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which by our familiarity with them have become idealized. The Indian warrior prepared for death, his traditions & his honor forbade his doing other than death to another or himself. The chances were even. And thinking of that, & of the inner meanings of the ancient rites so far as I have yet been able to learn of them, I look on these articles with more than antiquarian interest.