sweathouse
Americannoun
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sweathouses
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This is not the hundred-willow sweathouse and is the fifth sweathouse, if it were counted.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
Should there be more than one medicine woman, another sweathouse is made on the east side of the camp circle and the others grouped around them equally.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
The curtains are raised and four more songs are sung; the sweathouse is opened and four songs are sung, until the sixteen have been completed.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
The two medicinemen only wear a robe and moccasins when they go into the sweathouse.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
The men enter the sweathouse, while the two women go to the west side and sit down facing the east.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
Some informants said turip itself had 8 houses and 3 sweathouses.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
But one of the hundred-willow sweathouses is now made—the one on the third day.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
He directed Morningstar and Scar Face to build four sweathouses, standing side by side, with their entrances facing east.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
Three more moves of the entire camp and three more sweathouses must be made.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
"One informant said there were seven houses and two sweathouses."
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
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