Title:
Noank Notes: Indian "Sweat-house" customs recorded on early local deeds
Author:
Mary Virginia Goodman
Subjects:
Sweatbaths
Indians of North America--Rite and customs
Indians of North America--Rite and customs
Object ID:
Scr-021-087
Object Name:
scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
Indian "Sweat-house" customs recorded on early local deeds Old deeds in state land records give location of sweat houses as boundaries. Colonists referred to the sweat houses as hot houses.
People:
Comstock, Daniel
Gallop, John
Stanton, Samuel
Gallop, John
Stanton, Samuel
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