Virtues

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

Among Ioway-Otoe traditional culture, any enemy (ukihje) who made it into
the village and entered the home of an IOM was considered to have safe
refuge, and was fed & offered hospitality.  In the same manner, any
aggrieved IOM charged with offening another, could seek refuge & sanctity
of the Sacred Pipe, asking that it be offered to the threatening
distressed person(s), whom would be obligated to accept it.  As such,
early day explorers & traders used/ displayed a Sacred Pipe to various
unknown tribes, to secure safe passage.
In a family way, a child who makes it to the safe refuge of the
grandparent, would not be further hassled by the parent.
nat^udan = to pity (heart depressed towards)
Nat^u'hinradan	=  You pity me.
Nat^u'hindanñye =  I am pitied (Literally:  "they pity me").
Nat^u'rigradan	=  I pity you, my own one.
Nat^u'kikidanwi	=  They (dual) pity one another.

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:38:00 -0600 (MDT) Koontz John E
<John.Koontz at colorado.edu> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 bi1 at soas.ac.uk wrote:
>
> > In the connection of virtues the wors wauNs^ilapi or wowauns^ila
> > which in biblical contexts comes to mean 'mercifulness', 'mercy'
> is
> > probabbly just general 'kindness' and seems to be one virtue often
> > referred to or the absence of it.  It may in a nomadic society
> imply
> > quite often 'hospitality' I suppose.
>
> Thanks, Bruce!  This seems like a plausible suggesion.  With that
> hint, I
> recall that the Omaha-Ponca texts refer the feeding of strangers or
> enemies frequently as a sign that they were treated well and no
> killed.
> A variety of terms are used:
>
> niN'tta gigaNdha 'to desire someone to live'
> iu'gdhaN=khidhe 'to cause to put (food) in the mouth'
> dhathe=khidhe 'to cause to eat'
>
> In one story certain Pawnees tell others not kill a visitor because
> 'he
> has finished eating, finished drinking, finished smoking'.
>
> In at least some of the stories, it is specifically the role of the
> woman
> of the house to feed the guest or petitioner in situations like
> this.
>
> 'To be merciful; to pity' is dha?e=...dhe (a causative).
>
> JEK
>