Hunting Customs of the Omahas

Fletcher, Alice C. Hunting Customs of the Omaha. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1895 to October 1895. Vol. 1, New Series Vol. XXVIII, pp. 691-702. New York: The Century Co. 1895.

Hunting Customs of the Omahas

Omaha Tents

In the life of the American Indian so much has ever depended upon the skill of the hunter that in the hazards of the chase he has sought supernatural aid to supplement his own inadequate powers; thus, in every tribe, we find rites connected with hunting carefully observed, and frequently forming an important part of the tribal ceremonies. Mention has been made, in my previous papers, of the Indian’s custom of retiring into the forest or to the mountain to fast, that there might come to him in a vision some manifestation of the powers of nature. Whatever appears in … Read more