and the young, the -maidens and matrons — were ëagagéd ; ia
the dance', it was indeed à rare sight. ;
Only T%>\varietjesr ©I dabbing-v*£erè introduced the first
evening*; the trotting dance and the fish •dance.' ^h% itgrtris
of cither are ' exceedingly simple, and but slightly different
from- each. othèr. In thfe/fostnàm riipve
round a Circle, in a single file,arid keeping time’ ih-a sort bf
trotting step to an Indian song fof yo-ho-hk, or po-ko^ha-ha*
ho, as sung- by the leaders, qï occasionally by all conjoined“.
In the other,-there i$‘ the same movement in' single file round
a circle, but every twcr persons, a mah -and a ‘Woman, Or two
men,face each other, the óne moving forward", thd'-otfer backward,
and all keeping'Step to the* music *df", the singers, who
are novrfuiowever, aided* by a cbhple of tortoise' Or turtlesshell
rattles, or an aboriginal.drum. At regular intervals', therd is '
a. sort of cadence in the music,' during'which-a’ cfiangefof po- •
sition * by all .the coriples-4akes ,placq,,thê ene* who had^beed
moving backward taking the pladê of 'the' oho moving forward,
when "all again move onward, one-half of thewhölè;'ef
conrse, being obliged to follow ôn> by* advancing Ifa^kioprds !
One peculiarity in Indian dancing would p ’ohribly strongly
commend itself to that class among pale fae'é’d héritrX and
belleS denominated the bhshful; thou'gh perhaps it wdiild not
snit others as well. The men, or a number of them, usuhily -
begin the dance alone; and’fbe vfûruep-, .of e’a'cJf o f them,' sei" !
lecting the one with whom she would like to^daftcfe^ presents
herself at , his side as' he approaches^ arid -is iiaînediately 'received
into the circle* * Consequently, the yburig Indian/befiti
knows nothing of the ‘tact required to handsomely’"invite arid
gallantly lead -a - lady ter the dance; and-thé yorihg Tntfiân
maiden, unannoyed by obnoxious‘offers,fat her*cwm'convenience,
gracefully presents her pèrsonage' to'the‘one She d<S
^igns1 tó favor; and thus qtnetly •engages' hemélf in^thé.: dahérël
And moreover, while ân Indian beau is nöfnecessdrily obliged
to exhibit ariy gallantry as1 towafds a belief till'she'has herself
manifested her oWn good ÿleâsùrte jn the matterjf so, thfereforè,
the belle* cannot indulge herself in vaseillant flirtations with
any -considerable number of beaux, without being at once detected.
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On* Thursday the religious ceremonies commenced; and
themouncil- from the time it assembled, which was about 11
-^o’clock, A- M.v tiH/4or 4 o’clock, P. M., gave the most seri-
■ oils attention to the* preaching of Jemmy Johnson,* the great
-high priest,/anff th e , second' in ..theistfccessfon under the new
revelation. Though^ there are' Some evangelical believers
»among thb* Indians, $he grfeater portion of them cherish the
religion of t>eisri%dt:W “ This, as they sayr has been somewhat'
changed-*J^.ijthe new revelation; which the Great Spirit
made to' one of their'-prophets about forty-seven years ago,
and which, as fhey^alsofoelievc; wa^appovedhy Washington.
* Tho:pr®f®#d%egarff'’and generation which the Indian
l i p eyCr retained fig^ards'-t-he name and' memory ofWashing-
, *toh, -is- most-interesting evidence nfr^is universally appredated
worth*; and thqfaist that ?t-he rfed men>tregar,d him not merely as
mae pf tiae best, bat-asthe very besfman thabeVer has existed,
dr that' will ever exist, is beautifully illustrated in a singular
^credence which they maintapeven-to this day, namely, that
\^asbfogt®ii ^is -the, only white*- man who has ever- entered
Heayeri, and is the only one who wilbpnter there, till the end
o f the Worlds'' ■
'Among the Iforiecas&public religious exercises take place
but bribe .‘a5-year. . A'tetkpse: times Jemmy Johnson preaches
hour aftkliQfr^Fpithr#e days; and then rests from any pub-
lic'dischar^d|%©i^iastiq^l(dffic^ithe remaining three hundred
and sixtyrjtwjs* feysb&he year.'' On thi% an unusual occasion,
h^ T^stoicted ‘h im ^ |o ,ia few hdufo in each of the last
two days\df;l|iSy^u©|., We Were fold by young Parker, ,
who tqdk notes of: his .p ea^ in g f that his '^ e e t matter on
Thursday->abounded with gooji^ teachings, .enforced by appropriate
and happy ;i%sff atiQp§|and jg strikingj imagery. After
heibad finished* the' council took a short respite* Soon, however,
.a company of warriors ready and eager to engage in the
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