. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . Palisaded Enclosure, and Indian. QtTBSTiOKS.—How is wampum usedT What Is a calnmct, and whatff&s ita use? Give the names of the Indian weapons of war shown inv^e engraving. What is said of Indian war, its usages, and dangers?. CaA?. A.] INt)tAN fHiSES oP CANADA. 127 Y. Burial.—The dead were usuallyplaced on a liigli scaffold, eithersitting or lying. Sometimes theywere wrapped in , and laid onpoles, or branches of trees, and pla-ced in a pit. Weapons, food, paints,&c., were placed beside them fortheir use in the h
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . Palisaded Enclosure, and Indian. QtTBSTiOKS.—How is wampum usedT What Is a calnmct, and whatff&s ita use? Give the names of the Indian weapons of war shown inv^e engraving. What is said of Indian war, its usages, and dangers?. CaA?. A.] INt)tAN fHiSES oP CANADA. 127 Y. Burial.—The dead were usuallyplaced on a liigli scaffold, eithersitting or lying. Sometimes theywere wrapped in , and laid onpoles, or branches of trees, and pla-ced in a pit. Weapons, food, paints,&c., were placed beside them fortheir use in the happy huntinggrounds beyond the setting ITie Religion of the Indians consisted chiefly in the beliefjf agood and an evil spirit. There were no infidels among they deified the heavenly bodies and the elements,;hey pre-eminently adored the Great Manitou, or Master ofLife. They had dim traditions of the creation, the deluge,and of the gieat atonement. 9. The Sachem, also called Sagomo, and JgoJianna (Algon-quin, sakema), was the head of a tribe, and was frequentlyam hereditary monarch, who sometimes owed his elevatio^to his superior prowess in war, or to his oratorical could be deposed; but while in power he was council, composed of the ciders, he pre
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