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PN06573
Royal British Columbia Museum (Ethnology Division)
Photo No.: 6573
Collection: Archives Raley
Catalogue No.: 1227, 57599
Photographer: F. Dally
Date: 1867-70
Remarks: Indian grave on Cariboo Road below Lytton, Yadoskis grave, with family monuments representing deceased members and relatives of the same - see reverse of over size Dally Album #5 - p.29

"#57. Zadoskis grave by the side of the Fraser R. is one of the hansomest of the Indian Mauloleums in that country - he is represented carved in wood with the base stuck upright in the ground, having a piece of folded printed calico bound as a band round his head and his legs encased in or ornamented with another piece of printed calico of a lighter colour, various deceased members of his family are represented in carved figures near to his own effigy, his family totem or crest which was a bear is also artistically carved about the grave of which the family was very proud. There was also suspended from one of the poles his gun but having the lock previously removed to prevent robbery; and also for his convenience and comfort on his arrival in the happy hunting grounds are also several brass and copper kettles disposed about the front part of the grave, but with holes purposely knocked in them so as to render them unfit for any worldly thief..." (from Dally Notes in Archives)


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