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110 originated from the circumstance that this animal's bones were mistaken for those of the Patagonians. And the Red Indian desires the company of his steed, when the Great Spirit calls him to the hunting-grounds beyond the setting sun. Longfellow has celebrated the burial of the Minnisink, an Indian chief, in some of his happiest verses. In Central Africa, for lack of horses, other creatures accompany the deceased, if he be a wealthy individual.

In France, as we have already mentioned, and as will be again referred to, this mode of sepulture was common