Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-23


ulatfurms, covered with blankets
being on The same side vi the camp
with the Penobscots. and below them ;
the St. Johns representation. III true
Jndlan file. entered the camp. and took
their seats on platforms. opposite the
penobscots, according IN rank. At
their entrance the PcnobscOts unco-
.yered their heads and laid by their
hats and caps during the ceremonies.
One of the st. Johns men soon alter
being seated. unfalded piece of cloth
brought in BY him. which enclosed
four strings of wampum, and lad
them on the ground near the me-
dais the St.John's chief then arose.
took one of the strings. addressed Ait
tenn in a speech of ten minutes long,
in the Indian dialect, and laid the
wampum at his feet. Three others
of the St. Johns principals. or cap
tains. in rotation did the same unto
three Of the Penobsco:s. according to
grade. This betokened a renewal OF
perpetual friendship. and a mutual
assurance of mistaken confidence
The St. Johns chief, then took the
medal which lay opposite Altteon.
held it in his hands and addressed him
and his tribe in another speech about
as long as the former, in the course
of which. he came to momentary
pause. three or four times, at each oil
which pauses. all the Penobscots utter
ed deep CULTURAL " r'-probably
thus signifying their assent to have
Aitteon. Neptune, and two others ma
med, the chiefs and first captains OF
the tribe. As soon as the st. Johns
chief had done speaking. he advanced
and put about the neck of Aitteon. the
ribband with the medal which was
the badge of royalty-this constituted
him chief for life and was his inauSu-
ration into office. Neptune and three
others, were in rotation according 10
grade, addressed and invested with the
ensigns of office, in the same manner
by those of reciprocal rank OF the
st. Johns captains. During these
ceremonies. the Passamquodies con-
tinucd under arms without the camp,
but near its entrance, aud around The
flag. which they, by means OF a stan
dard twenty feet in height, alter
nateIy hosiied and lowered on each OIL
iicer's being constituted, at the same
time firing salutes from a swivel TWO
FOUNDER. A little prior to the com
mrneement of the ceremonies, their
Priest, Roman Catholic, entered the
camp, with the book in his hand, at
tired in white robe, and long SCARF,
and seated himself next below the first
and second chiefs Of the Penobscots'
Aitteon and Neptune. AS soon as
the four officers were Constituted,he a
rose & readin theLatin tongue certain
appropriate passages from the Scrip
lures and expounded them in the In
dian dialect. He then read psalm
which he and the st. Johns men
sung :; and while in this act OF dcVo-
ton, he and the st. Johr's men march
ed out of the camp leaving the Pennb-
scots and joining the Passamaquod'
dies, all ofwhom standing in circle,
sung several minutes very devouty
and tremendously, and closed with
their 4" Tie Deum." Sacred music
being ended, the priest returned to
lis house, and the ST. Johns re-enter-
ed the camp. and rctook their seats,
followed by the Passamaquoddies who
seated themselves on the same side
Immediately below them. Soon COM
mcnced their formal salatations.-
The st. Johns men and the Passama-
1aoddies in their turn, literally EN-
braced, cheek by jole, the four new
made chiefs and captains, and shook
hands with the Penohscots. All spec
tators then by desire withdrew, to
have audience only at the door or
sight through the window. or aper-
lures of the camp. AT the same time
some twenty or more of the native le-
males, or principals, fancifslly orna-
mented with gewgaws. trinkets and
6nery. entered the camp for the first
time, and all the three tribes and the
females. arose in an elliptiCal circle to
dance-In Indian file, and as close
torethcr as they could we'll stand,
H. having for music light beat