The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29
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ancrod siyos the followiug sketch Of the
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Bancroft liyls the fonowiug sketch Of the
Indian Euh.
The suH, motive prompted them to bury
with the warrior his pipe and hi, mantoG;
his tomahawk, quiyer aud bow read, bent
for action, and his most splcndid apparel, To
place br tbs side his bowl, hi. ,naze and
h's venisol, fJ' tho lon" journey to the coun-
try Of h'- ancestors. F,s,isas i'm hoaor Of
the dead were also frequent. when part or
the food vase given to the fam $, that 40 IL
might serve 10 noussh tue departed. The
Traveller would find in th. forests dead
body placed on u sc.,iold erected upon pcs.
carefully wrapped in bark for its shroud,
and attiicl in warmcst hr'. If mother
lost her babe, she would cover il with bark
and envelope il anXiously in the so(lest bea.
yer skins at the burial place she would put
by its side lis cradle, is beads and It's rattlcs
and astheilaSt service oiinaternal love would
draw mllk FROM her bosomin cup of bark
and burn II in the lire, that her infant might
stll Ind nourishmcnt in it, solitary journey
TO thcfanao of sladrs. Yet The new born
babe would bo buried not, as usual, on n
scaiold. isix by sse ,ssy 81 To- that 80 It's spir-
II nigAt Sscrltly steal into the bosom Of
some passing 'mtron and be.born again IN
der happier aus piccs. On burying her
daughter the Chippewa mother adds, not
snow-shaces and beads and moccasins only,
but & -ad emblcins Of woman lot in the vii
dcAcss > the carrying belt and the paddle
| know my daughter viii be restored to me,
shc once said, ss She clipped a lock Of hair
! shah discover her, for | shall take it with
me ailudiug to tho day when She too, with
her carrying belt, and paddle, and the little
relic Of her child, should pass through the
grave to the dwelling place Of her ances-
tors.
The faith az wen a. the sympathies of the
savage, descended alsD to iu.,rior things -
Ci each hind pl animal they aiy there exists
one, the sOdI.s and origin Of all, of a vast
size, the type and Original, tho whole clIs.
From Tho IlGrlensc invisible beaver come all
the beavers, 10y what run OI water thcy are
found tho same is true the elk and bu,la
10, Of the oagI, and robin, of the mcanest
quadrupCd of the forest, Of the smallest in
sect mat buzzUs in the air. III re lives for
each Clas, Of sniiDalE, this invisible vast
type, or elder brother. Thus the savage Cs-
tablIshCs h's right to be classcd hy philosG
Pliers in the rank o. rcalists, and his chief
effort AT gCntraliZation was II reyerent cAer-
cisc Of the religious sentiment. Where these
elder brothers dwell, they do not exactly
know yet it may be that the liant mani.
,ous, which are brothers 10 beasts, are hid
beneath the waters, and that those of the
bird, make their homes IN the blue SKY. But
the Indian believes, also, Of each individual
animal, that i possesses the mysterious, the
understandable principle Of life there i, not j.
breathing thing but what has it's shade,
which never can perish. Regarding him.
seii ~ comparison with other animals but
a. thg t.r.ampng co-Orainatc cNi,tences, h,
respects the brute creation, and assigns to
/ II ss to himself 4 pgrpoiUity of being. IAo
aucchts # these lands believed that the war.
/ nor, when released from life, rcncws the
passion ani activity Of ,hls world i. seated
/ once more among the fgi,nda: suarts again
/ the Joyous isast walks through the shad-
! owy forests, that ARE alive with tbs spirits II
! birds and there is his paradise:
( By midnight moons, DER moi,tonirs iews,
! In YestmoHt for the chase Srrhycd,
/ The hunter ,t.Il the deer purau.s-
Tho hunter and the deer shade.