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Portrait of James Owen Dorsey James Owen Dorsey,  Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

“ NOTES.
583, 1. shuákia does not mean to "call on somebody" generally, but only "to call on the conjurer or medicine man".
583, 2. wán stands for wánam nī'l: the fur or skin of a red or silver fox; kaníta pî'sh stands for kanítana látchash m'nálam: "outside of his lodge or cabin". The meaning of the sentence is: they raise their voices to call him out. Conjurers are in the habit of fastening a fox-skin outside of their lodges, as a business sign, and to let it dangle from a rod stuck out in an oblique direction.
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Source: Gutenberg

Portrait of James Owen Dorsey James Owen Dorsey,  Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

“ For developing steam the natives collect only such stones for heating as are neither too large nor too small; a medium size seeming most appropriate for concentrating the largest amount of heat. The old sweat-lodges are surrounded with large accumulations of stones which, to judge from their blackened exterior, have served the purpose of generating steam ”
Source: Gutenberg

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