. An account of the war customs of the Osages. Osage Indians; Indians -- Warfare. 116 An account of iJie War Customs of the Osagcs. [February, the final ceremonies. Whereupon the teacher goes to one of the heralds (an Elk or Kansas man), telling him to proclaim the news around the village. All the people who wish to see the ceremonies take a sufficient number of tents and remove to the place outside the village, pitching their tents in a circle. The large tent of the Cheezhoo is put up on the left, at A, Fig. 2, and the corresponding tent of the right side is pitched at B. The latter is the le
. An account of the war customs of the Osages. Osage Indians; Indians -- Warfare. 116 An account of iJie War Customs of the Osagcs. [February, the final ceremonies. Whereupon the teacher goes to one of the heralds (an Elk or Kansas man), telling him to proclaim the news around the village. All the people who wish to see the ceremonies take a sufficient number of tents and remove to the place outside the village, pitching their tents in a circle. The large tent of the Cheezhoo is put up on the left, at A, Fig. 2, and the corresponding tent of the right side is pitched at B. The latter is the leading tent when. Fig. 2.—Plan of war tent. the deceased belongs to the left side, and the former is the lead- ing tent when the deceased belongs to the right side of the tribe. The leading side and tent must always be opposite to that to which the deceased belongs. The Cheezhoo peace maker men, being of the gens of the mourner, lead all the men on their side of the tribe, who assemble at the tent A. So the Hanka men load all the men on their side, who meet at B. Each mourner receives a war pipe and a forked stick on which he can hang the bag in which the pipe is kept. The pipe is an old one handed down from preceding generations. .Such pipes are always kept by those men who have taken a degree in the secret order of the tribe. The drum used on this occasion is made by a man of the Sun-carrier gens. Two battle standards are maile for each iiunirncr by an old man of the ICKlcr Osage gens (I""ig. 3). One on each side lias seven feathers, and is reck- oned as the superior one ; ami the other has six. The bottom of each standard terminates in a sharj) point, which is used as a spear. When the two teachers ask the l"'Jder Osage man to make the slandarils, they hand him a new knife, some paint, ami all other materials required for tlniii. When he finishes tlum the knife and the remaining materials belong to him. At the. Please note that these images are extracted from
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