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East Orcjotiiaa Roucf-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Friday, September 19, 1919 IET T BUCK Page Two NDIAN FUNERAL SERCE IS A CERDV1DNIAL OF NOTE lEMfflLESS 0F AGE 03 WEALUT WHOLE TRi'BE MS WHEN DEATH ENTERS FOLD Services UilTPreqiit'istly Last Greater Portion of Day, Muter f Ceremonies Becoming ,H.t '. Xloquent; Dead Are Buried. -. mm Kern as the previous part of j vor an J eloquent, tha old man t the ct-wmmy, but mt ths Juncture, j ed, hi gweturee auding heavily to the mm mad buck from every teteej rorcefulnewi of his talk, came streaming out to take pan.) As he delved further Into She sub I'okur Jan. rt ox brad ceremonial i jert at hand, poker Jim's voice pilcn ,jnn, due to deliver the funeral I ed higher and higher and his gestures Jrncn. i ' J became more animated- He u wav- i With the near relatives of the de-' i'nr the garments of the dead infant : ceased In the front mu, the cere--and charging his hearers to better mory ru mumcd, The old man j deeds. The clothes, so the Indians held in hia hands annU belonging; sav. were to be taken by hi next of t!l!UjLlSi;ililliilii:illJliiUiiita!llWllUIiliilitIJiiU.limiHIUIUlllliniHIIUi"niu I I T"t" re.a whi'e tnma n4 J"a hapf" die. raatj t&tf jtitim yoe nd mas toe they w;U mt. If yon e r kativ and friend &i4 price, jour dentil will te foliomed 15? a f ..neraJ and SiW? f yoaar fa-r-rai .k ' resid fey the naant.-ty tu have f each of she atoe men- fi-1 ijiiaiiti. If ftso??14 d?e in' tr.fiiUf.- or as outh, it wvuid be ".! b.3S." if Sn yunjt manhor-MS or.' ---n umirho-id jtir passing wo3d -I e re8e..ed edtr diijjr tre tat:n 3 h-H-d a'tjtinf4 n life. If yx reached o.-J yeisr p.ms; might " r natht not W taken as the final act f 31 hf Well S-Ma!., f iat Iwt s vith Else In-ian. "Vh-n an ln.&.n she whole con-.rs h g&JKH.n- a distinct j IwdK. ilizur.hip jt v- a , jnwfuii jitxj'tr5ase i rue cecetfsary f-.-r 23 lo Mir at ihe foneraJ of : jtiwr 1 nci Tur fnr! is not , rofH4 ty your :e, wealth or station ; rt iif suota as tHat of the white iri. fr. a Her all, a indiaa is aa lrj2s&a (jral tbe sath of . wbether Is : . ' l mfctztt jatrijre4. calls ; ai the IsdiAAs oa the reoOTvalioa j to Tt-Tid the las ! ntM. . t iijrifijf the last Qcafrimnt of Ibe : lmatiita r.rra:v,tt Indiana at Cas'- tty1 iii July ajot tnfant about one year J Cif ate 44. His funeral waa a.n j -r ssi f the encampment and in point f rrertiTiJr was coe of the niwst im- ; jortar.t f a net i or. a. Nearly all Indi- : a.-s o the reaert-atioa were present ' t t fee enciajp.sint and few there wre who H& n take some part ru flse firaeral t f tiny member of the ' Eaj-ly Sa the aaoraifie the funeral c-emoBy was hn. The hacks and J were eaiied Cor ether by the t eissef of the ceremonies and the torn- ' tvms started beating. The weird, in- ' c-saa3t piiBdm of the hollow drums was f.ti actuated with "yis- hy tie 1 backs aod followed by an occasional rltence. Then the heattna: of Inm. tom wu reeumed. the "jipe" in-t-rierfed :th the drone and speech- ea delnered by the bucka. For two ' or three hours thia bags and drone ' ,2 krvl hp, the ceremonial being ea- The bnrial of the Indiana is similar to that of the whites, interment in earth being used. Thu h. barring grounds on the reservation, ! r uc Bsn m mis particular case having been situated east of Cayuse a rtort distance. To reach the burial ground, a procession on horses wa started, with the mourners and ih manters of ceremonies taking part. j In the burial of a white man the I service before the actual interment and the aervk-es at the grave e-aui- I rurMtd over,, the rccetfion then re- I tele the fuiieral. ..The Indira, how. UiratEg the can u. . does not iv "mk to Jan.! Witfc- the deiiarted brother on hji c t datl." mnj turn'ns ama'i'- for pet the affair. ' The little lt4ea ccakc. waa pod tn the grave and way to trie haipy fcar.Iing a rounds, a service WBt:r nxst of the aftercoon was Indulfted in. It tok clace la the to the dtad infant. He began his ulgy. He starteU quietly and In ere:ANl in ferver. As he paced the fitter he expounded In his native jar son, the. possibilities of this young ster's future, how he. too. might have grown to emulate the deeds of his ra cial ancestors." With increasing fer- w a ! I " ' I ! .... um--- .. .'. " " - . . - , kin to be worn by them In memory or gg the departed one. It is said to be a 1.5 custom of the Indians to pass en gs their personal belongings to their im- ?3 mediate relatives, who must show 3 thia mark of resfwet by wearing the p articles. j2 The oration over the dead one Kav- 1 ing reached the fever heat, a low wail g began to be heard among the squams'i present. It was ouicsly picked up by the m-hole assentt'lase of suuaws and rr shortly thereafter by the bucks. As S3 the aailiug became more general, the p voice of the old man quieted and in . w ,t,nmnta he vimnl-ted his ad- ! dress and joined in the wailing. The S3 1 wails of the Immediate relatives stood ' out above the rest, one squaw having 'a particularly high pitched, tremolo wail which exhibited no signs of fal- cring. V The Indians are not long distance S weepers, however, for one by one 1 they begrait to steal away from the s scene of the services, after about 20 minutes of wailing. The bucks were S flis to make their exit, departing by 3 i twos and threes. Only a few of the t -older bucks remained until the end EEH J and even many of the squaws, devoted 57 they are to ceremony, followed t close behind the departing bucks. ? 1 The Indian funeral ceremony is an evidence of the dse bond between 3 all of their race than of any other , quality. The fact that a cert-men s lasting most of the day was given a 53 babe In arms carries proof that each v-13 member of the great red family ia near H and dear to the rest. The parents of s the infant in this ease were highly : S civilized and other Indians expressed 3 surprise that they returned tuthe:r S3 old custom for burial, but that is con- 3 sidered not unusual inasmuch as none H of the old customs are completely for- gotten. The dances, the ceremonials, g3 are all taught to the youngsters, de- S3 spite their training In the Christian missions and the government schools. 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