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150 wisconsin historical collections vol xv is not the dwelling of the great spirit nor do they sup pose that they shall ever dwell in his immediate presence but in a terrestrial paradise they are taught also from childhood that the soul of a departed relative who has been murdered cannot rest until the friends have revenged his death this therefore is con stantly present to their minds and regard for that friend and desire for the rest of his soul keeps them in a constant state of disquietude until revenge is taken to forgive an injury done hy an enemy is no part of their religion tjie sabbath they have no knowledge or tradition respecting the sabbath or that one part of the time is to be regarded as any more sacred than the rest but twice a year in the month of feb and also in the fall the precise time being ascer tained by inspecting the entrails of the deer they have sacred feasts for which the most choice things are reserved or sought for to eat and the most sacred songs are sung such as are not made use of on other occasions there is also a feast of thanksgiving when the corn becomes fit for roasting so scrupulous are they in respect to it that a child will not touch either corn or beans although he may be hungry until after the feast is held i received many contradictory statements from different individuals and where i felt any doubt respecting the truth of any statement i have carefully omitted it or else have given what appeared to be the most probable still in some things future investigation may show that i am either mis taken or was misinformed from the time i went amongst them until the present i have felt an earnest longing de sire to have a mission established amongst them nothing but the gospel exerting over them its purifying and be nign effects can arrest even the dreadful work of destruc tion which is now going on so rapidly amongst them as well as save a single soul from death often when looking at their condition i felt somewhat of that stirring of spirit which paul felt at athens but i could not speak o-jib-wa
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | ix, 491 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XV (1900) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXV0000 |
| Description | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 15, includes the following articles: Some Wisconsin Indian conveyances, 1793-1836; Sketch of Cutting Marsh, by John E. Chapin; Documents relating to the Stockbridge mission, 1825-48; Reminiscences of life in territorial Wisconsin, by Elizabeth Thérèse Baird; A Methodist circuit rider's horseback tour from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, 1835, by Alfred Brunson; Diary of one of the original colonists of New Glarus, 1845, by Mathias Duerst, translated into English by John Luchsinger; Pioneering in the Wisconsin lead region, by Theodore Rodolf; Surveying in Wisconsin in 1837, by Franklin Hatheway; Report on the quality and condition of Wisconsin territory, 1831, by Samuel C. Stambaugh; Narrative of Louis B. Porlier; Osawgenong, a Sac tradition, by George Johnston; Narrative of Alexis Clermont; and Narrative of Peter J. Vieau. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XV (1900) |
| Volume | Vol. 15 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 15 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 150 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXV0170 |
| Volume | Vol. 15 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 15 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | 150 wisconsin historical collections vol xv is not the dwelling of the great spirit nor do they sup pose that they shall ever dwell in his immediate presence but in a terrestrial paradise they are taught also from childhood that the soul of a departed relative who has been murdered cannot rest until the friends have revenged his death this therefore is con stantly present to their minds and regard for that friend and desire for the rest of his soul keeps them in a constant state of disquietude until revenge is taken to forgive an injury done hy an enemy is no part of their religion tjie sabbath they have no knowledge or tradition respecting the sabbath or that one part of the time is to be regarded as any more sacred than the rest but twice a year in the month of feb and also in the fall the precise time being ascer tained by inspecting the entrails of the deer they have sacred feasts for which the most choice things are reserved or sought for to eat and the most sacred songs are sung such as are not made use of on other occasions there is also a feast of thanksgiving when the corn becomes fit for roasting so scrupulous are they in respect to it that a child will not touch either corn or beans although he may be hungry until after the feast is held i received many contradictory statements from different individuals and where i felt any doubt respecting the truth of any statement i have carefully omitted it or else have given what appeared to be the most probable still in some things future investigation may show that i am either mis taken or was misinformed from the time i went amongst them until the present i have felt an earnest longing de sire to have a mission established amongst them nothing but the gospel exerting over them its purifying and be nign effects can arrest even the dreadful work of destruc tion which is now going on so rapidly amongst them as well as save a single soul from death often when looking at their condition i felt somewhat of that stirring of spirit which paul felt at athens but i could not speak o-jib-wa |