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Title: 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. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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thin which a party of Sioux warriors hadhidden themselves, and were imitating theaction of the animals which they personated.Inveterate enemies of the Mandans, theyhad reconnoitred their village by night, andascertained that they were executing thebuffalo dance. Several of them procuredbison skins, and enacted the part of the ani-mals, while their comrades were concealedbehind the bluffs. Fortunately for the Mandans, their leaderbecame suspicious of the supposed bisons,and halted his troop before they had quitefallen into the trap, and, when some eightyor ninety mounted Sioux dashed at themfrom behind the bluff, they were just start-ing homeward. As it was, however, eightof them fell, a loss which was but ill com-pensated by one or two Sioux scalps securedby the Mandans in the hurry of flight. Evenunder such untoward circumstances, the buf-falo dance did not lose its reputation, forwithin two days a large herd of bisonspassed near the village, and afforded an abun-dant supply of meat.
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(2.) BUFFALO DANCE. (See page 1298.)(1209) CHAPTER CXXXYIII. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS — Continued. RELIGION — SUPERSTITION. THE TERRIBLE ORDEAL OF THE MANDANS — LEGEND OF THE FLOOD—APPROACH OF THE FIRST MAN— •THE GREAT MEDICINE LODGE, AND ITS CONTENTS — APPROACH OF THE CANDIDATES, AND DE-PARTURE OF THE FIRST MAN — BUFFALO DANCE, AND THE BIG CANOE — APPROACH OF THE EVILSPIRIT — POWER OF THE MEDICINE PIPE—COMMENCEMENT OF INITIATION —TRIAL BY SUSPEN-SION— SWOON AND RECOVERY—THE LAST RACE — TWO COURAGEOUS INITIATES — LOOKING ATTHE SUN — RAIN MAKING — THE WHITE BUFFALO HAIR, AND HIS PROWESS — THE MEDICINEBAGS AND THE TOTEMS — THE MEDICINE MAN AT WORK — THE WOUNDED MAN AND SICK GIRL —INITIATION OF THE MIDE ORDER — THE PIPES OF PEACE AND WAR — SACRIFICES. We now come to the religious ceremoniesof these remarkable tribes, and will beginwith the terrible ordeal through which theyouths have to pass before they can be ac-knowledged as men. Among

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