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But such beliefs appear not to have affected the Pawnee social organization. These are possibly survivals of totemic names, but there is no account of the existence of totemic groups among them. On the other hand, they had a highly developed sun-worship, with human sacrifices. +496+. Customs in the Siouan stock vary. In the Dakota tribe there is no known evidence of totemism.
"The Senecas skimmed the streams for oil and sometimes spread blankets over the water till they were heavy with the oil. They used oil for cuts and burns and were famed for their skill in removing the water from the oil by boiling. Dances and religious rites were observed with the aid of oil. The Siouan Indians, who lived in West Virginia and Virginia, knew, too, of natural gas.
And this is why the Indians are always fighting each other.” Chief Bear Ghost Chief Bear Ghost The great Siouan, or Dakota family, is divided into many different tribes.
+535+. Among the Siouan Indians there are religious societies, each of which bears the name of some animal and has a ritual composed of chants and songs which, it is often claimed, have been received in a supernatural manner. The youth who aspires to become a member of one of these societies goes off alone to the forest, and there, fasting and meditating, waits for the vision of the sign.
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