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The following day the party continued on to Tanu, where some of Bill's ashes were scattered and the remainder were buried in the smaller box. |
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Bill had a wry sense of humour. He proposed that after his death his body be cut into pieces and fed to the crabs, and that his funeral guests should then feast in turn on those crabs. To honour his memory, a crab feast was held after the burial. |
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And so Bill Reid came home to the land of his ancestors, |
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where his own gravestone stands -- bearing only his Haida name of Iljuwas Yalth-Sgwansang and the crest of the Wolf Clan. |
