 | 1802 - 764 páginas
...medicine bag, and exposes its contents, consisting of va"fious articles. The principal oí them is a kiud of household god, which is a small carved image about eight inches long. Its hrst covering is oí down, over which a pieci; oí В birch bark is closely tied, and the whole is... | |
 | 1809 - 332 páginas
...his medicine-bag and exposes its contents, consisting of various articles. The principal of them is a kind of household god, which is a small carved image...Its first covering is of down, over which a piece of birch bark is closely tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This... | |
 | 1812 - 318 páginas
...his medicine-bag and exposes its contents, consisting of various articles. The principal of them is a kind of household god, which is a small carved image...Its first covering is of down, over which a piece of birch bark is closely tied; and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This... | |
 | Antonio de Alcedo - 1814 - 654 páginas
...hie medicine-bag* and exposes its contents, consisting of various articles. The principal of them is a kind of household god, which is a small carved image...Its first covering is of down, over which a piece of birch bark is closely tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This... | |
 | Samuel Farmar Jarvis - 1820 - 124 páginas
...him they rest their hopes — to him they address their prayers, and make their solemn sacrifices."f The Knistineaux Indians, who inhabit the country extending...tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of 26 red and blue cloth. This little figure is an object of the most pious regard."* It is remarkable,... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 350 páginas
...they were passing over them. In both these instances, they expressed their acknowledgment, or showed their willingness to be grateful, by throwing tobacco...tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This little figure is an object of the most pious regard."f It is remarkable, that... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 404 páginas
...have the same system, of one great Supreme, and innumerable subordinate * Heckewe'.der, p. 205, 6. deities. " The Great Master of Life," to use their...tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This little figure is an object of the most pious regard*." It is remarkable, that... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 480 páginas
...God and man) \<, upon earth ; ve Indians, to see** UELIGIOX. Is* them against T them- ' ! their ackn deities. " The Great Master of Life," to use their...tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This little figure is an object of the most pious regard*." It is remarkable, that... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 164 páginas
...same system, of one great Supreme, and innumerable subordinate deities. "The Great Master of Life," (o use their own expression, "is the sacred object of...which is a small carved image about eight inches long. \is first covering is of down, over which a piece of beech bark is closely tied, and the whole is enveloped... | |
 | Charles Johnston, Peter Johnston - 1827 - 276 páginas
...fear." McKenzie says, " that the okki, or manitou, of the Knisteneaux, is a small carved imagapabout eight inches long. Its first covering is of down, over which a piece of birch bark is closely tied, and the whole is enveloped in several folds of red and blue cloth. This... | |
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Life," to use their own expression, " is the sacred object of their devotion. But each man carries in his medicine bag a kind of household god, which is a small carved image about eight inches long. Its first covering is of down, over which a piece of... 
