When an Eskimo dies, there is no delay about removing the body.

Just as soon as possible it is wrapped, fully clothed, in the skins which formed the bed, and some extra garments are added to insure the comfort of the spirit.

Then a strong line is tied round the body, and it is removed, always head first, from the tent or igloo, and dragged head first over the snow or ground to the nearest place where there are enough loose stones to cover it.

The Eskimos do not like to touch a dead body, and it is therefore dragged as a sledge would be.

Arrived at the place selected for the grave, they cover the corpse with loose stones, to protect it from the dogs, foxes, and ravens, and the burial is complete.
According to Eskimo ideas, the after-world is a distinctly material place.