Delaware journal., 1828-11-11

1Dater 1t is word compounded ofsomelnlhS "hien
do not know, sgniiyiug DIRTY, and Weepeesh, II
(Chppeway) wArER--or Nippaywoo Sieholaanal c,
same slgnilication. Hence, some think they once r;
dwelt on the borders of Lake Winnepick or wee +,
nybeegs They are called, very appropriately oy v
the French PUNT (the Stinkers) Iospecihcate u
would saw Peditores for tho all Indians are nuch
given to this disgusting practice, these evlhce iai r
less concern in it than any others OF Whoml nave
knowledge In other respects, they are as sseees
tribe of Indians as any, though truly they 90 give
loose to almost every impulse OF nature, save one
without REGARD to age sex or condition lhe fe-
males however, are not quite so indecent as the
males Their proper name is Hoat-shung-ur-rag, or
Oat-shog- -ur-ah. Il
The Winnebagoes have less intercourse with the
Whites than any other nation east OF the Mlssssip-
p consequently they retain their pristine manners
and customs in greater purity and have contracted
fewer vices. True, they will steali from the "hite
people but that is crime with them,) and IKE ths
other Indians, are lazy yet we lost nothing by them
though entirely at their mercy and the only uncivl-
| lized Indian man ever saw working in corn led
| was Winnebagh. But he good deal confonna-
i ed at being detected in the charactar OF WOMAN
They have no idea of the strength of the ". States
i They suppose our chief strength lies at Praire du
4 Chen, Green Bay, and the Lead Mines--and those
who have seen St. Louis, think that no town can
surpass it and they believe that our nation IS en-
merchandise in which there s more truththan there
! ought to be.
Considering their ignorance in regard to the Uni
ted States, do not think proper course mas oeeh
: pursued towards them. They have never like 9TH
er Indians, been shown the strength OF the nation ;
: and the whites around them, instead OF endeavour-
r ing to conciliae treat them with scon, and as enc
mics as iatruders rather than the rightiul owners OF
: the soil Were few of their chiefs to be taken
:, TO our principal cities, and afterwards some honest
: : man placed among them, who would be as their o70n
father. the Government would have no friends more
Ideyotedy attached than they. Their language is
!, badly understood and it having been therpocy to
avoid as much as possible all intercourse with the
Z. Americans {Mah- -hayhuh-terra, (they know less OF
them, and are less known by them, than any Indians
:, perhaps east of the Rocky Mountains, they are
warm in their friendships, but impacable in their re-
% Sc lmens, and of all Indians should suppose them
i, to be the most difficult TO treat with.
- The Winnebagoes of fRock river have lever dogs
- but more healthy looking children, more indus
= trous drink less, and have better corn and otheI
IT, patches than any Indians have ever seen. lhey
trie their har like white people than any 9th
:; err Indians and the custom ofplncking out the eye
-, brows is peculiar believe to this nation The,
ia paint so freely that this peculiarly might be long
=, unobseryed and perhaps it is only temporary, a
i several persons who have been trading with then
- for years never observed it until pointed it out t
of them.
H. The Winnebagoes have wonderful abhorrenc
~ ~, of hanging. There is perhaps. no other mode {
" takinu away life which they hate and shudder a
NV The reason is singnlar and enough indeed, to hal
49,, row up any soul g which has longing after mmo
- taty . and make it " shrink back upon itself VII
BOO horror besides the modification oil their prid
IA which is great as they say hanging Is the death Il
ra dopsthey think that the SOUL or spirit. is stoppt
;th by the cord and entirely prevented from cscaln
nix Supposing the throat to be the only avenue OF
a. cape they can form no idea OF what has become
ver it when life is exnguished by cord round the ne
unless It be destroyed or fixed in the body, and &C
sgned to eternal amagamation with it in the gray
Jond never TO reacn the haiPy 'aho ~.
,a,,s friends. Such ideas, have doubt, cause them
commit suicide in prison.
They are exceedingly generous. At Bears
Lake having shared with our guide our last supp
eXed and the last of our provisions, we were surpr
pom to see the poor hungry fellow, after walking
anu- e,stna .Il anv divide It. without being request
care among number Of Indians who had just then co
827. from the village He ate but little more than
'goes mouthul, and appeared as well satisfied as
the had eaten full meal. After our yslters Tetr
les of NO r,ya the generous guide something which
D and manned of our share, at which he expressed
ldren most astonishing surprise joy, and thankulness
mt at is seldom that child will eat any thing that IS g
WIN to it, without first running with It to It's mother
leve take part ordvide it among all the children. Ii
lared fno,tiv hoen DELIGHTED with this noble displa
uaN infant virtue.
IT'S at The Winncbagoes not having the gospel, hate
the Americans believing them to be their enemies
am
80, WEATHER PROGNOSTICS.
q the When the clouds are red in the west with
and If nlrple it portends fine weather, because The
$ Oil when dry refracs more red or heat-makins ra
,o,s | &c Jrv air il mt perectIy traDsDarent, they