Motif
captured enemy weapons displayed as memorial
captured_enemy_weapons_displayed_as_memorial
A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
native american plains
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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7837-7876 confidence: high
The people capture the enemy’s bows and several people, follow the enemy, and kill many the next day.
The enemy’s bows and arrows are taken and set up on a high hill, with one bow in the middle and others resting on it.
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