. British North America: I. The far West, the home of the Salish and Déné . k^__^. A Typical Salish Mothkr and Babe Plioto by Edwards Bros., Vanccuver, To fact page 2^^. CHAPTER XII FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE In this chapter it is proposed to give a brief sketch ofthe life of the average native of the region with whichwe have been dealing, filling in such points of interestas have been passed over in the preceding chapters. Birth customs vary in detail almost from tribe totribe, but a common practice over a large area, is orwas for the parents to erect a special lying-in lodge, towhich
. British North America: I. The far West, the home of the Salish and Déné . k^__^. A Typical Salish Mothkr and Babe Plioto by Edwards Bros., Vanccuver, To fact page 2^^. CHAPTER XII FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE In this chapter it is proposed to give a brief sketch ofthe life of the average native of the region with whichwe have been dealing, filling in such points of interestas have been passed over in the preceding chapters. Birth customs vary in detail almost from tribe totribe, but a common practice over a large area, is orwas for the parents to erect a special lying-in lodge, towhich the expectant mother would retire in companywith three or four old women, experienced in suchmatters. As soon as the child is born it is washed in tepidwater, and then rolled up or swathed in slowi—theinner bark of the ceder beaten fine and soft. It isthen placed in a cradle (Plate XXXI.), in which it passespractically the whole of the first year of its life, beingtaken out only once, or at most twice, in every twenty-four hours, to be washed and made clean. It is suckled,dan
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