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Process Of Scalping Among The North American Indians.
ground , so as scarcel y to be discernible . The Indians , on seeing the person against the tree , and anxious to make him a prisoner in the eagerness of running , fall on the points of the spears , and , being disabled from proceeding , arc easily made prisoners How much the Indians pride themselves upon being adepts in the arc of scalping , may be seen by the following short anecdote respecting two rri the time of Sir ¦
savages , William Johnson : A Mohawk , of the name of Scunnionsa , or the Elk , and a Chinpeway Indian of the name of Cark Cark , or the Crow , havino- met at a council of war near Crown Point , in the year i , were extolIin ° - their own merits , and boasting- of their superiority in taking scalps lie Mohawk contended , that he could take alarger scalp than the warriorwho hi
Uuppeway , was very ghly offended , - and desired that the experiment might be . made . They parted , each pursuino- a different route after having first agreed to meet at a s certain place , on a particular da _ y , when a council was to be held . At the time appointed they returned , and appeared at the council . " The Mohawk lard down his scalp , which was the skin of the head and neck of a manstuffed with fine and sewed
, moss , up with deers' sinews , and the eyes fastened in . The Chiefs expressed their approbation , and pronounced hint to be . a great and brave warrior . The Chippeway then rose and , looking earnestly at the Mohawk , desired the ' interareter to tell nun that it was an old woman ' s scalp , which is considered as a term of great reproachand called to of his to brino
, one sons - forward Jus scal p ; when instantl y he exhibited to their view the Complete skin of a mart , ' stuffed with down feathers , and sewed very close with deers smews The Chiefs loaded him with praise , and unanimously acknowledged Ins superiority . The Mohawk warrior , fired with resentment , withdrew from the coifiicilmeditating revenue- and
, as soon as he saw the . Chippeway come forth , he followec ? him and watching a convenient opportunity , dispatched him with his tomahawk / rejoicing that he had , even-in this dastardl y manner , got rid of a . victorious , rival . . b
_ Death , among the Indians , is , upon many occasions , rather soueht for than dreaded , aud particularly b y those advanced in years when their strength and activity fail them so that they cannot hunt A father then so . icirs to - change his climate , according to the Indian mode of expression ; and the son cheerfull y acts the part of the executioner and puts a period'to'the existence of his parent . ¦ ' the
' Among northern Chippeway . ? , when the father of a familv seems l-ehictant to compl y with the usual custom , and his life becomes burdensome to himself and friends , arid his children are obliged to maintain-hnn with the labour of their hands , they propose " to ' him ' the alternative , either- to be put on shore on some island , with a small canoe and paddlesbows and arrowsa bowl to drink out of and there nin
, , , toe risk of starving ; or to suffer death according to the laws of the nation manfull y As there are few instances where the latter is not preferred , I shall relate the ceremony practised on such an occasion . A sweating-house is prepared in the sameibrm as at the ceremony
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Process Of Scalping Among The North American Indians.
ground , so as scarcel y to be discernible . The Indians , on seeing the person against the tree , and anxious to make him a prisoner in the eagerness of running , fall on the points of the spears , and , being disabled from proceeding , arc easily made prisoners How much the Indians pride themselves upon being adepts in the arc of scalping , may be seen by the following short anecdote respecting two rri the time of Sir ¦
savages , William Johnson : A Mohawk , of the name of Scunnionsa , or the Elk , and a Chinpeway Indian of the name of Cark Cark , or the Crow , havino- met at a council of war near Crown Point , in the year i , were extolIin ° - their own merits , and boasting- of their superiority in taking scalps lie Mohawk contended , that he could take alarger scalp than the warriorwho hi
Uuppeway , was very ghly offended , - and desired that the experiment might be . made . They parted , each pursuino- a different route after having first agreed to meet at a s certain place , on a particular da _ y , when a council was to be held . At the time appointed they returned , and appeared at the council . " The Mohawk lard down his scalp , which was the skin of the head and neck of a manstuffed with fine and sewed
, moss , up with deers' sinews , and the eyes fastened in . The Chiefs expressed their approbation , and pronounced hint to be . a great and brave warrior . The Chippeway then rose and , looking earnestly at the Mohawk , desired the ' interareter to tell nun that it was an old woman ' s scalp , which is considered as a term of great reproachand called to of his to brino
, one sons - forward Jus scal p ; when instantl y he exhibited to their view the Complete skin of a mart , ' stuffed with down feathers , and sewed very close with deers smews The Chiefs loaded him with praise , and unanimously acknowledged Ins superiority . The Mohawk warrior , fired with resentment , withdrew from the coifiicilmeditating revenue- and
, as soon as he saw the . Chippeway come forth , he followec ? him and watching a convenient opportunity , dispatched him with his tomahawk / rejoicing that he had , even-in this dastardl y manner , got rid of a . victorious , rival . . b
_ Death , among the Indians , is , upon many occasions , rather soueht for than dreaded , aud particularly b y those advanced in years when their strength and activity fail them so that they cannot hunt A father then so . icirs to - change his climate , according to the Indian mode of expression ; and the son cheerfull y acts the part of the executioner and puts a period'to'the existence of his parent . ¦ ' the
' Among northern Chippeway . ? , when the father of a familv seems l-ehictant to compl y with the usual custom , and his life becomes burdensome to himself and friends , arid his children are obliged to maintain-hnn with the labour of their hands , they propose " to ' him ' the alternative , either- to be put on shore on some island , with a small canoe and paddlesbows and arrowsa bowl to drink out of and there nin
, , , toe risk of starving ; or to suffer death according to the laws of the nation manfull y As there are few instances where the latter is not preferred , I shall relate the ceremony practised on such an occasion . A sweating-house is prepared in the sameibrm as at the ceremony