[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] was placed in a sitting posture, and beside it were placed a pot, kettle, platter, spoon, money and provisions for use in the other world. 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 cation. 1 Documentary History of New York, iv, jay. 24 THE INDIAN TRIBES Their fare or food was poor and gross, " for," says one Dutch writer, "they drink water, having no other beverage." They eat the flesh of all sorts of game, " even badgers, dogs, eagles, and similar trash which Christians in no way regard." All sorts of fish were eaten, as well as " snakes, frogs and such like." Their mode of cooking without removing the en 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