Erection of a Hut on the Grave

I n the Hood Peninsula we find the custom of erecting a temporary hut over the grave and in it the widower or widow lives alone for three months.1 From what we know of the attitude in this section toward spirits, since the natives have no belief in good spirits, but in a great number of bad ones, we may conclude that the fear motive in this case is the paramount conception. The Southern Massim build a shelter over the grave.2