| 单词 | scalp lock |
| 例句 | Now, researchers have used badly fragmented DNA from Sitting Bull’s scalp lock—a short braid kept for ceremonial purposes—to confirm that a Sioux man from South Dakota is the storied chief’s great-grandson. Lock of Sitting Bull’s hair confirms grandson’s identity 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Those fellows over there are barely sticking their scalp locks over the trenches. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The tribes who occupied the eastern part of the United States, wore their hair clipped short like the Chinamen, excepting that instead of a queue, there was a scalp lock which they adorned with feathers. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z At this time the Pawnees wore their hair in the ancient fashion, cut as the Osages wear theirs; the whole head was shaved except a roach running back from the forehead beyond the scalp lock. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z Their grim and painted visages, close shaven crowns, scalp locks, and gaudy feathers, appeared through the medium of the red and flickering light reflected from the water, in horrible distinctness. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z After Sitting Bull was shot and killed in 1890 on what is now the Standing Rock Reservation, an Army doctor took the chief’s leggings and scalp lock without permission. Lock of Sitting Bull’s hair confirms grandson’s identity 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z How savage the narrow sloping forehead, and the high fleshless cheek bones, smeared with fantastic daubs of paint, and surmounted with suggestive scalp lock, conspicuously adorned with gay feathers and stiff quills. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z White Otter, however, wore a single eagle feather in his scalp lock. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z Mr. Dunbar states that “the tribal mark of the Pawnees in their pictographic or historic painting was the scalp lock dressed to stand nearly erect, or curving slightly backward something like a horn.” Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z All heads were shaven clean except for the scalp lock, which was decorated with a single feather of the red heron. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z There were savages, too, and I shook hands with a Red Indian, with all his war paint gleaming, the scalp locks to awe me, and the feathers standing fiercely erect. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Though he was unfamiliar with western Indians, Joe had heard that war parties bedecked their cheeks with war paint and wore scalp locks. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z My conspiracy won’t exactly separate O. H. Trabue from his scalp lock, but it may pull some pet feathers out of his war bonnet. The Law of Hemlock Mountain From this roach the scalp lock fell back in its natural position. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z Forgetting the urgent need to reach the canoes, he felt with his hand for the Chippeway's scalp lock. Hawk Eye The warrior's right his scalp lock to adorn With eagle plumes in battle he had won.—Stanza ix. An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem "At him!" croaked the priest, a thin man in a radiant blue-green robe, the double scalp lock waving like twin plumes on his shaven head. The Buttoned Sky The warriors shaved off all their hair except one lock, which was called the scalp lock. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read The single feather in each scalp lock was pure white with a vivid red tip. Call Him Savage The fierce Winnebagoes, with tall eagle feathers in their scalp locks, rush upon the bayonets, attempt to push them aside, and cut down the men. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 This consisted in plucking out the hair of his head, all but a tuft, or scalp lock, to which coloured feathers were tied. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Some distance away, a priest walked slowly, head bent, his double scalp lock flopping down over the radiant blue-green robe. The Buttoned Sky Did you expect them to wear scalp locks? Across the Mesa It was a savage warrior, tall, naked, save for the breech cloth, his face and body thick with war paint, the single scalp lock standing up defiantly. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods His head was thrown back as if in defiance, and above it rose a single red feather twined in the scalp lock. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand “I’ll take the big fellow with the waving scalp lock,” he said. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness The scalp lock was an emblem of chivalry. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Ernest began twisting his scalp lock again and Carol hitched up his suspenders to keep up his courage. Chicken Little Jane At last the scalp lock appeared above the bushes and four hearts sank. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Here and there were feathers which had fallen from the scalp locks of the men or the braids of the women. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand They were decorated with many painted devices and trophies of the chase, and in front of each of them was a high totem pole from which grim-looking scalp locks and skulls and bones were suspended. Kiddie the Scout Some of them clutched at their scalp locks, as if to make sure of their continued existence. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow He was so proud of himself that he walked around like a great chief, who wears a war shirt with many scalp locks on it. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children That feather, he knew was interwoven with a scalp lock, and, as the slope of the bank there was gradual, he was sure that they were coming. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods A red blanket hung over his shoulder, and a single red feather rose aloft in the defiant scalp lock. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand So they sent out to get a large scalp lock and they put it on top of Pole for hair. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Above it, very slowly and cautiously, there rose first an eagle's feather, then a coarse black scalp lock, then a high forehead and fierce eyes. