Archives of aboriginal knowledge. Containing all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of (14578735629)

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Title: Archives of aboriginal knowledge. Containing all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864. dn United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. cn
Subjects: Indians of North America United States
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 69 claws of the grizzly bear (Fig. 6), the most ferocious beast of the West, is much covetedby warriors, who fancy themselves, when carrying such a symbol, as being endowedwith that animals courage and ferocity. It is in this sense an amulet as wellas an ornament. Indeed, there are but few of the ornaments of the Indians thathave not this two-fold character. 31. Much variety exists in the department of costume that embraces Indianoniament. A peculiar line of fancy of indi\aduals for personal decoration is seen inthe several objects described in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Plate 14. E. ACCOUTREMENTS. 32. The quiver is variously constructed and ornamented, but is generally of leatheror bark. It is suspended from the shoulders by a strap around the breast. An Indiansriches and efficiency, in war and hunting, consist greatly in the number of hisarrows. These are generally fabricated, not by himself, but by another person whohas the requisite skill in the busi