"Algonquian Funeral for Deceased"
The Algonquians prepare their dead for
death and the afterlife.

The picture looks like they are burning the dead because of some fatal outbreak (smallpox). The bodies look sickly and unhealthy, as they are extremely skinny and high in number. The bodies are being burned at this Algonquian funeral.

(After reading the accompanying text by Thomas Hariot) We were correct in that it was for the dead, but the building was more ceremonial than for burial. It was religious and spoke of the after life.