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Poe held Big Foot under the water so long that he thought he must be dead, but the moment he loosed his hold upon his scalp lock, the Wyandot renewed the fight. Stories Of Ohio He saw another scalp lock appear, then another and another, until they were eight in all. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods From every head rose a bright feather twined in the defiant scalp lock. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Leaning over him, she smoothed his hair lightly with her two hands, curling about her fingers the obstinate scalp lock that always would stand forth from his crown. Terry A Tale of the Hill People It burnished the high forehead and scalp lock of the Indian, and made to gleam intensely the gold earring in the ear of the mulatto. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Through his scalp lock was stuck an eagle’s feather; across his face, from temple to chin, was a bar of red paint; the eyes above were very bright and watchful. The Literary World Seventh Reader He looked down and saw a bit of feather, dropped no doubt from some defiant scalp lock. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky Further on was a feather trimmed and dyed that had fallen from a scalp lock, and beyond that, a blanket discarded as too old and ragged lay rotting. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand From their girdles hung fresh scalp locks which their silent Monachan owners did not miss. The Princess Pocahontas About it lie the Ricahecrians, the moccasins of one touching the scalp lock of another. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He was a bald Indian with one small scalp lock. Lazarre Their faces were hideous with war paint and their coarse black hair rose in the defiant scalp lock. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky Then they saw the bronze faces with the scalp lock above them, peering forth. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand They were savages in every aspect—painted and garbed like them, and with their hair drawn up in the defiant scalp lock. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky As he spoke he looked proudly at the scalp lock hanging from his shoulder, for he and his companions has just been out on the war path. Timid Hare I wanted to take him by the scalp lock and drag him around on the floor. Lazarre There were those who bore strings of beads and strips of fur, even the prized treasures of the tufted scalp locks, whose tresses, combed smooth, were adorned with colored cloth and feathers. The Mississippi Bubble His equipment for its conquest had been meager—some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness. Scattergood Baines "We'll go in over our eyebrows, too,—and stand on our toes long as we can, to keep our scalp locks showing above water!" The Phantom Herd Here each tried to drown the other, and Andrew catching the chief by the scalp lock held his head under the water until his faint struggles ceased. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Small bunches of owl or grouse feathers were sometimes tied to the scalp locks. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People As the person grows older and capable of looking after himself this precaution is not so important, although many people wear the scalp lock or sacred topknot through life. Modern India Their head-dress consisted of red dyed horse-hair, tied in such manner to the scalp lock as to present the shape of the decoration of a Roman helmet. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers In the morning when they arose, the sister always combed their long black silken scalp locks and painted the circle around the scalp lock a bright vermillion. Myths and Legends of the Sioux Their scalp locks, helmet crests, and eagles' plumes had all disappeared. Tales for Young and Old The men, however, spent a great deal of time brushing, braiding, and ornamenting their scalp locks. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People His scalp lock is most artistic, and undoubtedly kept in order by a squaw. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 A single ragged frond hung from his scalp lock. The Hidden Children This, of course, was the 'scalp lock,' so suggestive now of the horrors of Indian warfare, but meaning nothing to the explorer. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier Dead Indians lay among their own young corn, their scalp locks taken. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground Then he stepped from the shadow of the wall and moved past us through the sunshine that turned the eagle feather in his scalp lock to gold. To Have and to Hold His hair was roped on each side and hung in front, and the scalp lock on top was made conspicuous by the usual long feather stuck through it. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 For years the trails leading to their camp were marked by the bones of teamsters and broken wagons, and the trees were decked with the drying scalp locks of women and children. Drift from Two Shores The two long scalp locks were twisted up into balls upon the crown of the head in the same way that the individual had worn them during life. Typee Every head had been clean-shaven except where the scalp lock bristled like a porcupine's quills. Betty Zane Their headdresses were tall and wonderful, their leggings and moccasins fringed with scalp locks; their hatchets glinted in the sunshine, and their quivers were stuck full of arrows. To Have and to Hold In his scalp lock was fastened a number of eagle feathers, and of course he wore two or three necklaces of beads and wampum. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 He saw their scalp locks, the rifles in their hands, and their bare chests shining bronze in the glow. The Scouts of the Valley They saw Indian signs, once a feather that had fallen from a scalp lock, once footprints, and once the bone of a deer recently thrown away by him who had eaten the meat from it. The Scouts of the Valley His head was not bare, disclosing the scalp lock, like those of the other Indians; it was covered instead with a small hat of felt, round and laced. The Scouts of the Valley Over his breast, stained with strange figures, hung a chain of small bones, and the scalp locks of his enemies fringed his moccasins. To Have and to Hold |
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