T H E P E L EW I SL..A M D S.
thofe were th e ’ heads o f lome ‘ö ïv th e -Ghièfs.— T h is affair
appeared"nibt to 'ha^hdiappèrred v erynl<|B'|h before, as,vt h e ''
materials'b f the’ höüfes^whiotóh.adi be enfh e ftrd y cd lo oked:
ItilL" rather- frefh, f to rw e re ovef-g^ow n 'w ith wièidsjHat,that,
time .J—In th e-e ye riing the y renewed their|na;erriment, which,
continued till? midnight,: when<thby;£went to f f f t .
The morning was uffiered in. w ith new dances^«;. A f t e r Saturdayu.
hréakfaft there Was‘much Keayy, rain with „thunder;!and*-
lightriihg‘;fin the: 'afternoon',the: weather, clearing*.rthe»©id
Èüpaek o f the place came down to the raifed fquare pavement,
which- was at one end of? theygreat h^afcyWjh^gi^i^r
peöplè- W.èié ;;ffieVas’b rought cffi^aTboard'h ung• with gfro pe
at Wch end, and Camedf b y four? menAftd^heOTa^fe^tetl,'.' ? J
a meffenger came and fpoke to A bba T hullej who immediately
faid fomething to the Rupacks in the great houfe,
and'fhfey all went out onf th e pavementy.audr<eated them-
felves with much refpeft; A rea T hulle alfo quitted the
houfe,.leaving hone but the RngiiJhnn.iïxX yet did not go to
the old Riipack, or take any notice o f the ceremony carrying .
'ön, bu t fat I down u nd e r a tree,: wh ere h eu p uld not be ob- ,
ferved, and amufed h im fe lf in making the handle o f a
hatchet.— A fte r fame time fpent in converfation, the^ ©Id
Rupack diftributed beads to the other Rupacks, in the followin
g m an n e r :— ‘T h e old Rupack gave them tó an officer in
waiting, who advancing into the middle, o f the fquare,., and
holding;',