his observations of the Native Americans. His passages recounts General Crook's meetings with Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Geronimo as the General attempted to sign peace treaties and relocate tribes to reservations. Bourke provides considerable detail of towns and their citizens in the Southwest, specifically the Arizona Territory. In 1881 Bourke was a guest of the Zuni Indians, where he was allowed to attend the ceremony of a Newekwe priest. His report of this experience was published in 1888 as The use of human odure and human urine in rites of a religious or semi religious character among various nations. While in Washington he was on the board of the Anthropological Society. Rites of All Nations Several subsequent studies led in 1891 to the completion of his major work Rites of All Nations: A Dissertation upon the Employment of Excrementicious Remedial Agents in Religion, Therapeutics, Divination, Witch-Craft, Love-Philters, etc. in all part of the Globe. This work was distributed only among selected specialists. A revised German translation by Friedrich S. Krauss was published posthumously in 1913, with a preface by Viennese psychiatrist Sigmund Freud who wrote: Marriage and family Bourke married Mary F. Horbach of Omaha, Nebraska, on July 25, 1883. They had three daughters together. Bourke died in the Polyclinic Hospital in Philadelphia on June 8, 1896, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His wife was buried with him after her death in 1927 Writings Full-text version also available via Internet Archive. (See also Ranald Slidell Mackenzie.) Full-text version also available via Internet Archive. Full-text version also available via Internet Archive. , reprinted from the Journal of American Folk-lore, April–May 1895 , reprinted from Journal of American Folk-lore, April–June 1896 Full-text version also available via Internet Archive. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F References Notes Literature Further reading Bell, William G. (1978). John Gregory Bourke: A Soldier-scientist of the Frontier. Washington: Potomac Corral, The Westerners. Bourke, John G; & Condie, Carol J. (1980). Vocabulary of the Apache or 'Indé language of Arizona & New Mexico. Greeley, CO: Museum of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado. Porter, Joseph C. (1980). John Gregory Bourke: Biographical notes. Greeley, CO: University of Northern Colorado, Museum of Anthropology. External links John Gregory Bourke at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website 1846 births 1896 deaths United States Army Medal of Honor recipients United States Army