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An Indian Feast

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
September
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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"In company with a fricnd I visiied an mcampmenl of Indiana al i lic l'ineonc ¦uarries, Hinnesota, ánd witnessed one cjf lie natiomd feasls of tlic Sioux," says a writer i j ihe Dctroil Freo Press. "Tbo ludiuns lic'.cm.; in IboTankton ribo, mil Dumbcrcd aboul sixieou Iodgos, r eighty people, iucludiu in lüoir n'um)T buck.8, wjuaws, papooses, boys, uirls, )lil and feeble war rio rs, not codDling tlie argc nuiiii). r of dogs. To niany the Inlian rur would appenr :i worthless i of property, 1 ut ut Ih ¦ feasl in que lie jmi gaunt auü liungry looking log of uil playod au important part. ircncli aiiont ili-.oo feet in ongth nuil one loot i , (lci)lli had '(¦en and inlo tbi.s Lite lian oíd log was placed and covvred over with ticks, on which dirt wns piled, leaviug lic liead only to proirude. ' Twoduys wna k; conflaed In tlnu artiflcial oven. Al tbe spinttion of the two days tho matter of eremoniea or the mrdicine man, proounced all mystical riles properly oiervod and lliat it wa-s tiuiu to cany out Itc complcliu!; act. This was dou Gy reloving tho din and jilin j on more sticks, overiug tlic animal i-omplctely. Piro ia ow applied to this heap of brushwood ml the once respectable cur made a roast og. I pon our arrival the roasting l.d u en tiuishcd and the whole camp was rowdiug around Ihe sinoi.l. riinr cinhcrs to gel n [iijriion of tbe mueb-prized "medicine dog:." wbicb, u lien cateo, toaup posed lo prolong life and to instill Into tho ordinal y gavage Ibe qnallücatlong Ier a varrior. Whlle wo vere nol altogethet welcome guests, courtesj scemcd to for bid lüo gavage from ignoring U8, whicli many would bave preferred to the ilaJnty piece ol i-oasl dog, oSered Bnt to me and Uien lo uiy t'riena. "The medicine dog feasl -mus to be ol udih n medical and rcligious charactor ao apcienl custom to whiob tbe Lndianclinei with tenacity."

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News