Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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THE CHIEF INSTRUCTS THE PLAYERS send out gifts of tobacco to all the pcojylc as an imitation to conic and play. He himself takes no part but sits and watches and the 'I'hunderers are satisfied. Before I left the reservation I saw three additional ceremonial lacrosse uaines, besides other interesting;' ceremonies such as that of the Society of Dancing Men. Ceremonies of all kinds among the Menoniini are becoming more and more cm-tailed e\-ery year and adherence to legendary lore more rare, and it is probalily a ((uestion of only a few years more when all will lia\'e passed into tradition. The Meiioiniiii Indians ha\'e always been exceedingly friendly toward the white man and they were well ))lease(l when they learned that a system- atic effort was to be made by the American Miiseimi to record their old life and collect their ancient articles. In the words of ( liief Niopet, who presented the Alnsetnn with several handsome examples of beadwork, the following is their idea: "We wish to ))ut these things into the 'great house' where they will be kcjit with care, where om- children's children may go to see them wlieii otu- race has followed tlie whitt' man's road nntil it has i'oru'otten their use."
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A SCRIMMAGE NEAR THE GOAL. THE FIRST SIDE SCORING FOUR GOALS WINS

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