Chapter XI: The First Priest

1 Why did a dead man’s enemies speak well of him?

2 Did the Cave People believe that a dead man could injure them?

3 Or that he could help them?

4 Did they, very naturally, exaggerate the virtues of the dead until
the dead seemed superhuman?

5 When the Cave Dwellers were driven to a colder climate did they
learn to plant? To clothe themselves? Why?

6 Who was generally chief of the tribe? Why?

7 If a Cave Man told the people that the spirit of a dead chief had
laid commands upon him, would they believe him?

8 How did ancient priests happen to happen?

9 Might not people sometimes fabricate stories of their interviews
with the spirits of dead chiefs?

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

End of Project Gutenberg's Stories of the Cave People, by Mary E. Marcy