Archives of aboriginal knowledge. Containing all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of (14785217683)

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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. 68 selected and known beforehand. When the capsule is in a fit state to part with thegrain, by agitation, the gathering is commenced. This is generally done by two orthree females; one of whom takes the bow and the other the stern of a moderate-sized hunting-canoe, which has been previously cleansed and is perfectly water-tightand dry. They shove the canoe into the field of rice, and bending the stalksin handfulls over the sides of the canoe, beat out the grain with paddles. (VidePlate 4, Vol. III.) The Zizania Palustris is a small cylindrical grain, of about half an inch in length,covered by a very thin pellicle, of a dark color. This pellicle adheres tightly, and isleft on the grain, and is consequently of a dark color when served up. It is boiled, inplain w^ater, to the consistence of hominy, and is eaten with a spoon. It containsmore gelatinous matter than the southern rice, and is very nutritious. It is alsosometimes roasted and eaten dry. When taken from the