was placed in a sitting posture, and beside it were placed a pot, kettle, platter, spoon, money and provisions for use in the other

Wood was then placed around the body, and ,.the whole covered with earth and stones, outside of which palisades were erected, fastened in such a manner that the tomb re sembled a little house. 1 To these tombs great respect was paid, and to violate them was deemed an unpardonable provo world.

cation.

Documentary History of New York, iv, jay.

THE INDIAN TRIBES

Their

or food

fare

"

was poor and

gross,

for," says one

Dutch writer, "they drink water, having no other beverage." " even eat the flesh of all sorts of

They

eagles, and similar trash

game, badgers, dogs, which Christians in no way regard." as well as " and

All sorts of fish were eaten, snakes, frogs Their mode of cooking without removing the en

such like." trails

was not

palatable to the

Dutch.

In addition to their

meats they made bread of Indian meal and baked

it

in

hot

ashes, and make a "pap or porridge, called by some sapsis, by others dundare (literally boiled bread), in which they mixed

beans of different color which they raised." The maize from which their bread and sapsis were made was raised by them selves, and was broken up or ground in rude mortars. They observed no set time for meals. the repast was prepared. their sapsis,

Whenever hunger demanded,

Beavers' tails, the brains offish, and