Identifier: storyofournation00stra (find matches)
Title: The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ... together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Stratton, Ella (Hines), Mrs. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ny festivals, among which is the Weendahs-owin Weekoondewin, or the Naming Feast, which is held upon the occa-sion of giving a name to a child. Representations of the gods to whomthe child is to be dedicated are previously prepared and now laid before it.Whilst the meat is burning an old Indian offers prayer and then uttersthe name of the child, which all who are present repeat after him. Another ceremony is Kahgahgeshee, or Crow Feast. The meator fish is spread on bark trays, around which the invited guests sit likecrows around a carcass, each gormandizing to his fullest extent. At THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. 359 intervals during the meal they will croak like a crow. Other entertain-ments are the Feast to the Dead, the Dog Feast and the Feast of thefirst animal or fowl killed by a boy. The Dakotas have a celebration and dance in honor of an anti-natural god, which they call Ha-o-Kah, or the Giant. They believehim to possess supernatural powers second only to the Great Spirit.
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WINTER CAMP OF THE FRIENDLY DAKOTAS. The dance is performed by the men only, within a wigwam and arounda fire, over which are kettles of meat boiling. They are destitute ofclothing, except a conical cap made of birch bark, streaked with paintto represent lightning, and some strips of the same material aroundthe loins. While hopping and singing around the kettles they thrust in theirbare hands, pull out the pieces of meat and eat them while scalding 360 THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. hot, after which they splash the boiling water over their backs, stillcontinuing to hop around and singing out, Oh, how cold it is, pre-tending that the water does not scald them, and that the god will notallow any of his clan to be injured by it. It is probable that they diptheir hands into some preparaiion which so deadens the nerve fibresthat they suffer but little from the scalding water. So much for the religious customs of the Ojibways. It still remainsto refer to one great feature of Indian rel

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