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they usually carry as exemplified in Lone Wolf at the neck, or on the breast. | they usually carry as exemplified in Lone Wolf at the neck, or on the breast. | ||
one being sufficient. no indian [[inserted text - except a dandy]] will as a rule will carry more than one. | one being sufficient. no indian [[inserted text - except a dandy]] will as a rule will carry more than one. | ||
With the Ojibway the | With the Ojibway the Cowrie shell is sacred, and some cowrie exposed, but | ||
when an indian is fortunate enough to possess one it is carefully secreted | when an indian is fortunate enough to possess one it is carefully secreted | ||
in his sacred medicine | in his sacred medicine pouch. The value set upon this shell is very great | ||
and he will some times give a horse, or other article of great value to possess one of these | |||
Cowrie shells. Among the Ojibway, is a tradition that in the shell they can hear | |||
the voices of the [[?]] that live in the "Big Water" and the cavernous seas | |||
in the shell they [[?]] up as a mystery. The indian mind is preeminently super- | |||
stitious. Lone Wolf wore his hair in a style similar to that of the Pawnee | |||
tribe. | |||
Revision as of 16:18, 9 December 2020
tin they are very apt to be found in the hair somewhere. The Dakota indians are very fond of the broad white shell which they procure form the trades, then they usually carry as exemplified in Lone Wolf at the neck, or on the breast. one being sufficient. no indian inserted text - except a dandy will as a rule will carry more than one. With the Ojibway the Cowrie shell is sacred, and some cowrie exposed, but when an indian is fortunate enough to possess one it is carefully secreted in his sacred medicine pouch. The value set upon this shell is very great and he will some times give a horse, or other article of great value to possess one of these Cowrie shells. Among the Ojibway, is a tradition that in the shell they can hear the voices of the ? that live in the "Big Water" and the cavernous seas in the shell they ? up as a mystery. The indian mind is preeminently super- stitious. Lone Wolf wore his hair in a style similar to that of the Pawnee tribe.