Comment by Ed. See Thwaites, Jesuit Relations, lix, pp. 117, 119, 131.
[206] As many tribes make their moccasins of different shapes—some with hooked toes, others broad—some with the seam on the bottom, etc., there is always a palpable difference in the tracks.—Gregg.
[207] A diminutive tribe on the Texas border, called Tonkewas, made food of human flesh within the present century, and, it may be of late years, though I have not heard it mentioned.—Gregg.
[208] Dogs seem always to have been a favorite article of food among the aborigines of different parts. Father Marquette, in his voyage down the Mississippi in 1673, remarks of an Indian feast, "The third service was a huge Dog, whom they killed on purpose," &c.—Gregg.
[209] See Irving, Tour on the Prairies, pp. 83, 84.—Ed.
[210] Dr. Samuel Thomson (1769-1843), a New England physician, advocated a method of treating fevers and similar diseases by means of steaming.—Ed.
[211] For the Pawnee groups and habitat, see Pattie's Narrative, in our volume xviii, p. 40, note 24. For the Arikara, consult Bradbury's Travels, in our volume v, p. 127, note 83.—Ed.
[212] For the Osage see our volume v, p. 50, note 22.—Ed.
[213] The custom of taking all the sisters of a family is also said to be common among the Kansas, Omahas and other kindred tribes; indeed it appears to have prevailed from the earliest ages among all the Dahcotah family as well as many Algonquins and most other tribes about the great Lakes. Mons. La Salle, in his trip from these to the Mississippi in 1673, remarks of the savages of those regions: "They marry several Wives, and commonly all Sisters, if they can, thinking they agree better in their Family." Hennepin, Charlevoix and others speak of the same custom. Murray also mentions something of the kind among the Pawnees. Forbes alludes to the same in California. But I am uninformed, whether, in these several instances, the husband's right was only de facto, or de jure as among the Osages, to all the younger sisters.—Gregg.
[214] Note Bradbury's experience with the mourning Osage, in our volume v, pp. 63, 64.—Ed.