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Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children.

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Souvenir of the N. American Indians: as they were in the nineteenth century

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Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children.

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Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children.
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Catlin, George, 1796-1872 (Creator)
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Souvenir of the N. American Indians: as they were in the nineteenth century

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1850
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Shelf locator: *KW+++ (Catlin, G. Souvenir of the N. American Indians)
Topics
Indians of North America
Sauk Indians
Indian dance -- North America
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Illustrations
Drawings
Physical Description
Pencil works
Type of Resource
Still image
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RLIN/OCLC: 42298331
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14311842
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 69c0ecb0-c647-012f-ccf6-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1796: Creator Born
  • 1850: Issued
  • 1872: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-db29-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-db29-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1850). Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-db29-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Medicine dance. Sau-kie. 253. 'Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave'. When a party of Saukie warriors has returned from battle, with scalps, they dance on 15 days successively in front of the wig-wam of one of their fellow warriors who has been killed in battle, whose widow hangs out his medicine bag on a green bush erected in front of the door, under which she sits and cries. In their songs they recount his feats of bravery, and throw presents to the widow and children.