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Death is the goal to which the indian like the white man is unceasingly marching on to. | Death is the goal to which the indian like the white man is unceasingly marching on to. If it does not overtake him in the field of battle or by sickness the indian usually lives a good long span. but like the trees in the forest the time comes when he must fall. There are few diseases among the indians when left to their natural state but with the [?] of the white man their physice [sic] has broken down. and many of the white man's diseases. have taken hold of. them. Smallpox is one of the worst [?] among the indians. In the Ojibway country a whole tribe was exterminated by small pox introduced among them with the pack of a trader. who had been plundered... They knew no cure for this disease and a suggestions that Small pox is in a region will move a camp so quickly as to be [?incredable?] When by whatever means except this terrible disease. the indian in the Dakota country is laid to rest. wrapped in his blanket or robe. with their arms and some food placed near at hand.. In countries where it is possible to obtain wood the body is laid upon a scaffold made of four posts with [?] tied to them with thongs of raw hide. and on this scaffold is placed a [?rude?] box containing the body over which is stretched a blanket or robe. In the box. or wrapped in the folds of the winding sheets. are the arms. and favorite trinkets of the deceased. These things must leave while in the body it is believed the spirit yearns for and will not be happy without this belief is carried so far that the favorite horse of a chief is killed. at his grave so that he may accompany his master to the happy hunting ground. It is held that the soul or spirit require food. and at the head of the scaffold is placed for several months from time to time a portion of food. which as it is devoured. by the birds and other animals induced the indians to believe that it is eaten by the spirit. and is replaced. The Mandan family take the skulls of the departed and placed them in a circle and before the skull of each was placed food by the attentive relatives. | ||
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334 Chapter X Death and Burial
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Dakota. (Sioux) Burial scaffold. (Haupt del)
Death is the goal to which the indian like the white man is unceasingly marching on to. If it does not overtake him in the field of battle or by sickness the indian usually lives a good long span. but like the trees in the forest the time comes when he must fall. There are few diseases among the indians when left to their natural state but with the [?] of the white man their physice [sic] has broken down. and many of the white man's diseases. have taken hold of. them. Smallpox is one of the worst [?] among the indians. In the Ojibway country a whole tribe was exterminated by small pox introduced among them with the pack of a trader. who had been plundered... They knew no cure for this disease and a suggestions that Small pox is in a region will move a camp so quickly as to be [?incredable?] When by whatever means except this terrible disease. the indian in the Dakota country is laid to rest. wrapped in his blanket or robe. with their arms and some food placed near at hand.. In countries where it is possible to obtain wood the body is laid upon a scaffold made of four posts with [?] tied to them with thongs of raw hide. and on this scaffold is placed a [?rude?] box containing the body over which is stretched a blanket or robe. In the box. or wrapped in the folds of the winding sheets. are the arms. and favorite trinkets of the deceased. These things must leave while in the body it is believed the spirit yearns for and will not be happy without this belief is carried so far that the favorite horse of a chief is killed. at his grave so that he may accompany his master to the happy hunting ground. It is held that the soul or spirit require food. and at the head of the scaffold is placed for several months from time to time a portion of food. which as it is devoured. by the birds and other animals induced the indians to believe that it is eaten by the spirit. and is replaced. The Mandan family take the skulls of the departed and placed them in a circle and before the skull of each was placed food by the attentive relatives.