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Le Moyne Gallery: Detail Views Part 7

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Plate XXX. A fortified village. Guard houses are located at the entrance. The houses had no windows. The large council house at the center of the village was also probably round, not rectangular as show in this illustration.

Detailed view of houses from plate XXX.

Detailed view of the large council house from plate XXX.

Detailed view of of houses from plate XXX.

Detailed view of a guard house from plate XXX.

Detailed view of a guard house from plate XXX.

Detailed view of archers from plate XXX.

Detailed view of plants from plate XXX.

Plate XXXI. Setting an enemy's village on fire. The thatched roofs were an easy target for arrows with flaming moss attached.

Detailed view of houses set on fire from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of houses set on fire from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of archers with flame arrows from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of archers with flame arrows from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of archers with flame arrows from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of an archer from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of an archer from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of an archer from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of an archer from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of trees from plate XXXI.

Detailed view of trees from plate XXXI.

Plate XXXIII. How war was declared. The Native Americans would plant arrows with locks of hair attached outside the village of the enemy.

Detailed view of a village from plate XXXIII.

Detailed view of a Native American planting arrows with locks of hair attached from plate XXXIII.

Detailed view of a Native American planting arrows with locks of hair attached from plate XXXIII.

Detailed view of a Native American planting arrows with locks of hair attached from plate XXXIII.

Detailed view of a Native American planting arrows with locks of hair attached from plate XXXIII.

Detailed view of a Native American planting arrows with locks of hair attached from plate XXXIII.

Plate XXXIV. The sacrifice of the first-born son. The mother would cover her face as the child was brought to the chief by another woman. Other women would dance in a circle. When the dancing ended, a warrior would club the child to death on the tree stump.

Detailed view of onlookers from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of onlookers from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of an onlooker from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of a warrior with a club awaiting the arrival of the first-born son from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of a mother covering her face as another woman brings her first-born son to the chief from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of women dancing in a circle from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of women dancing in a circle from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of a woman carrying the first-born son to be sacrificed from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of women dancing in a circle from plate XXXIV.

Detailed view of women dancing in a circle from plate XXXIV.

 

 

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