. Indian history for young folks . ield made of raw buffalo hide contracted and hardenedby an ingenious application of lire. It is oval or circular in form, is abouttwo feet in diameter, and is worn on the left arm. It is elaboratelypainted, and decorated with eagles feathers. It is effectual against ar-rows, but is not proof against a rifle ball that strikes it squarely. Their love of freedom and impatience of control made militarydiscipline impossible, and no large body of Indians could be kept togetherfor any length of time. Jealousy, discord, and old feuds were likely atany moment to break
. Indian history for young folks . ield made of raw buffalo hide contracted and hardenedby an ingenious application of lire. It is oval or circular in form, is abouttwo feet in diameter, and is worn on the left arm. It is elaboratelypainted, and decorated with eagles feathers. It is effectual against ar-rows, but is not proof against a rifle ball that strikes it squarely. Their love of freedom and impatience of control made militarydiscipline impossible, and no large body of Indians could be kept togetherfor any length of time. Jealousy, discord, and old feuds were likely atany moment to break out, when the warriors would desert in never provided themselves with supplies for a campaign, and couldtherefore carry out no extended operations. They never attacked unlessthey could take their enemy at a disadvantage. A campaign against themwas no easy matter. They had to be sought in che recesses of the lorestwith which they were familiar, and which afforded every advantage fortheir peculiar mode of fighting. g 33. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN. 39 Captives were compelled to run the gauntlet through a double line,composed of the women, children, and young warriors of the village, who,armed with sticks and clubs, struck the prisoners as they passed, and some-times inflicted severe injuries upon them. Generally they were put todeath, sometimes by torture. Occasionally one would be adopted into afamily in the place of a deceased brother, son, or husband. The Iroquoisand the Creeks often incorporated the tribes they had conquered withtheir own. In their treatment of female captives, the Indians were morehumane than the victorious soldiery of civilized nations. The religion of the Indian, like that of other primitive races, hadneither temple nor ritual. It had its songs and dances, and its sacrifices,at which animals and human beings were offered, the former as substitutesfor the latter. Sun-worship and fire-worship were formerly very prevalentamong the abo
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