A number of them were spread upon the ground, and were covered with a thick layer of dry wood and brush.

Then more bodies of men and heaps of dry wood were spread in alternate layers until the funeral pile was complete.
Young Urrea set the torch, while the Mexican army and population looked on.

The dry wood flamed up rapidly and the whole was soon a pyramid of fire and smoke.

Ned was not shocked at this end, even of the bodies of brave men.

He recalled the stories of ancient heroes, the bodies of whom had been consumed on just such pyres as this, and he was willing that his comrades should go to join Hercules, Hector, Achilles and the rest.
The flames roared and devoured the great pyramid, which sank lower, and at last Ned turned away.