The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-04-28

rips l'im open With a sahre--Jne. sinasies |
his brains with tomaka sk. aud Tie uthe
hl"ws him TO pieces with caunun oatl;
and TO me, lemininely speaking. there "
not needle S point Qitfrrence between
the one and the "tier Ii var be unchris. |
is mhre absurd, unnatural, unchrisiaD,
than war as passion.
God forbid that should th,nk to dis
parage the blessings Of civilization. am
w"ma"i and TO the progress Of clv,hza
''on aione can We wunen lonk for ,elrase
ifom many pans, aud penalties aud liza
bllities mh'ch now lie hesvil, upun rs. |
Neither am greall, III love With a savage
LIE, with allits PIC ure>qne accomplish
inen's aud i"ftyyirtues. see no reason
why these virtues should he necessarily
connected with dirt. ignorance, aud bar.
barism. ] ain thank ful To live ia a land
OF literature and steam. engines. Chats
worth is better than a wigwam, and a
seventy four Is fner thing than a bark
Taglionl dances more gracefully than the
little pure tobacco.smoker, nor that soap
aud water are preferable, as cosne e tics, to
to tailow aud charcoal, for these are mat.
tiers OF taste, aud mine may be disputed.
But do say, that if our advantages ofin.
teliect and re6nement are not to lead on
10 farther moral super'ori,y,l prefer the
Indians ou the score Of consistency; the,
are what they profess TO be, and we are
not what we profess to be. They profess
to be warriors aud hunters. and they are
lIzed; are we so?
When young Chippewa If st. Mary's
sees girl who please him, and irom he
wishes TO marry, he g"es and catches IA
loach, broilsit cuts off it's ta,i, OF which
he takes the fiat bone, and sucks il ia his
hair. He paints himself bewitchingl,
takes a SORT rude fue or pipe, wi,h,w,
or three stops. which seems onl, to be
used IN these amatory occasions, and
walks up aud down his Village b.owIng On
his flute, and looking, presume, as sen.
tImental, as an Indlan can look.
THIS is regarded as an indiclon of his
intentiuns, and throws all the Judges IN
whlsh ihene are onng marriagea BILE iris
into fuuer, though probably the tair
one who lie his secret ch"Ice is pretty veil
aware OF II. The next step is to make
presents TO the parents and relatives ui
the oung woman; II these are accepted
and his suit prospers, he makes presentslu
his intended, and all that now remalns /,
TO hring her hume To his lodge He nei
ther spe,rrS before God TO tove - IN deuth
an oaih whicA il depends not on his otou .otAto
EeeP eeeny II be not perjury IL ne moment
IL IS prom0uAcfd; nor to enduw her with all
his worldly goods and chattel,, wheh even
by he ACT Of union She loses all right Of
property; hnt apparently Tie arrangements
answer all purposes TO their mutual salts.
iactIon.
linen, when we speak Of the drud.er,
.! the women we must no'e the equ | dl
vision ufla0ur. fDere is 40 Glass Il wo
men privileged To sit sIl while uthers
work. Eve'! >quaw makes the clothing
mats, mocassins, aud bVlIs me keitie tot
her sown family. Compare her lite "ith
the tehned lelsnre Of an elegant woman
10 the higher classes at our society, and II
IS wretched aud ahJect; but Compare her
life with that ota seivan' mald ufall W, rk
or factory giil, do sa, that the condI.
ton OF the >quaw is giaclous in compari.
SON, dgnlied b, domestic feelings, and BY
equality with all around her. Ii wuineu
are to be exempted from toll in reverence
TO the sex, and as woman, | can under.
stand this, though think il unreasonable,
but ifit be merely a privilege of sta.
| tion, aud confined to a certain seci, while
the grea, prlmeval penalty is doubled on
the rest, then 10 not see where IS the
great galianiry and consistency of this
our Chrlsiendom, nor what nghl we have
10 Look down upon The barbarism Of the
Indian savages who make druuges Of their
women.
Sach Uomen as those poor perverted sa-
cfifced creatures Who hauat our streets or
tead as satHy fiVes IN iaOish spteador, are
utterly unhn0Dn aB,ohg the Indians.
With regard to female right oi proper
| ~, there Is no such thIDg as real prurert,
among them, except the huntIng grounds
| ar lerrllury wllcIl are in The nm
u the Tribe. The peisonal property, as
he cluihiDg, mats, cooking aud hunting
| appaI aius, all the IEi erioro or The wIgwatns,
| IN short, II seems 10 be uuder the cuutro,
of the women; aud ON the de a ia vi her nus
tsnd The woman Remains In possession q"
lLe iUdge aud all II Con, aims except the
medal, h>g', or'oiber insignia VI diguu, 4
Which ~ 10 his SOU or male relatives. Tbs'