. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. ionless. Having struck one person down,the Mide runs T-cund the temple, to allowthe medicine oag to recover its strength,and then presents it to another victim. Thisprocess is repeated until all the inmates ofthe hut, with the exception of the officiatingMides, are lying prostrate on the ground,where they lie until a touc
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. ionless. Having struck one person down,the Mide runs T-cund the temple, to allowthe medicine oag to recover its strength,and then presents it to another victim. Thisprocess is repeated until all the inmates ofthe hut, with the exception of the officiatingMides, are lying prostrate on the ground,where they lie until a touch from the samebag restores them to life and activity. Thisceremony is repeated several times duringthe day, and is intended to show the virtueof the medicine bag. The father then presents his child to theMides. after which there is another speechfrom the chief Mide, and then follows a curi-ous dance, consisting of two leaps to theright and two to the left alternately. Afterthis, every one produces his medicine bag,and tries to blow down everybody , as the bags are covered with tinklingbells, bits of metal, and shells, and the prin-cipal Mides are beating their drums andshaking their rattles with all their might, itmay be imagined that the noise is (1.) THE INDIAN BALL PLAY. (See page 1324.)
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