Chapter IX

Summary 192
Religion 192
Ceremonies 196
Minor Ceremonies 198

Notes 201

Index 206

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Conclusion of Lenape Annual Ceremony in Oklahoma.
Native Painting by Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee _Frontispiece_

I. Lenape Man and Woman of Oklahoma in Ceremonial Costume 22

II. Costume worn by Impersonator of Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn 34

III. Masks of the Minsi (After Peter Jones) 38

IV. Stone Head or Mĭsiʹngʷ‛, from Staten Island, N. Y. 42

V. Lenape Ceremonial House near Dewey, Oklahoma 82

VI. Lenape Annual Ceremony in Progress. Native Painting by
Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee 86

VII. Plan of Lenape Ceremonial House and Grounds 94

VIII. “Nahneetis, the Guardian of Health.” 168

IX. The Peyote Rite among the Lenape. Native Painting by
Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee 186

FIGURES

1. Mask of the Oklahoma Lenape 32

2. Rattle of Turtleshell used by Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ 33

3. Charm representing Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn 37

4. Mask from the Canadian Lenape 39

5. Stone Head or Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ 40

6. Central Post of Ceremonial House showing Carved Face 83

7. Side Posts of Ceremonial House showing Carved Faces 84

8. Ceremonial Fire-drill used at the Annual Ceremony 86

9. Rattle of Land-tortoise Shell, used by Celebrants at the
Annual Ceremony 93

10. Drum made of Dried Deerskin, used at the Annual Ceremony 94

11. Sacred Drumsticks, used at the Annual Ceremony 102

12. _a_, Plain Drumstick used at the Annual Ceremony. _b_,
Prayerstick 102

13. Paint-dish of Bark, used at the Annual Ceremony 105

14. Drum of Dried Deerskin. Minsi type 129

15. _a_, Drumstick, Minsi type. _b_, Prayerstick 130

16. _a_, Regalia of Otter-skin used in the Otter Rite. _b_,
Regalia as worn 178

17. Flint and Steel used in the Otter Rite 180

18. Rattle or Land-tortoise Shell used in the Otter Rite 181

19. Peyote “Button” 185