Philip Freneau:The Indian Burying Ground- 8 Published in his miscellaneous works (1788.In ten iambic tetrameter quatrains, it portrays sympathetically the spirit of the nomadic Indian hunters who were traditionally buried in a sitting posture and with images of the objects they knew in life 2021221 132021/2/21 13 Philip Freneau: “The Indian Burying Ground” ❖ Published in his Miscellaneous Works (1788). In ten iambic tetrameter quatrains, it portrays sympathetically the spirit of the nomadic Indian hunters, who were traditionally buried in a sitting posture and with images of the objects they knew in life