Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

Name: Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
Author: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Delaware Indians -- Religion

_MuxhatoLʹzing_ form of Annual ceremony, 123-124.
    See _Machtuzin_

  _Myth_, of Bear ceremony, 172;
    of Doll Being, 162-163;
    of Minsi Annual ceremony, 127-128;
    of Otter, 176-179;
    of Thunder, 30.
    See _Legend_


  _Nahneetis, the Guardian of Health_, Peter Jones on, 168-169.
    See _Naniʹtis_

  _Naniʹtis_, account of, by Rev. Cutting Marsh, 169-171;
    ceremonies of, 166-171;
    feeding of, 167-168;
    in E. T. Tefft collection, 168-169;
    Minsi term for Doll Being, 45-47, 162.
    See _Doll Being_

  _Na‛nkŭmaʹoxa_, native name of Michael Anthony, 139, 140.
    See _Anthony, Michael_

  _Nanticoke_, proportion of, in Lenape, 124-125;
    Skeleton dance of, 183-184

  _Nature_, how regarded, 17, 23.
    See _Great Spirit_, _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_, _Offering_, _Prayer_

  _Nee-shaw-neechk-togho-quanoo-maun_ or _Ween-da-much-teen_, Minsi
        term for Feast of first fruits, 145

  _New fire_, ceremony of, 196;
    making of, 101.
    See _Fire_

  _New Jersey_, early writers on Lenape in, 20;
    Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13;
    Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _New York_, Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13

  _’Ngammuin_, or feast, described by Zeisberger, 109.
    See _Annual ceremony_

  _Niagara gorge_, home of Thunders, 30

  _Nicholas, Joe_, Mask delivered up by, 38

  _Night sun_, see _Moon_

  _No‛ʹoma Cawaneʹyŭng‛_ or Grandmother at the South, 26

  _North_, ceremonial significance of, 93, 103, 108, 119, 147;
    manĭʹtowŭk of, 25-26;
    thanksgiving to, 89

  _North American_ tribes, belief in visions among, 61


  _October_, Annual ceremony held in, 81, 119-120

  _O‛ʹdas_, Unami term for Doll Being, 46, 162.
    See _Doll Being_

  _O‛ʹdas-kĭʹnĭkä_, Unami term for Doll dance, 163.
    See _Doll Being_

  _Offering_, of bear’s fat, 117-118, 134;
    of bear’s flesh to Corn Goddess, 44;
    of deer to Doll Being, 163;
    of doe to Naniʹtis, 168-169;
    of first fruits, 115, 144-145;
    of food to dead, 52, 195-196;
    of hog to Otter, 173;
    of hominy to Doll Being, 163-164, 166;
    of hominy to Mask Being, 150;
    of moccasins to avert tornado, 47;
    of tobacco: on behalf of hunters, 98-99;
    to Bear, 172;
    to fire, 126;
    to Four Directions, 26;
    to Mask, 34, 35, 151, 157;
    to Mask impersonator, 153, 156;
    to Otter, 177;
    to Thunder Beings, 29;
    of wampum to deer, 123;
    offerings: at Annual ceremony, 117-118;
    to genii, 51;
    to guardian spirit, 62;
    to Mask, 43;
    to Naniʹtis, 45-46;
    to Snow boy, 48.
    See _Propitiation_, _Sacrifice_

  _Officers_ of Annual ceremony, 84-85;
    payment of, 110-111, 121

  _Ohio_, Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _Oklahoma_, ancestry of Lenape now in, 124-125;
    Annual ceremony celebrated in, 81-111, 119-122, 130, 138;
    Lenape now resident in, 13;
    primitive skirts worn in, 169;
    worship of Corn Goddess in, 43

  _One‛ʹtko_ or _Nanticoke_, 183.
    See _Nanticoke_

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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Delaware Indians -- Religion

_MuxhatoLʹzing_ form of Annual ceremony, 123-124.
    See _Machtuzin_

  _Myth_, of Bear ceremony, 172;
    of Doll Being, 162-163;
    of Minsi Annual ceremony, 127-128;
    of Otter, 176-179;
    of Thunder, 30.
    See _Legend_


  _Nahneetis, the Guardian of Health_, Peter Jones on, 168-169.
    See _Naniʹtis_

  _Naniʹtis_, account of, by Rev. Cutting Marsh, 169-171;
    ceremonies of, 166-171;
    feeding of, 167-168;
    in E. T. Tefft collection, 168-169;
    Minsi term for Doll Being, 45-47, 162.
    See _Doll Being_

  _Na‛nkŭmaʹoxa_, native name of Michael Anthony, 139, 140.
    See _Anthony, Michael_

  _Nanticoke_, proportion of, in Lenape, 124-125;
    Skeleton dance of, 183-184

  _Nature_, how regarded, 17, 23.
    See _Great Spirit_, _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_, _Offering_, _Prayer_

  _Nee-shaw-neechk-togho-quanoo-maun_ or _Ween-da-much-teen_, Minsi
        term for Feast of first fruits, 145

  _New fire_, ceremony of, 196;
    making of, 101.
    See _Fire_

  _New Jersey_, early writers on Lenape in, 20;
    Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13;
    Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _New York_, Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13

  _’Ngammuin_, or feast, described by Zeisberger, 109.
    See _Annual ceremony_

  _Niagara gorge_, home of Thunders, 30

  _Nicholas, Joe_, Mask delivered up by, 38

  _Night sun_, see _Moon_

  _No‛ʹoma Cawaneʹyŭng‛_ or Grandmother at the South, 26

  _North_, ceremonial significance of, 93, 103, 108, 119, 147;
    manĭʹtowŭk of, 25-26;
    thanksgiving to, 89

  _North American_ tribes, belief in visions among, 61


  _October_, Annual ceremony held in, 81, 119-120

  _O‛ʹdas_, Unami term for Doll Being, 46, 162.
    See _Doll Being_

  _O‛ʹdas-kĭʹnĭkä_, Unami term for Doll dance, 163.
    See _Doll Being_

  _Offering_, of bear’s fat, 117-118, 134;
    of bear’s flesh to Corn Goddess, 44;
    of deer to Doll Being, 163;
    of doe to Naniʹtis, 168-169;
    of first fruits, 115, 144-145;
    of food to dead, 52, 195-196;
    of hog to Otter, 173;
    of hominy to Doll Being, 163-164, 166;
    of hominy to Mask Being, 150;
    of moccasins to avert tornado, 47;
    of tobacco: on behalf of hunters, 98-99;
    to Bear, 172;
    to fire, 126;
    to Four Directions, 26;
    to Mask, 34, 35, 151, 157;
    to Mask impersonator, 153, 156;
    to Otter, 177;
    to Thunder Beings, 29;
    of wampum to deer, 123;
    offerings: at Annual ceremony, 117-118;
    to genii, 51;
    to guardian spirit, 62;
    to Mask, 43;
    to Naniʹtis, 45-46;
    to Snow boy, 48.
    See _Propitiation_, _Sacrifice_

  _Officers_ of Annual ceremony, 84-85;
    payment of, 110-111, 121

  _Ohio_, Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _Oklahoma_, ancestry of Lenape now in, 124-125;
    Annual ceremony celebrated in, 81-111, 119-122, 130, 138;
    Lenape now resident in, 13;
    primitive skirts worn in, 169;
    worship of Corn Goddess in, 43

  _One‛ʹtko_ or _Nanticoke_, 183.
    See _Nanticoke_

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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

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