{"product_id":"2940014921091","title":"The Life \u0026 Times of Black Hawk","description":"Originally published in 1838, this book details the Black Hawk War, and the Life \u0026amp; Times of Black Hawk, Keokuk, and the Sacs \u0026amp; Fox Indians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the social or family relations of the Sauks and Foxes, it is considered the duty of the men to hunt and clothe their wives and children—to purchase arms and the implements of husbandry so far as they use them—to make canoes and assist in rowing them—to hunt and drive their horses, make saddles, \u0026amp;c. \u0026amp;c. The duties of the women, are to skin the game when brought home and prepare the skins for market, to cook, to make .the camp, cut and carry wood, make moccasins, plant and gather the corn, beans and pumpkins, and do all the drudgery connected with the domestic affairs. It is the commonly received opinion among the whites that the female Indians are the slaves of their husbands. This is not literally true. The men seldom make their wives feel their authority: as a general rule among the Sauks and Foxes, they live happily together. The wives take the liberty of scolding their husbands, very frequently, and it is considered by both parties that everything in the family, except the war and hunting implements, belongs to the wife, and she may do with it as she pleases. The men may each have two or three, or even more wives. They generally prefer to take sisters, as they agree better together in the same lodge: the eldest usually regulates all the domestic affairs of the family and has charge of the property belonging to it. The men turn off their wives and the latter leave their husbands whenever they become discontented. While living together, the women are generally faithful to their husbands. The daughters seldom leave their mothers until they are married, which usually occurs when they are about fourteen or fifteen years of age. The parents of an Indian girl are generally conciliated by presents from her lover, but they may insist upon servitude from him, which sometimes runs throughout one, two or three years. There is no particular marriage ceremony among them, beyond that of the contract between the parents or parties. A young Sauk lover is represented as a silly looking fellow, who can neither eat, drink or sleep—he ap¬pears to be deranged, and with all the pains he takes to conceal his passion, his malady is still apparent to his friends. The faithfulness of this sketch, will hardly be questioned, when the close analogy which it bears to a pale-faced lover, is recalled to mind. The Stinks and Foxes, when pinched with hunger, will eat almost any kind of meat, but prefer venison and bear's meat to all other; they never eat it unless cooked. They make much use of corn, beans and pumpkins, and annually raise considerable quantities. They are not fond of fish and seldom eat them if they can procure other kinds of food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are but three kinds of musical instruments used among these tribes. The drum, which is heat at their feasts, dances and games, the tambourin, and a kind of flageolet, made of cane or two pieces of soft wood hollowed out and fastened together with strips of leather. Their tunes are always on a flat key, have but few variations and are mostly of a melancholy character. According to Mr. Atwater, who visited those residing near Rock Island, in 1829, the Sacs and Foxes have \"tunes evidently of French origin, and some songs of considerable length.\"These Indians have among them, what answers to the Italian Improvisatori who make songs for particular occasions.\" The same writer says, \"the Sauks and Foxes have a considerable number of songs, suited to a great many occasions in their own language.\" He further adds, \"Among the Indians of the Upper Mississippi, the Sauks and Foxes are decidedly the best actors, and have the greatest variety of plays among them.\" In common with the Indian tribes generally, they have a variety of athletic games, in which both the men and women join. They are addicted to cards and other games of chance, and often het very high.","brand":"history-bytes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121200283888,"sku":"2940014921091","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014921091_p0.jpg?v=1763625356","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014921091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}