A native ties the unlucky woman's arms behind her back.  Witnesses told the author that his companion had accidentally slipped and was impaled as she fell, losing her clothes in the process.  Given that no casket would hold her body because of the large object protruding from it, an alternative method of dealing with the corpse was required.  The natives reminded the author that they customarily honored their deceased by eating the body.  They also directed his attention to the fire that was coincidentally burning nearby.  Hours later as all were full from paying their respects to the dearly departed, some going back to pay their respects a second and third time, the author composed a letter to the woman's family.  He spared the family the unhappy details about her untimely demise, but wrote how all the people had been eager to honor her and how she was so popular that some were inquiring if she had any sisters.