Paragraph 3.—;The Chippewas or O’jibways (O-ëHepë-wag).
These, are a tribe ,of Algonquift race'waó live further
to the westward .between Lak^e shpenor and the Mississippi.
It ^eems from Keating’s account that sopie of them reach as
far westward as,Lake Winnipeg and tó th é ,nver Assiniboiri,
and:; even, to, isome parts of the, Saskatchawan 1 river. /' They
arp divided into ten bands or tribes, which, have Weir appropriate
.abodes. Of;the Cjmppewas a very interesting account
;was gfrep long ag° hy Carver, who resiaen some, time among
them. But the mpst satisfactory information respecting tins
nation is. jtp be found, in the aecpunf given of them by Pro-
lessor Keating,. who, has described their moral and’ physical
characteristics with .Scientific accuracy. I must i%fer my
readers,, to this description, from.which I shall'one4ne fol-
lowing passages.
r“ The\ Chippewas are.hot’ naturally yeW eirong,' but tSiëy
are active they will walk, swim, paddle, &c. jfor a length of
time without any apparent fatigue f they are muted to exercise,
and heedless of .exposures of all kinds’j. they ihake
good hunters and skilful fishers. They are generally tall atid
thin, and are easily distinguished ^irom me Missouri Inais&s
by .the absence of the aquiline nose, which may ne cÖö-
sidered jcliaraetpristic*op the“ latter * their bodies’ and should’érs
are well set .andwell proportioned'; Iheir'TeW^^'hof .V&y
good/ generally destitute of caff, with thick kneed ’and ankles;
thèir feet are large; tneif anh's* hna hands êhiall and wéll-
shaped; they possess great strength in the wrist; their voice
is strong and harmonious, many of them sing, and their ear
appears good. Of their musical tatènt’ we cannot, however,
form a high estimation. We heard one of their songs, which
accompanies mé .scalp-dance. ’
fi' 'TkeL/ftippewas ‘belief'' ’that théfè rs in man an es's&nce
entirely^isiihft from ‘fhé body; they!'c'£ll’it Öëhébha!g;''è.iïd
appear , to apply to’i t the qualities whléK ire rëfef tö the'èBiil.
They oefieve that if quits the body &t the'’time öf' death,
and repairs to what they term Cheke Chekchekame. This
region is supposed to* be situated to .the south, and on th e
shores o f the Great Ocean. Previpust,fo arriving there they
ipaeet with, a stream, which they are obliged, to cross upon a
large shake that* answers file' '-pwpmi^clt Those
who die frpm drowning, never succeed - in .crossing the stream ;
they/are-/hroyvn. into i f ' an d ^ m P n fm i r e ' for Wef.'r ‘Borne
souls come t a m e i( ^ ^ S |® tm s i^ e |n i, out ’are preyerifhd from
passing by .the snake th a t mreatehl.1® deyotii1 merh1; ^Mese
are the souls of persons iri' h u i^ n aT A ^ ^ ’tr a ip S r Beiuh Refused
a .passage, these ,’souls return' to; their ^bodifers*,h.nd reanimate
them. They believe ’ tffaF animals lia y e ^ o u ls / and
even th a t inorganic substanpes^sh'cft as kettles//xc'/'havb^lh
them a (Similar egsenee^ In thlsJla n d ' I f ■ i<M^$lr drhTreated
jacgpra|ng to ^ e ih ip e n ts * Those Iwh^hWveiDpdhrgoodrmeh
arp free from k am j /th e y mavel no d utie£°to9 pdffotm ' tl/hir
jtip p d a spent -fih dancing and sln®ng,0 and tfie ^ ^ e d ^ ^ p h n
tnnSwpPW.s, -which" are ,very 'apuhaantv,dTne19s8dls 8 r fbad
men are haunted by the phantoms of m e peT/oni^or Itm?%s
jth^t t l ^ y b a ^ . im u r e d t h u s , if a man h is
^prpperty, the phantonfhpf the wrecks of
hm ^ sS a g e wherever (he go&s.; if he“ has1 o®u‘Jcf S |r fe his
-w ill or horses, they also tor men t ; ’ tlfe^ gftbsfJs
of thope.iwnom during ms IiFetime^he^wfnngea are m
mifrpd tB ayep^d their im u ^ ie ^ . They thm km a f1 wfim a ^onl
ImS $pp§8edr th e s tr e am , it cannot reium fG'^® body';’
they believe in apparitions, aqdren|;erfam;mempHiilon th a t the
Spirits, pf ..the departed will fre q u e n tly re ^ s it1 m ^ S b o d e a /8 f
thieift friepds in order to, invite them td;phg "other wdrld, hhfl
to forewarn them of their approaching aissolqtipm ,! i;
. ''JPaffggxfiph 4|g||The PoipwMpmi/
; To the westward of the Mianfrs. .iri .the country neat the
Lake Michigan,, dwell, ^Potowatomi, of
whom we. hate|ja sufficient accpuntj .in thp/narrati^lof the
Iftte p^xpedition to the Spared of St. Peters River. , It seems
that the Miami, .term the Potpwatomi theireider brem^h,