Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief Memoirs Of Mr. Spillard, The Pedestrian.
Oucheta Muddy River , the Acomashee , or the River of the Mene S £ River , and Black River , with the Oucheta , falls into it just tWenty leagues from the Mississippi . The Red River water is very unwholesome , from its salt taste ; it is also very muddy and rapid Mr Spillard is the first person who has ever taken'a draught ot this river from its source , from the mountains of Santafee , to its the Mississi distancewith its windingslittle
junction with ppi , a , , short of 4000 miles . . . . . We are sorry to hear that this gentleman , 111 attempting to ge to England , has been twice capturedby French privateers , out of Charlestown and stripped of every thing valuable about him , but had the good ' fortune to save his fournat and notes , whichare intended fhortly for publication . He came to England in His Majesty s . ship the Thisbe , through the recommendation of his Royal Highness prince Edward , at Flalifax .
Process Of Scalping Among The North American Indians.
PROCESS OF SCALPING AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS .
C C ALPING is a mode of torture peculiar to the Indians . If a blow 5 is riven with the tomahawk previous to the scalp being taken off , it is followed by instant death ; but where scalping only is inflicted 11 uTs the person to excruciating pain , though death does not always ensue . There are instances of persons of both sexes now living m America , and no doubt in other countries , who , after having been late of silver tin the crown of their head
scabed by wearing a p or on , totep it from the ° cold , enjoy a good state of health , and are seldom ^ er ^ flndian strikes a person on the temple with a tonvahwk , the victim instantly drops ; he then seizes his hair with one hand . ht to separate the skin from the head and
twIstiU it very tig together , En / his knee o ° n the ° breast , with the other he draws the scalping knife from the sheath , and cuts the skin round the forehead , pulling it off with his teeth . As he is very dexterous , the operation is generally performed in two minutes . The scalp is then extended on t eeCps , dried in the siin , and rubbed over with vermilion . Some of the Indians in time of war , when scalps are well paid for six and them to the nearest post
fie one into five or parts , carry , in hones of receiving a reward proportionate to the iiumbei . . When the scalp is taken from the head of one of their own peop e , they frequently make the dead body of advantage to hem by dre si Pit up and painting it with vermilion ; they then place it against a tree W " th weapons in ° its hand , to induce the Indians to suppose it an enemy on the * watch ; and round the body they set spears m the F 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief Memoirs Of Mr. Spillard, The Pedestrian.
Oucheta Muddy River , the Acomashee , or the River of the Mene S £ River , and Black River , with the Oucheta , falls into it just tWenty leagues from the Mississippi . The Red River water is very unwholesome , from its salt taste ; it is also very muddy and rapid Mr Spillard is the first person who has ever taken'a draught ot this river from its source , from the mountains of Santafee , to its the Mississi distancewith its windingslittle
junction with ppi , a , , short of 4000 miles . . . . . We are sorry to hear that this gentleman , 111 attempting to ge to England , has been twice capturedby French privateers , out of Charlestown and stripped of every thing valuable about him , but had the good ' fortune to save his fournat and notes , whichare intended fhortly for publication . He came to England in His Majesty s . ship the Thisbe , through the recommendation of his Royal Highness prince Edward , at Flalifax .
Process Of Scalping Among The North American Indians.
PROCESS OF SCALPING AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS .
C C ALPING is a mode of torture peculiar to the Indians . If a blow 5 is riven with the tomahawk previous to the scalp being taken off , it is followed by instant death ; but where scalping only is inflicted 11 uTs the person to excruciating pain , though death does not always ensue . There are instances of persons of both sexes now living m America , and no doubt in other countries , who , after having been late of silver tin the crown of their head
scabed by wearing a p or on , totep it from the ° cold , enjoy a good state of health , and are seldom ^ er ^ flndian strikes a person on the temple with a tonvahwk , the victim instantly drops ; he then seizes his hair with one hand . ht to separate the skin from the head and
twIstiU it very tig together , En / his knee o ° n the ° breast , with the other he draws the scalping knife from the sheath , and cuts the skin round the forehead , pulling it off with his teeth . As he is very dexterous , the operation is generally performed in two minutes . The scalp is then extended on t eeCps , dried in the siin , and rubbed over with vermilion . Some of the Indians in time of war , when scalps are well paid for six and them to the nearest post
fie one into five or parts , carry , in hones of receiving a reward proportionate to the iiumbei . . When the scalp is taken from the head of one of their own peop e , they frequently make the dead body of advantage to hem by dre si Pit up and painting it with vermilion ; they then place it against a tree W " th weapons in ° its hand , to induce the Indians to suppose it an enemy on the * watch ; and round the body they set spears m the F 2