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Article SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. ← Page 6 of 6 Article DISCIPLINE. Page 1 of 1
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Sketches Of The Manners And Customs Of The North-American Indians.
then witnessed ; even at this hour I cannot reflect on the transactions of that horrid daj- without shedding tears . '' Among the various superstitious customs of these people , it is worth remarking , and ought to have been mentioned iu its proper place , that immediately . after my companions had killed the Esquimaux at the Copper River , they considered themselves in a state of uncleannesswhich induced them to practise some vet }* curious and
, unusual ceremonies . In the first place , all who were absolutely concerned in the murder were prohibited from cooking any kind of victuals , either for themselves or others . As luckily there were two in company who had not shed blood , they were employed always , as cooks , till we joined the women . This circumstance was exceedingly favourable on my side : for had there been no persons of the
above description in company , that task , I was told , would have fallen on me ; which would have been no less fatiguing and troublesome , than humiliating and vexati-us . " When the victuals were cooked , all the murderers took a kind of red earth , or oker , and painted all the space between the nose and chin , as well as the greater part of their cheeks , almost to the e , ats , before they would taste a bit ; and would not drink out of any other d sh , or smoke out of any other pipe , but their own ; and none of the others seemed willing to drink or smoke out of theirs . "
METHOD OF CURING DISEASES BY THEIR CONJURERS . , " Several of the Indians being ill , the conjurers , who are always the doctors , and pretend to perform great cures , began to try their skill to effect their recovery .- Here it is necessary to remark that they use no medicine either for internal or external complaints , but perform all their cures by charms . In ordinary cases , sucking the
part affected , blowing , and singing to it ; haughing , spitting , and at the same time uttering a heap of unintelligible jargon , compose the whole process of tlie cure . . ' " When a friend for whom they have a particular regard is , as the )* suppose dangerously ill , beside the above methods , they have recourse to another very extraordinary piece of superstition ; which
is no less than that of pretending to swallow hatchets , ice-chissels , broad bayonets , knives , and the like ; out of a superstitious notion , that undertaking such , desperate feats will have some influence in appeasing death , and procure a respite for their patient . "
Discipline.
DISCIPLINE .
A CENTINEL at Maker Tower was interrupted in his watch by +- " - a Lady of the very first breeding- — " Who goes there ? " said the Centinei ; " you cannot pass . " " Not pass , " exclaimed the enraged Fair— "do you know who I am , fellow ! do you know that I am the Colonel ' s own Lady ! " " Thafs neither here nor there , " returned the honest military watchman ; " if you was the Colonel's own Wife , you should not walk here . "
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Sketches Of The Manners And Customs Of The North-American Indians.
then witnessed ; even at this hour I cannot reflect on the transactions of that horrid daj- without shedding tears . '' Among the various superstitious customs of these people , it is worth remarking , and ought to have been mentioned iu its proper place , that immediately . after my companions had killed the Esquimaux at the Copper River , they considered themselves in a state of uncleannesswhich induced them to practise some vet }* curious and
, unusual ceremonies . In the first place , all who were absolutely concerned in the murder were prohibited from cooking any kind of victuals , either for themselves or others . As luckily there were two in company who had not shed blood , they were employed always , as cooks , till we joined the women . This circumstance was exceedingly favourable on my side : for had there been no persons of the
above description in company , that task , I was told , would have fallen on me ; which would have been no less fatiguing and troublesome , than humiliating and vexati-us . " When the victuals were cooked , all the murderers took a kind of red earth , or oker , and painted all the space between the nose and chin , as well as the greater part of their cheeks , almost to the e , ats , before they would taste a bit ; and would not drink out of any other d sh , or smoke out of any other pipe , but their own ; and none of the others seemed willing to drink or smoke out of theirs . "
METHOD OF CURING DISEASES BY THEIR CONJURERS . , " Several of the Indians being ill , the conjurers , who are always the doctors , and pretend to perform great cures , began to try their skill to effect their recovery .- Here it is necessary to remark that they use no medicine either for internal or external complaints , but perform all their cures by charms . In ordinary cases , sucking the
part affected , blowing , and singing to it ; haughing , spitting , and at the same time uttering a heap of unintelligible jargon , compose the whole process of tlie cure . . ' " When a friend for whom they have a particular regard is , as the )* suppose dangerously ill , beside the above methods , they have recourse to another very extraordinary piece of superstition ; which
is no less than that of pretending to swallow hatchets , ice-chissels , broad bayonets , knives , and the like ; out of a superstitious notion , that undertaking such , desperate feats will have some influence in appeasing death , and procure a respite for their patient . "
Discipline.
DISCIPLINE .
A CENTINEL at Maker Tower was interrupted in his watch by +- " - a Lady of the very first breeding- — " Who goes there ? " said the Centinei ; " you cannot pass . " " Not pass , " exclaimed the enraged Fair— "do you know who I am , fellow ! do you know that I am the Colonel ' s own Lady ! " " Thafs neither here nor there , " returned the honest military watchman ; " if you was the Colonel's own Wife , you should not walk here . "