An Account of the War Customs of the Osages (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Account of the War Customs of the Osages Then the general war tent of the tribe (figs. 2 and 4) is erected at C, facing the west, the place of honor being at the rear, towards the east. All the principal men of each side, including the head men of the gentes, who are a sort of priests, meet in the war tent, C. There the drum beats. At the rear of the tent are seated the principal old men, one for each gens. The two mourners are still outside. By and by the mourners are brought into the tent, in which there is no fire. The two bags containing the war pipes are hung on their necks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.