. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. \r ]'â XXIII r;)ii '11! Ul) Ui; !, SUPERSTITIONS aM) TRADITIONS Everybody was in good humor that night in the lodge, and I was very much interested in watching the develop- ment, out of a caribou shoulder-blade, of an Indian hunting talisman. The shoulder-blade when finished becomes at once talisman and propliet. It is scraped clean of its flesh, and then with a piece of burned wood the Indian pictures upon it, first, the points of the compass, and then one or more hunters
. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. \r ]'â XXIII r;)ii '11! Ul) Ui; !, SUPERSTITIONS aM) TRADITIONS Everybody was in good humor that night in the lodge, and I was very much interested in watching the develop- ment, out of a caribou shoulder-blade, of an Indian hunting talisman. The shoulder-blade when finished becomes at once talisman and propliet. It is scraped clean of its flesh, and then with a piece of burned wood the Indian pictures upon it, first, the points of the compass, and then one or more hunters, with caribou in the distance. When his drawing is complete the blade is held over the fire, and the dark spots that appear in the bone indicate the direction in which game will be found. Where scveial hunters are rep- resented in the drawing, that one nearest the spots is hailed the lucky individual. The Indians have several su- perstitions pertaining to the disposition of game, but none more rigidly adhered to than that relating to the head of moose or caribou. It is considered exceedingly bad luck to the hunter if the jaw or any part of the head is eaten by the dogs, and it is North-country courtesy that the head invariably goes to the successful hunter for such dis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Whitney, Caspar, 1862?-1929. New York : Harper
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