Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered]
Is there a more lovely, yet more solemn scene, than the CHINOOK BURIAL PLACE? It is full of flowers, and full of sadness, too. The Garden of the Grave! The dead is placed in his canoe, and elevated above ground, for protection from the wolves. His arms, fishing-rods, and other property are by his side. His plates are arranged along the canoe. Provisions are furnished, to serve during the journey to the Happy Hunting Ground. Among the group beneath, is an Indian mother, with her child on her head. The babe is placed in a cradle formed of two boards, connected by a hinge, and drawn together by a string of Buffalo-skin, compressing the head to the proscribed shape. The other women of the group are assembled to bewail the dead. Their chants, and long, monotonous cries, sink and rise with an unearthly cadence. [Pp. 19-20; exhibited under heading: "Section Fourth."]
Scenes and Incidents of Stanley's Western Wilds. Washington: Printed at the Evening Star Office.