By the system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon as a badge or stem, from which the descendants may trace their parentage. To do this the figure of an... Primitive Industry, Or, Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and ... - Σελίδα 385των Charles Conrad Abbott - 1881 - 560 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1863 - 1198 σελίδες
...imposed on the men of the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, &c., is fixed upon as a badge or stem, from which the descendants...do this, the figure of an animal is employed as a sign or surname A tribe could leave no more permanent trace of an esteemed sachem, than by one of these... | |
| Samuel Foster Haven - 1856 - 596 σελίδες
...the men composing the Algonkin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, &c. is fixed upon as a badge or stem, from which the descendants...To do this, the figure of an animal is employed as an heraldic sign or surname. This sign is called, in the Algonkin, town-mark, or Totem. A tribe could... | |
| sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 520 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon as a...sign is called in the Algonquin, town-mark or totem. A tribe could leave no more permanent trace of an esteemed sachem, or honoured individual, than by... | |
| Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 534 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon as a...sign is called in the Algonquin, town-mark or totem. A tribe could leave no more permanent trace of an esteemed sachem, or honoured individual, than by... | |
| Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 590 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon as a badge or stem, from which the descendants may tract.their parentage. To do this the figure of an animal is employed as a heraldic sign or surname.... | |
| Sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 686 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon as a...or surname. This sign is called in the Algonquin, town- mark or totem. A tribe could leave no more permanent trace of an esteemed sachem, or honoured... | |
| Charles Conrad Abbott - 1881 - 586 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee and other nations." With these, "a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon...refer briefly to the tradiFIG. 362. — New Hampshire. {. lnn Foster. Prehistoric Races of the US, p. 222, fig. 28. Chicago, 1873. 1BI History of Indian Tribes,... | |
| Charles Conrad Abbott, Henry Carvill Lewis - 1881 - 580 σελίδες
...system of names imposed on the men composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee and other nations." With these, "a fox, a bear, a turtle, etc., is fixed upon...connection it may be well also to refer briefly to the tradiFIc. 362. — New Hampshire. {. tional history of the Delaware Indians, as recorded by Heckewelder.158... | |
| Rushton M. Dorman - 1881 - 422 σελίδες
...composing the Ojibway, Iroquois, Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, is fixed on as a badge or stem from which the descendants may trace their parentage. To do this the figure of the animal is employed as an heraldic sign or surname. This sign, which by no means gives the individual... | |
| Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1896 - 720 σελίδες
...composing the Algonquin, Iroquois, " Cherokee, and other nations, a fox, a bear, a turtle, &c., is fixed on as a badge or stem " from which the descendants may trace their parentage. To do this, the figure of the animal " is employed as a heraldic sign or surname. This sign, which by no means gives the indi"... | |
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