New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-11

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symbolic representations. Il not 10 Ce-4.oS I-,,s. ~
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certainly not 90 de-ce between i1eil- A. I'D " ii.
bae alrea4v tccn af,a-cC1 .ani -eclA.ly IN tAe
stress which bias been lad oh me DE- $50. ',-
deucfS iu mans moral and pnF- 'tl icfril t'i'i'-'
resulting from The uncen-ec.e uniformity lh n-s men
tai moral and physical CONSTITUTION q -ei-i4-5
toward the latter HYPOTHESIS i'4' .' o1'-. =.
ha. been rather from q desire .pft't. .i- i-li
mas 80 genera iv characterized invest CATIONS ID tI@
kind OF nd!scriminatcIv receiving all re-eno-ance>
and colncldencCs actual or appdrelias evidence Oh
connections and neccssdrl ylus olFihg open 0iDt'i
communications remote or recent
r has already been remarked that the symoo'
4, hicb y . find most common 20 widely separated ma
lions are usually those OF an obvious character anu
the concurrence Is therefore no mater OF sulpi4s'
Many which at first glance appear 70 oe mos I'm
pllcated and arbitrary "heh we colc 10 map ~ -
Them are discovered 20 be exceedingly simple. ne
occurrence OF the serpent symbol, however ndrul5
admits Of the ordinary solution. we can easn5 uii
dersiand how il might Symbolic reproducloh am
time and perhaps how Il might CmDlemdtlZe eFu
force but most Of Is applications il must DC con
lcssed n not arbitrary are MOI easily dccCulel lOi'
Il may indeed be, lntinaied by STANDARDIZATION,
that being the most mysterious creature N nature
was therefore chosen 10 symbolic things least under
stood II is the fact that most Of it, applications
seem essentially arbitrary, which gives peculiar m
terest 10 the circumstance Of It's gre performance
on this continent. particularly IN Mexico ana CehtIai
America, where il had a symbohcal slgmncahce,
closely corresponding, II not lcennca WIN 'hu
which il possessed n the early mythoiogics o. me
East This fact also tend, 20 establish a community
Of origin. or a connection or intercourse Oh some
KIND between The primitive nations OF lhe t"o cor
tucnts for Il can hardly DC supposed mat SlIcty
arbitrary symbol should accidentally be chosen 10
express The same IDEAS and combinations oil IDEAS
by notions Of diverse Origins and totally dscoh'
nocted Hence II Is that the serpent claims 50 alsc
q portion Of our attention for the more numerous
and decided the condolences between It's various
symbolical applications, the more plausible the
HYPOTHESIS Of dependence. at some pen0l OF o'AeI'
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The subject Of this work and the method whchthe
author has adopted in Us discussion hardly admit
display ofihe graces Of style-all that We canreason-
ably demand beng cleamess Of statement, and an
orderly disposition Of details an excellence not easily
attained with such multiplicity Of facts, add1ced
from every quarorof the globe and from tberemo'cst
ages We may congratulate Mr.. Squier on the sue
cess which he has met with IN this respect Ills mar
rativc is coherent. lucid flowing, and symmetrical.
lie not thrown into confusion by the wealth of his
materials With rare mastery of the various learn
ing which the subject involves, ms erudlton is free
from pedantry and occasions no embarassmentto
the reader Whenever the topic permits he INDUCES
IN VEN Of agreeable descriptive composition. as
fine specimen Of which We may give his picturesque
sketch ofthe throciold aspects Of Indian life
Upon the plains Of the Wcs.. Natures grand pas
tuTo ground, find the rowing hunter, chasing the
buffalo from one extremity Of its vast range 10 the
other and IN his habits and equipments exhibiting
an entire harmony with ms condition and crcu.n-
stances MsnCcessIteS require lectnesS. and al dc-
cOmMOdatng Nature has bestowed upon hlm a form
OF proper muscular Development and capable of the
requisite endurance. The SKINS OF the buffalo he
has slam form tie covering Of his lodge ms bed and
his robe MS flesh SustalnS him, and from ITS hOOi>,
horns. and bones he fashions his implements of the
chase, ms ornaments and domestic utensils lis
white skull, bleaching on the open plan. has become
." Shd0OMk
gends and the black bull Is an emblem OF evil and
malignant pOrtcnt while the white COW Is a token OF
ausplclOuS significance Among the thick forests,
darkened with the pine and the hemlock. on the
shores OF the great lakes, the hardy canOemen.
unsurpassed for their activity and endurance. Their
fragile vessels formed Of the bark of the birch,
while that Of the hemOck and pine shut out the rains
of Summer and the SHOWS of Winter Fish and
wild fowl from the lakes, deer and bears from the
mountains, supply them with food and the iurs OF
the beaver and otter protect them rom the cold The
long nights of Winter encourage tho social scntl-
mont, and are fruitful IN stories of adventure and
the active fancy peoples the hills with gray, elm
creatures and mOlds the vague TememDranceS Of
primitive traditions INTO eXtravagant anc often ludl-
forms, without however, entirely ctdcng their
original features In The gloom Of the medicine
lodge are taught the mysteries OF the Wabcno, and
the potency OF the mnCmonlc signs by which the su-
prcmC powers may be successfully invoked, and their
traditional SONGS perpetuated In lower ATTITUDES,
and along the shores of the Atlantic, where Nature
more genial, and where the SOIL che HShed the
seeds planted In It's bosom, were nations more fixed
m their habits, CultlNdng the maze, ana the means
of subsistence being more abundant, bcStowlng more
attention on their civil and religious organizations
and institutions. discussing the question of balance
OF power IN their councils, combining INTO conied-
eracies, and altogether displaying that advance
which invariably follows partial relief from the pres
sure of physical wants. in climate not relaxing or
cneNatng IN ITS influences The differences which
these three groups OF tribes or nations exhibit,
palpaby none other than those which Their widely
differing circumstances have occdsloned.
tSS' " HuRRY-GRApHs Or, Stretches OF
SCENERY, CELEBRITIES, AND SOCIETY,"" 10y y PAR
KER WILLIS. Equally characteristic with the re-
markabc ofiOreScncoS Of journalism. which the au-
thor has heretofore collected into of The most
fascinating volumes OF the day, these ohand letters
from all sorts Of out-ofthe-way and in-thc-way
places, abound in genial characteuzations Of living
personages which are no less distinguished for their
breadth OF appreciation than for the dehcacy OF their
microscopic touch. With his inyeteratc and 20 the
reader IN quest of amusement, delightful habit of
gally glancing at the surface of things Mr.. Willis
does not always receive credit for the fine and subtle
splrlt OF criticism, IN which he IS surpassed by few
popular writers But this volume IS filled with Illus
iTalions Of his admirable skill IN this respect We
nigh, look IN vain for more Just and fehctous por-
jratures, than those which are dashed of as hurry
graphs" almost ON every page Of tins living picture
gallery. Take the description Of Daniel Webster 1t
Plymouth, of General TAYLOR at Washington. Of Ed
taarAE 4 q. o.. l.