This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...make them comprehend that the debts of a man who dies 1 Mackenzie, 148-9. Fig. 17. Skin stretched on Frame during Skin Dressing process. Fig. 18. Modern Burials. should be discharged, if he left any furs behind him; but those who understand this principle of justice, and profess to adhere to it, never fail to prevent ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...make them comprehend that the debts of a man who dies 1 Mackenzie, 148-9. Fig. 17. Skin stretched on Frame during Skin Dressing process. Fig. 18. Modern Burials. should be discharged, if he left any furs behind him; but those who understand this principle of justice, and profess to adhere to it, never fail to prevent the appearance of any skins beyond such as may be necessary to satisfy the debts of their dead relation. Religion. As compared with the Northwest, the Plains, and the Southwest, the North is strikingly lacking in religious ceremonials. Those now discoverable from the Beaver seem to accord generally with what has been reported previously from the Chipewyan and other tribes of this region. It appears that those at least who had ambitions as hunters or warriors, and they probably included all the young men, sought supernatural helpers. It is only specified in this regard that such young men did not drink out of vessels but through a quill so that the water would not touch their lips, and that they did not eat the meat or marrow from the leg bones of game, or the eggs of any bird.2 That the supernatural helper appeared in dreams is indicated by one account given below.3 The character of some of these helpers appears also in the stories. In the combat between Wonyoni and Sastunazutde,4 the former had beaver skins and the latter a buffalo hide. In another account an eagle skin is mentioned as used in war.5 Mackenzie speaks of the use of a feather headdress for war. In the story of Wonyoni's revenge mentioned above, the father asks the son what is the nature of his power. The boy replies that it has to do with freshly fallen and unpacked snow, but he is not specific about it. In the account of the overcoming of the Cree by a Beaver single-handed it wa...
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With no dust jacket. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library binding in blue buckram. Library label and lettering on the front board. A bit of light rubbing to binding. Else binding clean. Page edges somewhat age-darkened. Else pages clean, but for library markings. No dustjacket.; AIH17A; 170 pages; Ex-Library.