The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

THE lOWAY INDIANS.

A most interesting illustration of the peculiarities and
habits of the red man of the " Far West" was afforded
on Wednesday to a royal and distinguished party at
Ealing Park. At the invitation of Mrs. Lawrence, the
fourteen loway Indians, accompanied by Mr. George
Catlin, Mr. Melody, and Jeffrey, the interpreter of the
tribe of loways, visited Ealing Park, for the purpose of
affording several members of the Royal Family an op-
portunity of witnessing their performance. They arrived
at the park shortly after three o'clock ; and after exa-
mining the elegant suite of apartments in the mansion,
they were conducted to the beautiful lawn, where they
all reclined, forming a most picturesque group. At a
few minutes after four o'clock, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Duchess
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess Mary ; also
the Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy, Lord
and Lady Prudhoe, and several other distinguished per-
sonages arrived ; and the whole party having assembled
upon the lawn, the loways immediately arose, and the
ceremony of an introduction was gone through ; after
which they gave several of their dances, and concluded
the first part of their performances with the ball-play,
which appeared to afford much gratification to the com-
pany.
A dinner was then provided upon the lawn for the
loways—the banquet consisted of roast-beef and plum
pudding, the beverage being water and cider. After
they had partaken of this repast, presents of jewellery
were made to them by Mrs. Lawrence, when they all
strolled over the grounds. The royal visitors and other
guests then retired to the mansion to partake of refresh-
ments. The loways afterwards finished their perform-
ances by giving the farewell dance, in the presence of
the whole company. Neu-mon-ya (Walking Rain) then
advanced and addressing Mrs. Lawrence, thanked her
for the polite invitation to meet the royal party, and
also for her kindness towards the loways. He then
briefly addressed the Duke of Cambridge. He said, that
he was glad the Great Spirit had allowed him the honour
of shaking the royal Duke's hand, as he had heard that
he was related to his Great Mother, the Queen. By
shaking the hand of so great a chief, he considered that
he had shaken hands with all the people of England.
Whilst crossing the ocean, he had thrown into the
water much tobacco, hoping to see his Great Mother's
face, which they all wished to look at before they went
back to their wigwams. The Duke of Cambridge again
shook hands with the chiefs at the conclusion of this
speech, after which the Indians left the grounds, highly
delighted with their visit to Ealing Park.
SUPERSTITIONS OF
in-
stance of the superstitious feelings of these Children of w
the "Far West" may be briefly mentioned. On Wednes-
day morning the sky THE INDIANS.--A singular
as cloudy, and the appearance of
the weather indicated rain. As it was known to the
fourteen loway Indians, now at the Egyptian Hall, that
they had received an invitation to meet the Royal
Family at Ealing-
Park, it was important to them that
the weather should prove fine ; but as the indications
at an early hour were rather against it proving so,
Se-non-tY-yah, (Blister-feet), the great Medicine-man
or doctor of the tribe, condidcred it requisite to invoke
the favour of the Great Spirit, which most interesting
rite was performed with much solemnity, in presence of
the whole party at their rooms. This rite consists prin-
isnkged sundry ndry
to be granted. It will be cipally of burning tobacco, uttering a few mysterious Words,
expected
singular movements; after which the
and
re-
remembered, that the day proved to be a remarkably
fine one, and Se-non-ty-yah seriously believes to this
moment that this was solely owing to the solemn rite
which be performed !
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RENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—PerTit me shortly to notice a subject which
requires public attention now—l mean rents.
The country is " overstocked" with money ; it is down
in point of interest value, property of course in propor-
tion—both will remain so—and yet landlords cling to
their former ratio of rental. This subject must be taken
" moneyed class" will eat us
that god of theirs, money, be
What with taxing
to them ? and heavy rentals, a sad
end must come.
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