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Of the Garments of the Laplanders. 111
France-, thefe men the women meet, and fingOlmai Potti Stveregijlandi,
Po-tandi, Engelandi, Frankjckii, Kalka Kauhfis laigit touii tiadnat, i.e. you
men that come from Swedland, Poland, England, .or France ; we will bind
your legs with a red lift, and So they do. But iS we believe Samuel
flAfcnthe Drummer divides the mens part to every one an equal portion.
When all the meat is eaten, they gather up the bones, and bury them
together ; then the Captain hangs up the skin upon a pole, for the women
blindfolded to Shoot at, they Singing all the while Batt Olmai Potti Smcre*
gijlat.di, Pulandi, Ingelandi, Frankichis, i. e- we will Shcotat him that came
from Swedland, &c. but lhe that hits it firft gets the molt credit, and they
believe her husband Will have the beft fortune in killing of the next Bear.
She is alfo obliged to work in cloth with wire as many croSTes as there are
Bears kill’d, and hang them upon every one of the hunters necks, which
they muft wear three whole daies. It is theopinon of the aforefaid Author,
that all the women do the Same, and the men wear them Sour daies: he Saies
alSo that the Raindeer that brought home the Bear muft have one croSs. I
cannot as yet find any other reafon of this ceremony, but that they SuppoSe
theSe croSTes to be preservatives aginft all the dammages they can receive
from the Gods of the Woods for killing their Bear: Sbr to this day they
are of the opinion that Some Gods have taken charge of fomebealts, f
Specially oSthe Bear, becauSe he in this country is King over all the reft.
After the time of abstinence is exSpired, theclofeoS all this folemnity, is the
mens returning to their wives, which is thus; All after one another take hold
ofthat rope, to which they hang their Kettle,and dance thrice roundihe fire,
and fo run out ofthe mens Tent into the womens, where they are met with
thisfong, TodniBalka Kaino dggio, we will thro a Shovel full of aShes upon
your legs. Samuel Rheeni’peaking of this cuftome, faiesthe men muft not
goto their wives till it be done, as if it were an expiation Sor their unclear
neSs in killing a Bear. Thus you See with how many Laws and Superftitions
they Hunt this Beaft, fome of which are common in hunting ofothers, as
the not admittingwomen to the fport, and debarring them from touching
the prey w hen ft is taken, as alfo that the men return home through the
back door. And here ’tis obfervable that they never carry in Beafts, Birds,
or FiShes, but threw them in before them, without doubt out of Superstition
that they may feem to drop from Heaven and be fent by providence: tho
moft of them know not the original of fuchfuperftitious ceremonies, but
only follow the example of their forefathers. In fine nothing is accounted
here a greater credit or honor to a man then the killing of a Bear, and
therefore they have public marks for it, every one lacing his cap with as many
wires as he has kill’d Bears.
I come now to their fowling, which is proper alfo to men, and is alterable
according to the time of year or largnefs of the fowl, for in the Suinmef
they shoot altogether,but in the Winter catch in Snares and Springes,
efpecially the Lagofut call’d by the Swedes S niter if er. They make kind of hedges
with abundance of holes in them, in whichthey fetSpringes, fo that this
Bird being moft upon the ground, and running about, is ealily caught in
them: as for the taking of other Birds there is nothing worth a particular
obfervation.
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