Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-07-20

hat the young people have pronoanc-
I'd the articles sent to them very good, /
The bargain is concluded; it being as
much a. ifthe young man bad said to the
girl: 81 can at all times provide you
with good meat like thlsr A few
other presents are exchanged; the par
ties soon grow ultimate with each 9TH
err; the young man raises a wigwam;
the parents, perhaps, supply him with
a kettle, a few bowls and baskets,
axes and shoes, and the match is made
up; the parties live together as man
and wife,"
DIvoRcE.-"Divorce Is Of univer-
sal use. But, in all cases, the hus-
band is at liberty to put away his wife
when he pleases, and the women may,
in like manner, abondon her husband
it rarely happens that she
dares to take this step without his as
sent, or is so situated as to do so to
advantage. The marriage ceremony,
if it can be called such, is always per-
formed without any vows or promises
on either side. It is the understand
ing, simply, that the parties live to-
|gether as long as they can do so to
their mutual satisfaction.
at shouldn't be supposed, however
that separation often takes place, nor
especially, an unfeeling desertion Of
the wife by the husband. On the con-
trary, she, knowing that It is her in
terest 10 satisfy him, exerts herself
proportionately, and almost always
with success, to be at least useful, il
not agreeable. The husband is also
under some restraints. 1t is consider
ed highly dishonorabie to forsake a
wife upon triiling cause; and Particu.
larry il she has already made him the
father Of family. Not little ihcon
venience. and perhaps injury, will be
endured by either party, before re-
sorting to the rite Of divorce. Wher
that event does take place, the chill
dren are commonly permitted to choose
which ofthe parents they will continue
to live WITH"
| POLYoAMy.-"The liberty Of mar.
rying any number Of wives, according
to fancy and ability to maintain them
IS universal, and always has been. Thi.
circumstance also tends to make the
women dependent on the husband, and
DESTROYS to please him; for she lie vel
aware that he can always provide him
self with substitute for her own ser
vices. He will not, perhaps, even
take the trouble to give her notice O
his discomfort; but, without saying q
word, will take his gun, and move of
to some other part Of the country,
This is often his practice. for a weet
or two, when she has said OF done
something to offend him, which he viii
not deign 10 mention. But in these
cases be very seldom fails to returs
sooner or later, especially if he ha.
children at home. The wife, on the
other hand, as rarely fails to be subse
lquently, more careful than ever to sa
|tisfy him. Among some tribes there i.
Ia distinction Of rank observed among
the wives, according to the time O.
their marriage, and other circam
stances: but it is more common fol
them to treat each other as equals, and
live in harmony and comfort together
in the same LEDGE"
/ OWNERS OF PRoPERTY.--~There i.
nothing in an Indians house or fami-
ly without its particular owner. Eve
ry individual knows what belongs to
him, from the horse or COW down to the
dog, cat kitten and little chicken. Par
ents make presents to their children,
and they in return to their parents. A
father will sometimes ask his wife OF
one Of his children for the loan Of his
horse to 60 out a-hunting. For lit
ter ofkittens or brood ofchickens, there
are often as many different owners as
there are individual ANIMALS. In pur-
chasing a hen with her brood, one fire.
quently has to deal for it with several
children. Thus, while the principle
Of community Of goods prevails in the
state, the rights of property are &C
knowledged among the members Of a
! family. This Is attended With a very
good effect; for b. this means eve,y
living creature Is properly taken care
of. 1t also promotes iberality among
the children, which becomes a habit
with them by the time they are grown