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REV. LEEK TELLS OF LIFE AMONG THE INDIANSEarly History of the Chippewa Tribe, Among Whom the Reverend Gentleman Spent Two Years as Missionary.iRes*. William IV.Lsek, pastor nf the Fht JT E, church, delivered a lecture on the. .Chippewa. Indians'1 at Lb* Bo than y M. E. church at the comet* of Four- 1 i tecnth and Racine streets In* fori* a largo audience lust evening. Perhaps there is not u better posted man In The city than Rev. Leek on this subject, 'ho lumng spoilt two yearn among them us a mis* 1 sionary.Rev. Leek told of their trait*, and customs how ttit*v lived mill liuw they buried their dead. In his address Rev. Leek declared that he though: tHo Chippewa* the most savage tribe in Che country in their day as well as the mosi characteristic.‘’The Chippewas,** declared the pastor, ‘•always picked out the most beautiful s]k)L possible in burying their dead member* and the Indian mounds we sec in various parts today indicate the last renting plane of some brave. Resides tHo mound the Chippewa* always erected n |H)te nver the grave \s*itH the animal j ^ re presea ting the family name nf the de-J pt. 144i ‘ceased on i:. The pole contains a hole I Or Ihe two spirits of the Indian to get in and out. ft* was their belief. One spirit watched over the body according i [. to the red man. while the other roamed about the eurth.”Rev. Leek declared that the lirst names of the men were taken from heavenly -bodies, such as Rising Saui, Mopti. and Ruin* in* the-Face, while tin* family names WOVC taken from earthly things,’ w isuch as running ^Vate, and the names of : g flowers and plants.iIn all the address was vorv Interest innr*anti the evening program was made complete. -with a number of voe.d ami instrumental selections.FAREWELL MEETINGtlflt;if
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sat, May 28, 1910
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