 ... tribes east of the Mississippi, yet its prevalence is so general, and its influence on political relations so important, as to claim especial attention. Indian communities, independently of their local distribution into tribes, bands, and villages,...  Collections of the Maine Historical Society - Page 268by Maine Historical Society - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Maine Historical Society - Maine - 1859 - 474 pages
...Kennebeck. SABADIS X Sign. > Ammarascoggin SAM HUMPHRIES x Sign. > J/Ctfc<f £>*§ OJ04^L?£ FHAXCOIS XATIEB TOTEMS. The figures or emblems connected with the...dignity ; and those of the Bear, the Tortoise, and the Welfare among the first in honor. Each man is proud of his badge, jealously asserting its claim to... | |
 | Frederic Kidder - Abenaki Indians - 1859 - 58 pages
...Ammarascot TREATIES WITH THE ABENAKI INDIANS. FRANCOIS XAVIER TREATIES WITH THE ABENAKI INDIANS. 25 TOTEMS. The figures or emblems connected with the...dignity ; and those of the Bear, the Tortoise, and the Wolfare among the first in honor. Each man is proud of his badge, jealously asserting its claim to... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 - 1880 - 402 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile ; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device ; as, for example,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 - 1884 - 400 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile ; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device ; as, for example,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 316 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile ; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device ; as, for example,... | |
 | Alexander Henry - Canada - 1901 - 418 pages
...institution existing among the Indians, by which nations are divided into several distinct clans, each with its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast or reptile. Thus among the Dakotans were the Black Bear gens, the Deer gens, the Eagle gens, the Beaver gens, the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1902 - 598 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile ; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device ; as, for example,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 702 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device; as, for example,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1910 - 442 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has ite emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile ; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device ; as, for example,... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - History - 1924 - 942 pages
...distribution into tribes, bands, and villages, are composed of several distinct clans. Each clan has its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile; and each is distinguished by the name of the animal which it thus bears as its device; as, for example,... | |
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