The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life

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The Cheyenne young women and young girls always wore the protective rope, and most of them still do so. This is a small rope or line which passes about the waist, is knotted in front, passes down and backward between the thighs, and each branch is wound around the thigh down nearly to the knee. The wearing of this rope is somewhat confining, yet those who wear it can walk freely. It is worn always at night and during the day when women go abroad.

It is a complete protection to the woman wearing it and is assumed by girls as soon as the period of puberty is reached. All men, young and old, respect this rope, and anyone violating it would certainly be killed by the male relations of the girl.1

1Grinnell, G.B.n/an/an/an/a, , 1: 131 (Yale University Press. By permission).

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Chicago: "The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life," The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed November 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSNRF731AFL4K4X.

MLA: . "The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life." The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life, Vol. 1, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 28 Nov. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSNRF731AFL4K4X.

Harvard: , 'The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life' in The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 28 November 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSNRF731AFL4K4X.