 | America - 1850 - 322 pages
...by making different attitudes, turning from side to side, and showing it to the whole assembly. This being over, he who is to begin the dance appears in the middle of the assembly, and having taken the calumet, presents it to the sun, as if he would invite him to smoke.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - America - 1891 - 530 pages
...blowing the Snioak of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * * * This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | John Wesley Powell - Foreign Language Study - 1891 - 610 pages
...blowing the Siuoak of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * * * This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology - America - 1891 - 540 pages
...blowing the Smoak of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * * » This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | Walter James Hoffman - Ethnology - 1891 - 240 pages
...blowing the Smoak of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * * * This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | 1891 - 536 pages
...blowing the Smoak of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * * * This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - Cherokee Indians - 1891 - 548 pages
...of their Tobacco upon it, which is as much as offering to it Frankincense. * » * This Pi-tlwlitim being over, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the Assembly, and having taken the Calumet, presents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to smoke.... | |
 | Jesuits - Canada - 1900 - 346 pages
...sometimes he shows it to the whole assembly, turning himself from one side to the other. After that, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the assembly, and at once continues this.28 Sometimes he offers it to the sun, as if he wished the latter... | |
 | Jesuits - Canada - 1900 - 348 pages
...sometimes he shows it to the whole assembly, turning himself from one side to the other. After that, he who is to begin the Dance appears in the middle of the assembly, and at once continues this.*8 Sometimes he offers it to the sun, as if he wished the latter... | |
 | Louis Hennepin - Canada - 1903 - 392 pages
...the Calumet, and holding it with his two Hands, dances with it, following the Cadence of the Songs. This Preludium being over, he who is to begin the...Affembly, and having taken the Calumet, prefents it to the Sun, as if he wou'd invite him to fmoke. Then he moves it into an infinite number of Poftures, fometimes... | |
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... takes the Calumet in a respectful manner, and, supporting it with both hands, causes it to dance in cadence keeping good time with the air of the songs. He makes it execute many differing figures; sometimes he shows it to the whole assembly, turning... 
