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  hu'thuga 
  looking 
  for 
  a 
  kind 
  woman; 
  when 
  they 
  find 
  her, 
  she 
  becomes 
  

   their 
  mother." 
  When 
  a 
  woman 
  desired 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  her 
  

   coming 
  child, 
  she 
  took 
  a 
  bow 
  r 
  and 
  a 
  burden 
  strap 
  to 
  the 
  tent 
  of 
  a 
  

   friend 
  who 
  had 
  a 
  child 
  not 
  yet 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  speak 
  and 
  offered 
  it 
  the 
  

   articles. 
  If 
  the 
  bow 
  was 
  chosen 
  the 
  unborn 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  boy: 
  if 
  the 
  

   burden 
  strap, 
  a 
  girl. 
  If 
  a 
  teething 
  child 
  looked 
  at 
  one, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  grinding 
  its 
  teeth, 
  stretching 
  out 
  its 
  arms, 
  and 
  clenching 
  its 
  

   hands, 
  it 
  meant 
  to 
  break 
  friendship 
  with 
  that 
  person. 
  A 
  child 
  who 
  

   had 
  lost 
  either 
  one 
  or 
  both 
  of 
  its 
  parents 
  was 
  called 
  waho 
  n 
  'thi 
  n 
  ge 
  

   ("no 
  mother"), 
  "orphan." 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  child 
  could 
  walk 
  steadily 
  it 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  cere- 
  

   mony 
  called 
  Turning 
  the 
  Child, 
  and, 
  if 
  a 
  boy, 
  through 
  the 
  supple- 
  

   mental 
  ceremony 
  of 
  cutting 
  the 
  lock 
  of 
  hair 
  in 
  consecration 
  of 
  its 
  life 
  

   to 
  the 
  Thunder 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  as 
  a 
  warrior. 
  (See 
  

   p. 
  122.) 
  After 
  this 
  experience 
  home 
  training 
  began 
  in 
  earnest. 
  The 
  

   child 
  had 
  now 
  its 
  name, 
  marking 
  its 
  ni'Tcie 
  rites, 
  and 
  its 
  gentile 
  

   relationship. 
  Careful 
  parents, 
  particularly 
  those 
  who 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

   better 
  class, 
  took 
  great 
  pains 
  in 
  the 
  training 
  of 
  their 
  children. 
  They 
  

   were 
  taught 
  to 
  treat 
  their 
  elders 
  with 
  respect, 
  to 
  be 
  particular 
  in 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  terms 
  of 
  relationship, 
  to 
  be 
  peaceable 
  with 
  one 
  

   another, 
  and 
  to 
  obey 
  their 
  parents. 
  Whipping 
  was 
  uncommon 
  

   and 
  yet 
  there 
  were 
  almost 
  no 
  quarreling 
  and 
  little 
  downright 
  dis- 
  

   obedience. 
  Much 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  inculcating 
  a 
  grammatical 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  language 
  and 
  the 
  proper 
  pronunciation 
  of 
  the 
  words. 
  

   There 
  was 
  no 
  "baby 
  talk." 
  Politeness 
  was 
  early 
  instilled. 
  No 
  child 
  

   would 
  think 
  of 
  interrupting 
  an 
  elder 
  who 
  was 
  speaking, 
  of 
  pestering 
  

   anyone 
  with 
  questions, 
  of 
  taking 
  anything 
  belonging 
  to 
  an 
  older 
  

   person 
  without 
  permission, 
  or 
  of 
  staring 
  at 
  anyone, 
  particularly 
  a 
  

   stranger. 
  Yet 
  the 
  children 
  were 
  bright 
  anil 
  had 
  their 
  share 
  of 
  curi- 
  

   osity 
  but 
  they 
  w 
  r 
  ere 
  trained 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  aggressive. 
  

  

  Little 
  girls 
  were 
  subject 
  to 
  restraints 
  that 
  were 
  not 
  put 
  upon 
  the 
  

   boys. 
  The 
  mother 
  was 
  particular 
  in 
  teaching 
  the 
  girl 
  how 
  to 
  sit 
  and 
  

   how 
  to 
  rise 
  from 
  a 
  sitting 
  posture. 
  A 
  woman 
  sat 
  sidewise 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  

   her 
  legs 
  drawn 
  round 
  closely 
  to 
  the 
  right. 
  (Fig. 
  67.) 
  No 
  other 
  posture 
  

   was 
  good 
  form 
  for 
  a 
  woman. 
  Sometimes 
  old 
  women 
  sat 
  with 
  the 
  feet 
  

   stretched 
  out 
  in 
  front 
  but 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  age. 
  All 
  other 
  

   attitudes, 
  as 
  kneeling 
  or 
  squatting, 
  were 
  only 
  for 
  temporary 
  purposes. 
  

   Concerning 
  this 
  point 
  of 
  etiquette 
  mothers 
  were 
  rigid 
  in 
  the 
  training 
  

   of 
  their 
  daughters. 
  To 
  rise 
  well, 
  one 
  should 
  spring 
  up 
  lightly, 
  not 
  

   with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  both 
  hands; 
  one 
  hand 
  might 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  movement, 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  purchase. 
  A 
  girl 
  was 
  taught 
  to 
  move 
  

   about 
  noiselessly 
  as 
  she 
  passed 
  in 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  lodge. 
  All 
  her 
  

   errands 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  silently. 
  She 
  must 
  keep 
  her 
  hair 
  neatly 
  

   braided 
  and 
  her 
  garments 
  in 
  order. 
  At 
  an 
  early 
  age 
  little 
  girls 
  as- 
  

   sumed 
  the 
  role 
  of 
  caretaker 
  of 
  the 
  younger 
  children. 
  The 
  boys 
  had 
  

  

  