American Anthropologist, Volumen1American Anthropological Association, 1888 |
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Página 210
... Mede'win , or Grand Medicine , which have hitherto been withheld as a profound secret , can now be learned with but com- paratively little labor and expense . During the course of my inves- tigations last summer I was fortunate enough ...
... Mede'win , or Grand Medicine , which have hitherto been withheld as a profound secret , can now be learned with but com- paratively little labor and expense . During the course of my inves- tigations last summer I was fortunate enough ...
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... Mede'wegân ' , or Grand Medicine Lodge , has been given , but the following statement of the White Earth Mede ' priest is presented as to the origin of the rite and the sacred objects employed in connection with ceremonies , as well as ...
... Mede'wegân ' , or Grand Medicine Lodge , has been given , but the following statement of the White Earth Mede ' priest is presented as to the origin of the rite and the sacred objects employed in connection with ceremonies , as well as ...
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... Mede ' when chanting any of the Mede'wewin ' songs , I would say that in the short period of time at my disposal I found it impossible to obtain satisfactory translations of many of the words , even with the assistance of the best ...
... Mede ' when chanting any of the Mede'wewin ' songs , I would say that in the short period of time at my disposal I found it impossible to obtain satisfactory translations of many of the words , even with the assistance of the best ...
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... Mede ' record . Red Lake , Minn . nat . size . " 12 1 2 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 FIG . 3. Mede ' record . Red Lake , Minn . nat . size . 12 13 No. 1. Esh'gibo'ga , the great uncle of the Unish ' - in - al ' - aig , the re- ceiver of the Mede'win ...
... Mede ' record . Red Lake , Minn . nat . size . " 12 1 2 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 FIG . 3. Mede ' record . Red Lake , Minn . nat . size . 12 13 No. 1. Esh'gibo'ga , the great uncle of the Unish ' - in - al ' - aig , the re- ceiver of the Mede'win ...
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... Mede'wegân ' shown in the preceding character . No. 8. A pause or rest in the chant . No. 9. The Sacred Snake - skin Bag , having the power of giving life through its skin . This power is indicated by the lines radiat- ing from the head ...
... Mede'wegân ' shown in the preceding character . No. 8. A pause or rest in the chant . No. 9. The Sacred Snake - skin Bag , having the power of giving life through its skin . This power is indicated by the lines radiat- ing from the head ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adostcisde American animal Anthropological appear barbarism bikic black wand opens blackberry wine blue wand opens body Chane-abal character Chiapas civilization clepsydra climbs up returning Comitan competition copper Ctesibius culture customs daqonikade binakade developed dialects earth endeavor Eskimos evolution fact fingers go out returning Greenland hand hatchets human Indians indicated invention Iroquoian Iroquois jadeite known labor Lake Lake Superior language living lodge Malthus mankind means Mede Mede'win Medicine Lodge mountains Nagaynezgani nations natives natural selection nature Navajo nephrite objects observed Ojibwa organization origin persons plants Point Barrow population Prof progress race REGULAR MEETING represents ring river Roman sake he arrives savage savagery Siberia side thereof social Society stone street N. W. struggle for existence Thobajischeni THOMAS HAMPSON time-keeper tion tobacco tribes vocabulary water clock word Nagenezgani
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Página 60 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Página 107 - Every child is born destitute of things possessed in manhood which distinguish him from the lower animals. Of all industries he is artless; of all institutions he is lawless; of all languages he is speechless; of all philosophies he is opinionless; of all reasoning he is thoughtless; but arts, institutions, languages, opinions and mentations he acquires as the years go by from childhood to manhood. In all these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast; but as the years...
Página 308 - Every one is now familiar with the general nature of animal economics. It is the survival of the fittest in the struggle for existence.
Página 4 - In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Página 107 - ... the great classes of activities, until the distance by which he is separated from the brute is so great that his realm of existence is in another kingdom of nature.1 Human progress is possible because of the long period of infancy of the human being.
Página 15 - Every obstruction to a free exchange is born of the same narrow despotic spirit which planted castles upon the Rhine to plunder peaceful commerce. Every obstruction to commerce is a tax upon consumption ; every facility to a free exchange cheapens commodities, increases trade and production, and promotes civilization.
Página 224 - Pointe, and here, long before the pale face appeared among them, it was practiced in its purest and most original form. Many of our fathers lived the full term of life granted to mankind by the Great Spirit, and the forms of many old people were mingled with each rising generation. This, my grandson, is the meaning of the words you did not understand; they have been repeated to us by our fathers for many generations.
Página 42 - ... failed to warn him of the hour — to dine. Then sturdy Romans sauntered through the Forum. Fat, hale, content ; for trouble ne'er came o'er them. But now these cursed dials show their faces, All over Rome, in streets and public places; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That lias no heart, no stomach, no digestion.
Página 83 - The Finger on which this Ring is to be worn is the fourth Finger of the left hand, next unto the little Finger ; because by the received Opinion of the Learned and Experienced in Ripping up, and anatomizing...
Página 295 - Chickamy, chickamy, cramery, crow, I went to the well to wash my toe, When I came back my chicken was gone. Pausing before the fire-builder, the mother asks, in continuation of the song, "What time is it, old witch?" The witch replies, "One o'clock.