Author: William Martin Beauchamp
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Author: William Martin Beauchamp
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230172132
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Languages : en
Pages : 36

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...said to him: The Ancients of our country, being accustomed to dry each others tears, when they are afflicted by any misfortune, we come, Achiendase', to perform for you this duty of friendship. We weep with thee because misfortune can not touch thee without piercing us by the same stroke; and we are unable, without extreme sorrow, to see thee so ill used in our land, after having left thine own where thou wast perfectly at thy ease... This present is to level the earth in which I have put them, and this other to erect a palisade around their tomb, in order that the beasts and birds of prey may not disturb their repose... These were the appropriate terms of the speech of this grave barbarian, which was accompanied by eight beautiful presents of wampum, which he made in the name of the public. Several individuals used the same civility and the same liberality, which we have acknowledged with interest on all occasions that we could find. In later days it was customary to express this personal sorrow at some convenient meeting of a general nature, and sometimes after an interval of months or years. Some trace of it yet remains in the Iroquois dead feast at the end of 10 days. Long mourning is now discountenanced, being a cause of sorrow to the dead. In 1657 there was mentioned "the custom that the relatives and Ancients have, of keeping together in the night which follows the day of the funeral, in order to relate old stories," but such features were subject to frequent change, and sometimes were of a local character. There are appropriate songs and games to be used between the death and burial, but these are features of feasts and not of councils. Adoption Closely related to the condoling council was the ceremony of adoption, ...

Author: William Martin Beauchamp
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Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Author: William M. Beauchamp
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282704919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Excerpt from Civil, Religious and Mourning Councils and Ceremonies of Adoption of the New York Indians For such calls wampum was used, with a tally stick attached to fix the date. The simple tribal council might do little to develop statesmanship, but Iroquois sagacity and eloquence were largely due to the annual or more frequent meetings of their five divisions, and the increasing outlook coming from these. When councils with the French, English and Dutch became frequent, there was a greater stimulus, and when distant tribes came to seek their favor or pay them tribute, they would not fail to become lofty in their bearing and farseeing in their plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Author: New York (State). Legislature
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 1164

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Author: New York State Museum
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Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Author: New York State Museum
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: New York State Museum and Science Service
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Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: New York State Museum
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Languages : en
Pages : 410

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