jossakeed

Now, there was a jossakeed (priest) who had a wonderful rod, and he said that he would lead them.

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Anonymous

"You must travel," said the jossakeed, "as long as the rod directs you pointing to the direction in which you must go, but when the rod ceases to point, and stands upright, then you must live there."

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Anonymous

The Navajo, Ojibwas, and Dakotah Indians have a multiplicity of spirits, both evil and good, filling all space, which can be communicated with only after due preparation by the persons who have power to do so, i.e., medé or jossakeed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Again the jossakeed, or jugglers, form a distinct class with no system of initiation, e.g., an individual announces himself a jossakeed and performs feats of magic in substantiation of his claim.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

A _jossakeed_ is an inspired prophet who derives his power directly from the higher spirits, and not as the

The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

The Algonkins had three such grades, the _waubeno_, the _meda_, and the _jossakeed_, the last being the highest.

The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Chusco [67] (muskrat), the old prophet or jossakeed of the Ottawa nation, had told me of his presence at Greenville, at the treaty, while a young man, al [67] with others of his tribe.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

This is a point incidentally brought out, in the examination of the aged converted jossakeed, or prophet of the Ottawa nation, called Chusco.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

Mozojeed, the principal man, was a tall, not portly, red-mouthed, and pucker-mouthed man, [61] with an unusual amount of cunning and sagacity, and exercising an unlimited popularity by his skill and reputation as a jossakeed, or seer.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

I sent the interpreter and farmers of the Department to perform the funeral rites for Chusco, the Ottawa jossakeed, who died yesterday at the house erected for him on Round Island.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851