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corpse would give a start which would be
communicated to the bearers - My father's name
on this occasion was called first, followed by a
number of others, when suddenly the bearers gave
a lurch forwards, and so the guilty one was discovered -
How he or she would be dealt with, I don't know -
The corpse without more ceremony was then
lowered into the grave which, after being filled in
was carefully levelled - The widow then made
her campfire by the grave side, and every evening
as the sun was sinking she commenced a loud
mournful wailing for the dead - and
kept it up until the sun disappeared - She
continued this until the grass began to grow
on the grave, and then suddenly, she, with
the rest of the tribe, vanished and we saw nothing
more of them for some months - We could never
get them to mention the name of anyone who had
died -