Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the Mississippi

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When that part of America which extends westward from the Atlantic to the Mississippi was discovered by Europeans it was occupied by numerous tribes, speaking distinct languages, with many dialects. And as the habitations and other structures erected by the widely scattered tribes differed in form, size, and the material of which they were constructed, and presented many interesting charac­teristics, so did the cemeteries and forms of burial vary in distant parts of the country.

Native burials and places of burial have been questioned my many people, David M. Bushnell, provides many answers to forms, places, and tribal customs.  He does not include all the tribes but does offer an explanation on such tribes as Algonquian, Powhatan, Seneca, Huron, Natchez, Sioux, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole and Choctaw just to name a few.

The states of  Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Southern Ohio and the area around Bayou Lacomb, Biloxi, Pascagoula, are included along with several others. Here he provides the types of burial among the tribes, caves, mounds, and cremation.

For the serious researcher or those who are just interested in how our ancestors lived and died, this book provides many of the answers.

David Ives Bushnell, Biography

Other books by David Bushnell available on AccessGenealogy:

• The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammay Parish, Louisiana
• Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi

• Algonquian Groups

• New England

• New England - Ancient Cemetery

• Manhattan Island and Southward

• Delaware Ceremony, 1762

• The Naticoke

• The Powhatan Confederacy

• West of the Alleghenies

• The Menomini

• Cremation

• The Illinois Country

• Stone-lined Graves

• Stone Lined Graves - James County, Tennessee

• Stone Lined Graves in Mississippi

• Stone Lined Graves - Important Person

• Stone Lined Graves - Jo Daviess County, Illinois

• Burials in Caves

• Burial in Caves - Marshall County, Alabama

• Iroquoian Groups

• The Five Nations

• Ossuaries

• Huron Ceremony, 1636

• Graham's Magazine

• Later Huron, 1675

• Seneca Ceremony, 1731

• Various Types of Burials

• Belief in a Future State After Death

• Iroquoian Tribes adjoining The Five Nations

• The Cherokee

• Muskhogean Groups

• The Choctaw

• The Choctaw -Bayou Lacomb

• The Natchez

• The Chickasaw

• The Creeks

• The Seminole

• Timucuan Tribes

• Siouan Groups

• The Monacan

• The Santee

• The Biloxi and Pascagoula

• Southern Ohio and Adjacent Regions

• Southern Ohio and Adjacent Regions - More Caches

• Conclusion

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