They are, at thfefap,© tlipe. föfe|eS tö ey^y o f'doreeftic drudgery
they drefs. the leather,-make the clt^hes’abdfhoes, weave the nets^riqfeêi
wood, ere& the t^BtSy,fgtch water, and perform^vfey^culinaryfqrvicg^ jp
that whop the dutfes of- maternal eare;are addedy i t ipilè appear »that
the life o f thefe wómenis an. uninterrupted fueeeffioe Ofs toil) and |||im
Thfe, Indeed, is the fegdk they entertain o f their own •fitrÉttèon; and,
under th^, inh^inge of^thati.feptiment, flfey.are femettwés» known >to
cleltrey- their female cbüdi'en, to favjLrihen&ftomi the milfeicb whieib -they
themfe]ve$ have fuffered. They #ife ha^e 4 ; ready w&yii hy thfi;tle of
certain hippies, of prpcqpng abortions, which they ffeb^timés^pra^ifeh
from their hatred o f the father, or to fave themfelves the trouble, which
children occafion: and, as I have been credibly informed, >thisunna-.
tural aft is repeated without any injury ’ to the healthi® the Wo toen
who perpetrate it,
The fimeraf titei^egin, like all other fblefnti ceremonials* wttffffri&k-1
ing, and are concluded by a feaft. The body is drefled in the befl habffi-
meifts pefl^ed by the deceafed, or Eisjrelations, arid is then dep.ofitfrih
in. a grave, lined with branches: feme domeftic ütenlïfe'Jlfrh'placed "on
it, and’ a kind of canopy erefted over it " During this ’ eferémdhy, ’gréSt
lamentations are made, and if the departed perfbrt is very much regretted:
the near relations cut off their hmr,‘pierêê the fteviiy'T®L-t óTtlièir-ihighs
and arms with arrows, knives/'&c. arid blacken their faces with charcoal.
I f they have diftinguiftxecf themfelves in waf, they arefometitaésdaïd’ bri a-
kind of" fcaffolding§ and I have been* informed that WOmeri, as ip the
Eaft, have been known to facrxfice themfëlvéi to the manes of their'
hufbands. The whole óf the property belonging.to the deparjed perfon
is
vs» deltr,óyedj and* the; rfelatio#s tpke |n exchange for the wearing apparel*
eosy.ragi that will covey theirnnak^<lnefs., The fpaft bellowed on the
ecc^fion^whichiSj Or at'leaft>ufed'to,h.%riepeatsedc annually, is.aecompa*
nied with eulpgiums omihe decggffed,;,and without any a&s offerocity»
Ont-the tomb are earVecfor painted th ftfy ip b # o f his tribe, which are
taken fróm the • differentrinimals of the country*^
Many, and-various arè the^moÓMfs ■ whifth^influcea^favage to engage
ip, war. T o prove his coufage,i?qr utq^ey,enj^ the-,deaths of his refer
tiorlSi spr fome • of his tribe,, by;the,m^ffaGrp of an enemy.: --If .the tribe
feel themfelves called upon to go to, w ^ tbe.eldgrscpnvepe «the people,
in order sfc&knowthe,funeral opinion. T f if.bewfoi; war,., the chief pub^
lilhes his intention.; to fmoke in thejaeye# ftem at a certa^peyxod, to
which folemnity, rqrditation and faffing are require# as preparatory^ ceremonials;.
When the people are thus* afferiibled^and the,meeting fane-
tifiedi by- fihe .cuftom of fmoking,' tfe>tohief: enlarg|^:on?the caufes which
fiavireaMed them t o g ë th f and, the neceffity o f ,thp, mca%es. ,prop.ofe.d
01» thq ocfcafien. * He then invites thofe wh^are f i l l in g to, follow
him, to- firioke Outofvttrtfe
t o l 3 of enrolment; arid if h * Ihould be th e g^nerafe opinion, that
* * grtat. for^alityyi tP[ join
|h;dp. Every individual .who attendp *befe meetings,brings foraething
wifh him, as a token of his warlike intention, or as an objeQ; ofiacrifice,
whitehv When-, the affetobly tldfelyes«, is'.Mpendpd from poles, near the
plafeoof CQrinejfe';,
i , They ha-ve, frequeps: feafts* fNM0,
,n 2 ■ ; - produce