 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1823 - 470 sivua
...as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward and strike a flag-staff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other weapon,...the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
 | 1823 - 508 sivua
...as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward and strike a flag-staff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other weapon,...the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
 | Stephen Harriman Long - 1823 - 368 sivua
...terminating as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward and strike a flagstaff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other weapon,...the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
 | Edwin James - 1823 - 390 sivua
...terminating as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward and strike a flagstaff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other weapon,...the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
 | 1824 - 856 sivua
...a warrior would step forward and strike a flag-staff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other other weapon, and recount his martial deeds. This...the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
 | Charles Johnston, Peter Johnston - 1827 - 276 sivua
...as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward, and strike a flagstaff they had erected, with a stick, whip, or other weapon,...post,* and whatever is then said, may be relied on as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could easily... | |
 | Gerorge Turner (judge of the Western Territory.) - 1836 - 206 sivua
...as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward, and strike a flag-staff" they had erected, with a stick, whip, or other weapon, and recount his martial deeds. This ceremony is termed striking the post, and whatever is then said, may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered... | |
 | Benjamin Drake - 1846 - 334 sivua
...as the first. In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would stop forward, and strike a flag-staff they had erected, with a stick, whip, or other weapon, and recount his martial deeds. This ceremony is termed striking the post, and whatever is then said, may be relied upon as . rigid truth, being delivered... | |
 | Benjamin Drake - 1857 - 300 sivua
...deeds. Tins ceremony is termed striking thepoat, and whatever is then said, may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous...immediately disgrace the striker for exaggeration or falsehood. This is called the bcsgar's dance — during which, some presents are always expected... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - 1872 - 450 sivua
...as the first. "In the intervals of the dances, a warrior would step forward and strike a flag-staff they had erected with a stick, whip, or other weapon,..."striking the post,"* and whatever is then said, may he relied on as truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could... | |
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This ceremony is called striking the post, and whatever is then said may be relied upon as rigid truth, being delivered in the presence of many a jealous warrior and witness, who could easily detect and would immediately disgrace the striker for exaggeration... 
