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These scaffolds are used for drying maize &c and  
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during hot nights for sleeping.
of savage license. These scaffolds are used for drying maize &c and during hot nights for sleeping. Here sits the squaw (, or tawechew (wife) "Squaw" not being a Dacotah word,) sewing mocassins or dressing a child's hair while, she gossips to her fellow [[crossed out - squaw]] & watches the papoose which hangs from the roof above. On the top of the shed are often laid the canoes of birch-bark & about them are seen the male children with their mimic bows & arrows, hunt, & war dance, & not unusually "my lord" & his friends ascend to overlook their own & their neighbors residences & occupations. Within, the pipe is passed around while the war story, legend or jest is told, or  
of savage license. Here sits
jest is told, or some "medicine" or mystery matter discussed. One or two are engaged in making a [[pipe?]] or a [[unknown]] or feathering an
the squaw (, or [[taue chew?]] (wife)
("Squaw" not being a Sacotah
word,) sewing mocassins or dressing
a child's hair while, she gossips to
her fellow [[crossed out - squaw]] & watches
the papoose which hangs from
the roof above. On the top of  
the shed are often laid the canoes
of birch-bark & about them
are seen the male children
with their mimic bows & arrows,
hunt, & war dance, & not unusually
"my lord" & his friends ascend to
overlook their own & their neighbors  
residences & occupations.
Within, the pipe is passed around
while the war story, legend or list is told, or  
jest is told, or some "medicine"
or mystery matter discussed.
One or two are engaged in making
a [[pipe?]] or a [[unknown]] or feathering an

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14 of savage license. These scaffolds are used for drying maize &c and during hot nights for sleeping. Here sits the squaw (, or tawechew (wife) "Squaw" not being a Dacotah word,) sewing mocassins or dressing a child's hair while, she gossips to her fellow crossed out - squaw & watches the papoose which hangs from the roof above. On the top of the shed are often laid the canoes of birch-bark & about them are seen the male children with their mimic bows & arrows, hunt, & war dance, & not unusually "my lord" & his friends ascend to overlook their own & their neighbors residences & occupations. Within, the pipe is passed around while the war story, legend or jest is told, or jest is told, or some "medicine" or mystery matter discussed. One or two are engaged in making a pipe? or a unknown or feathering an