The Religion of the Dakotas Chapter Six of Mr Lynds Manuscript
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Nor do we find that bigoted attachment to one form of religion and suspicion of all others, so common even among Christian nations. Their hereditary religion they cling to with tenacity, and a generous skepticism arises with regard to the intrusive forms of religion among them. But those who adopt these last they never persecute nor ostracize. They are tolerant, but jealous. This last word, indeed, accounts for their hostility to those who have embraced Christianity. They can tolerate, but they... dread encroach- ments which overturn all their religion. The deities upon which the most worship is bestowed, if, indeed, any particular one is nameable, are Tunkan (Inyari) the Stone God, and "Wakinyan the Thunder Bird. The latter, as being the main god of war, receives constant worship and sacrifice; whilst the adoration of the former is an every-day affair. The Tunkan, the Dakotas say, is the god that dwells in stones or rocks, and is the oldest god. lieved if, indeed, the thing ever took place to be the only instance ever known among them.
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