The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead Indian-European Encounters in Early North America |
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| Author:
| Seeman, Erik R. |
| Series title: | Witness to History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9855-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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'Two thousand Wendat (Huron) Indians stood on the edge of an enormous burial pit... they held in their arms the bones of roughly seven hundred deceased friends and family members. The Wendats had lovingly scraped and cleaned the bones of the corpses that had decomposed on the scaffolds. They awaited only the signal from the master of the ritual to ......
'Two thousand Wendat (Huron) Indians stood on the edge of an enormous burial pit... they held in their arms the bones of roughly seven hundred deceased friends and family members. The Wendats had lovingly scraped and cleaned the bones of the corpses that had decomposed on the scaffolds. They awaited only the signal from the master of the ritual to ......