In the forenoon I was appointed to go around the camp and collect the dead.

I took with me two young men to assist me in the sad task, and we collected together, of all ages and both sexes, thirteen corpses, all stiffly frozen.

We had a large square hole dug, in which we buried these thirteen people, three or four abreast and three deep.

When they did not fit in, we put one or two crosswise at the head or feet of the others.
We covered them with willows and then with the earth.

When we buried these thirteen people, some of their relatives refused to attend the services.