Religion and ceremonies of the LenapeHarrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)
Religion
Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)
Delaware Indians -- Religion
_Unami_, a Lenape tribe now mainly resident in Oklahoma, 13;
ceremonies of, compared with Minsi, 196-200;
chants of, referring to vision, 67-72;
cult of Mask Being among, 32-43, 146-158, 198;
Doll Being of, 45-47, 162-166;
form of Annual ceremony, 81-111;
proportion of, in Lenape, 124-125
_United States Census_ report on Indians, cited, 80
_Vegetables_, offering of, 144;
wampum string symbolizing, 141-142
_Vegetation_ controlled by Corn spirit, 193
_Venison_, feast of, at Doll dance, 166;
feast of, at Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155;
feast of, at Minsi ceremony, 137;
provision of, for Annual ceremony, 85, 121;
women’s share in, 106
_Virginia_, concept of Four Directions in, 26-27
_Visions_, Adams on, 80;
as prophecies, 121;
Brainerd on, 77;
chanting of, at Otter ceremony, 181;
communication by, with Spirit world, 59-63, 194-195;
decline of, 112-113;
fortuitous, 64-65;
Heaven visited in, 189-191;
Heckewelder on, 78-80;
induced by peyote, 186, 188-190;
initiation of boys to induce, 63-64, 92;
leaders blessed with, 132;
Loskiel on, 78;
Minsi examples of, 72-77;
of Doll Being, 162-163;
power given by, 54;
recital of: at Annual ceremony, 95-96, 118, 121, 196;
at Feast of first fruits, 145;
at Minsi ceremony, 135-136, 139-140;
at MuxhatoLʹzing, 123-124;
at various rites, 148, 199;
referring to Skeleton dance, 184;
Unami examples of, 67-72;
Zeisberger on, 77-78.
See _Chant_, _Guardian spirit_
_Vomiting_, 176.
See _Emetics_
_Wampum_, adorning leader at Otter ceremony, 174;
buried, at Feast of first fruits, 144;
given by Great Spirit, 122;
given to vision teller, 135;
giving of, at Annual ceremony, 109;
offered to deer, 123;
owners of rattles paid in, at Annual ceremony, 104;
payment in, at Doll dance, 164;
payment of attendants in, at Annual ceremony, 106-109, 118, 121,
172-173, 179;
payment of impersonator in, 152-154;
payment of officers in, at Annual ceremony, 97, 99-100, 110-111,
121;
symbolic use of, 141-143;
valuation of, 111
_Wampum, John_, see _Chief Waubuno_
_War_, comet a presage of, 48-49;
success in, due to guardian spirit, 62
_Washita river_, Oklahoma, Caddo on, 185;
Ghost dance from region of, 190-191
_W‛aʹtekan_ or Minsi Big House, 128.
See _Minsi Big House_
_Water-drum_, at Ghost dance, 191;
at Peyote rite, 188
_Water monsters_, see _Great Horned Serpents_
_Waters_, gift of Great Spirit, 18
_Ween-da-much-teen_, see _Nee-shaw-neechk-togho-quanoo-maun_
_Wemĕĕleʹxkwĕ_, native name of Minnie Fox, 14.
See _Fox, Minnie_
_Weopĕʹlakis_, name for mask of Unami, 35-36.
See _Mask_
_West_, ceremonial significance of, 83, 85, 93, 98, 100, 101,
121-122, 131-132, 137, 145, 155, 182, 187;
Grandfather at, 26;
thanksgiving to, 89
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