The Medicine Lodge, in many tribes, was the centre of these observances.
But when the system of many tribes is compared, and it is seen to rank as a domestic institution, and to have transmitted itself through immensely protracted periods of time, it assumes a very different aspect.
Descent in the female line among the Mandans would be singular where so many tribes of the same stock have it in the male, were it not in the archaic form from which the other tribes had but recently departed.
In many tribes there is no one great divine figure; the control of things is divided among hosts of spirits and gods.
History has bequeathed to us the names of many tribes, which became extinct in early colonial times, of whose language not a hint is left and whose linguistic relations must ever remain unknown.
The Snake language is talked and understood by all the tribes from the Rocky mountains to California, and from the Colorado to the Columbia, and by a few inmany tribes outside of these limits.
We pass now to a train of myths in which the Coyote again appears, figuring in many important and somewhat mystical roles--figuring in fact as the great Somebody of many tribes.
Many tribes of Indians and travellers suffer great annoyance from the vampire-bats.
McChesney, this is the sign for question, as used by many tribes, and especially Dakotas.
This gesture is made in front of the face by many tribes.
Cover the blood--The reincarnation of the slain animal from the drops of blood spilt upon the ground or from the bones is a regular part of Cherokee hunting belief, and the same idea occurs in the folklore of many tribes.
This story, obtained from John Ax, with additional details by Swimmer and Wafford, has parallels in many tribes.
Many tribes, including the Aht nations, are said to have abandoned the custom since they have been brought into contact with the whites.
Many tribes think it necessary to nourish a departed spirit for several months.
In Quetzalcoatl may be recognized one of the austere hermits of the Ganges, and the custom of lacerating the body, practiced by so many tribes, has its counterpart among the Hindoos.
Similar customs are said to be still secretly practised every year by many tribes in the delta of the Niger in spite of the vigilance of the British Government.
In many tribes, however, the power of this superstition to blot out the memory of the past is to some extent weakened and impaired by a natural tendency of the human mind.
In many tribes of British New Guinea the names of persons are also the names of common things.
While burial in the ground was more common, many tribes, notably of the plains, placed the bodies in trees or upon platforms; others placed their dead in sitting positions in caves; still others practised cremation.
He knew the chief differences between the many tribes, and that, while all the rest were in favor of the wily French traders, most of the Iroquois or Six Nations inclined toward the English.
Word had gone around of the base attempt on the life of the sachem who had long been the idol of so many tribes; and looked upon as the leader sent by the great Manitou to drive the rash white men back into the sea whence they came.
The former were extensively used by many tribes, and usually resembled the one shown in plate 42, a.
The valley of the Saskatchewan and southward to the waters of the Missouri was a region frequented by many tribes, rich in game, and one from which the Hudson's Bay Company derived quantities of furs.
During the years following the close of the Revolution, the latter part of the eighteenth century, many tribes, or rather the remnants of tribes, then living east of the Mississippi, sought a refuge in the West beyond the river.
Arranging the skin covers of several large tipis in such a way as to form a single shelter, to serve as a ceremonial "lodge," was the custom of many tribes, and other instances will be mentioned.
The beard even when scanty was deemed unbecoming by many tribes, and totally eradicated; but some tribes wore beards.
Some say they were 72, our translations of Moses reduces them to 8; but his 3 sons of Noah, are evidently as many tribes.
On the other hand, chastity in women was recognized as a virtue by many tribes.
This practice of forcing prisoners to "run the gauntlet" was by no means peculiar to the Iroquois, but was common to many tribes.
The anonymous writer of the Relation of 1660 may well remark: "It is marvellous that so few should make so great a havoc, and strike such terror into so many tribes.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "many tribes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
