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-ing to sketch an old woman, I received a large portion of the Dacotah vocabulary of imprecations & | 26 | ||
-ing to sketch an old woman, I received a large portion of the Dacotah vocabulary of imprecations & expressions of countenance worthy of Hecate. They think that I acquire some influence over them by possessing their portrait - some have no such superstition, but consider it an honor. I was invited to enter the lodge of the Indian* who had brought me down the evening before, found him with his friends smoking & chatting. The pipe was passed round & I smoked two or three whiffs & found the "kinnikennick" quite agreeable - Their pipe-bowl are made of a red stone of close grain & susceptible of a high-polish - It seems a fine quality of sandstone & is procured at the "pipe-stone quarry" which is situated distant | |||
The stems are of wood highly ornamented with porcupine quills, feather & horse-hair - & the Kinnekennick is the inner bark of the willow dried & | The stems are of wood highly ornamented with porcupine quills, feather & horse-hair - & the Kinnekennick is the inner bark of the willow dried & | ||
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26 -ing to sketch an old woman, I received a large portion of the Dacotah vocabulary of imprecations & expressions of countenance worthy of Hecate. They think that I acquire some influence over them by possessing their portrait - some have no such superstition, but consider it an honor. I was invited to enter the lodge of the Indian* who had brought me down the evening before, found him with his friends smoking & chatting. The pipe was passed round & I smoked two or three whiffs & found the "kinnikennick" quite agreeable - Their pipe-bowl are made of a red stone of close grain & susceptible of a high-polish - It seems a fine quality of sandstone & is procured at the "pipe-stone quarry" which is situated distant
The stems are of wood highly ornamented with porcupine quills, feather & horse-hair - & the Kinnekennick is the inner bark of the willow dried &