As warrior, and as successful warrior, he confidently expected that no one would dare refuse him Mitsha.

This hope overcame the grief he had harboured during the days that elapsed, for that grief belonged to the past; and as the past now appeared to him, it seemed only a stepping-stone to a proud and happy future.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 11: I borrow these facts from Spanish sources.

Both Castaneda and Mota Padilla mention cremation as being practised in the sixteenth century by the Pueblos.

The latter author even gives a detailed description.

Withal, the fact that the Pueblos also buried the body is more than abundantly established.