While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of
the Mississippi
Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the
Mississippi
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.
