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Curious Account Of The Characters, Customs, And Manners, Of The Savages Of Cape Breton.
w ^ iTidaces frequented by unexperienced young people ; and coun ' e fHdn ' he cries of animals , they impose upou . the ^ . mpnc y of Sr enemies , so as to overpower them ^ P- * orce or by , - nin . r Formerly their wars were never ended but by tlK . Lo . ai uc r ^ ionTthe conquered party . True it is , that we have made 50 ^ - alteration in their manner of fig hting , which was not perhaps bit still they far from following ours .
rh » vors in ti ,, world ; are Th- ' rea serv ce we have done them , is to inspire them with horrour tr ihst he barbarities they used to commit ag . unst a conquered enZy ; barbarities which , though invented to remove unjust quarrelWlid but perpetuate their an . mosit . es and hatred . cured them of the follor divination and
We hav- likewise y rescued them from the terrible subjection they were under to die Sice and knavery of their jugglers . I know not whe her hey Eve obligation Jus for the changes we luve erfected in their manners . I am apt to think that their customs were as good a , oiu * , and better suited to their own ideas . The Savages , though naturally very amorous , were accustomed , as to
ichowever to enter into marriage m sucn a manner , , cosine their pleasure to their interest . As soon as the parents had determined that a youth was of proper age to marry , they settled t . ie Samong themselves , and spoke in the following - «» - < Go IK » W , and lig ht thy p ipe , day and night , in the co . tage o . t . v . i . - tended father-in-law ; be careful that the smoke of it goes Lowa . ds her who is intended to be thy spouse ; and be sure to an i . iis . ic a
manner that she ' shall take a pleasure in this fumigation , and desire See to let her raise it herself Shew thyself worthy of our nation ; do honour to thy sex and to thy . youth , by providing nat none , belonging to the cottage thou art going to , shall want e , ther for necessaries or conveniences . But particularly be sure to exe . t thy w . iole attention in the service of her who is to be one day thy companion be loyed finding provisions toher
I-t thv bow and arrows emp m , , with the necessary quantity of ore and furs , four winters are allowed thee to make a trial of thy fidelity and resolution . I He young man , without making any answer to this speech , betook himself to the appointed cottage . His mistress , bemg apprised of us intentions lent him a favourable ear , at first from civility ; and Men , ir he her mind to him by asking for
proved agreeable to her , she signified his pioe of which she made no other use than by puffing the smoke into his nostrils . This agreeable declaration would sometimes cause the lover to fall quite sick to the ground : still it was a declaration ot love ; and in whatever manner he is informed that his passion meets with a return , it must be attended with pleasure . On the part of the bride this was not all ; she would tie up the hair of her beloved , and dye his face with colours most pleasing to her own fancy . On tins
occasion she would display that skill , in which the Indian women ex , cr-1 , of pricking such mark ' s in the skin of her lover , as are relative to their amours ; and would suit her fancy in ehusmg that part of his body which seemed the best adapted to dq honour to , her own ingenuity .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of The Characters, Customs, And Manners, Of The Savages Of Cape Breton.
w ^ iTidaces frequented by unexperienced young people ; and coun ' e fHdn ' he cries of animals , they impose upou . the ^ . mpnc y of Sr enemies , so as to overpower them ^ P- * orce or by , - nin . r Formerly their wars were never ended but by tlK . Lo . ai uc r ^ ionTthe conquered party . True it is , that we have made 50 ^ - alteration in their manner of fig hting , which was not perhaps bit still they far from following ours .
rh » vors in ti ,, world ; are Th- ' rea serv ce we have done them , is to inspire them with horrour tr ihst he barbarities they used to commit ag . unst a conquered enZy ; barbarities which , though invented to remove unjust quarrelWlid but perpetuate their an . mosit . es and hatred . cured them of the follor divination and
We hav- likewise y rescued them from the terrible subjection they were under to die Sice and knavery of their jugglers . I know not whe her hey Eve obligation Jus for the changes we luve erfected in their manners . I am apt to think that their customs were as good a , oiu * , and better suited to their own ideas . The Savages , though naturally very amorous , were accustomed , as to
ichowever to enter into marriage m sucn a manner , , cosine their pleasure to their interest . As soon as the parents had determined that a youth was of proper age to marry , they settled t . ie Samong themselves , and spoke in the following - «» - < Go IK » W , and lig ht thy p ipe , day and night , in the co . tage o . t . v . i . - tended father-in-law ; be careful that the smoke of it goes Lowa . ds her who is intended to be thy spouse ; and be sure to an i . iis . ic a
manner that she ' shall take a pleasure in this fumigation , and desire See to let her raise it herself Shew thyself worthy of our nation ; do honour to thy sex and to thy . youth , by providing nat none , belonging to the cottage thou art going to , shall want e , ther for necessaries or conveniences . But particularly be sure to exe . t thy w . iole attention in the service of her who is to be one day thy companion be loyed finding provisions toher
I-t thv bow and arrows emp m , , with the necessary quantity of ore and furs , four winters are allowed thee to make a trial of thy fidelity and resolution . I He young man , without making any answer to this speech , betook himself to the appointed cottage . His mistress , bemg apprised of us intentions lent him a favourable ear , at first from civility ; and Men , ir he her mind to him by asking for
proved agreeable to her , she signified his pioe of which she made no other use than by puffing the smoke into his nostrils . This agreeable declaration would sometimes cause the lover to fall quite sick to the ground : still it was a declaration ot love ; and in whatever manner he is informed that his passion meets with a return , it must be attended with pleasure . On the part of the bride this was not all ; she would tie up the hair of her beloved , and dye his face with colours most pleasing to her own fancy . On tins
occasion she would display that skill , in which the Indian women ex , cr-1 , of pricking such mark ' s in the skin of her lover , as are relative to their amours ; and would suit her fancy in ehusmg that part of his body which seemed the best adapted to dq honour to , her own ingenuity .