Title:
Pequot Indians
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Mimeographed paper regarding an Indian ceremony.
It appears that the Sickanamers make a sort of sacrifice. They have a hole in a hill in which they place a kettle full of all sorts of articles that they have, either by them, or procured. When there is a great quantity collected, a snake come in, then they all depart, and the Manittou, that is the Devil, comes in the night and takes the kettle away, according to the statement of the Koutsinacka, or Devil hunter, who presides over the ceremony.
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It appears that the Sickanamers make a sort of sacrifice. They have a hole in a hill in which they place a kettle full of all sorts of articles that they have, either by them, or procured. When there is a great quantity collected, a snake come in, then they all depart, and the Manittou, that is the Devil, comes in the night and takes the kettle away, according to the statement of the Koutsinacka, or Devil hunter, who presides over the ceremony.
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Object ID:
DOC.ND02125
Object Name:
Document
Collection:
Folklore
Search Terms:
legend
ceremony
folklore
Sickanamer
Devil hunter
ceremony
folklore
Sickanamer
Devil hunter