Note 258 — LECTURE V. Primitive Religious Expression: In the Rite.
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Navarrete, Viages, tom. iii., p. 401; Dumont, Mems. Hist. sur la Louisiane, tom. i., p. 178; Gumilla, Hist. del Orinoco, p. 201. Coréal says, the widows esteemed it a privilege to be buried with the corpse and disputed among themselves for the honour, Voiages, tom. ii., pp. 93, 94. The Taenzas had the same customs as the Natchez, Tonty, Mémoire, in French, Hist. Colls. of Louisiana, p. 61.