed them in boxes supported above the ground by crotched
sticks.
The manner of their interment is thus: A mole or pyramid of
earth is raised, the mould thereof being worked very smooth
and even, sometimes higher or lower according to the dignity
of the person whose monument it is. On the top thereof is an
THE PILGRIMS OF NEW ENGLAND: A TALE OF THE EARLY AMERICAN SETTLERS. BY MRS. J. B. WEBB, AUTHOR OF "NAOMI," "JULAMERK," ETC. PREFACE In the following story, an attempt has been made to illustrate the manners and habits of the earliest Puritan settlers in New England, and the trials and difficulties to which they were subjected during the first years of their residence in their adopted country. All the