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The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians pp 190–221Cite as

“Otinontsiskiaj ondaon” (“The House of Cut-Off Heads”)

The History and Archaeology of Northern Iroquoian Trophy Taking

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In the winter of 1623–1624, Gabriel Sagard, a Recollet friar, visited the country of the Huron in what is now southern Ontario and wrote the following passage based on a series of encounters the Huron had with their enemies:

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    RICHARD J. CHACON

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WILLIAMSON, R. (2007). “Otinontsiskiaj ondaon” (“The House of Cut-Off Heads”). In: CHACON, R.J., Dye, D.H. (eds) The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians. INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48303-0_9

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