New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-11


Every fine the sticks came dOSD DOWN came
each lett foot, bat 30 quick that it was sort OF
bop or sp-so minute that each one only carried
them about an inch forward, the general move
mtDf being rather slow and stately. In isct, they
"tripped the h.ary fantastic toe. This was Tue
case with the females the braves indGglng ID
many more extras, kicking their heels in AL drec-
tons, swn gipg about their bodies, and pitching
their arms in the widest gestures, whIe lney
threw their faces into the most horrible con'or-
tiops. The braves gave utterance every Few mo-
mepts TO the most korrid yells, the squaws mop.
ping round in the most disDifed silence, as prlgo'
aud stiff as pokers this position beng sctu.Iiy es-
seb;ihl in preserving the equilibrium OF tnei, W.
story head gear. About oDe-third OF the isdies u
the circle had lofty hats, Of the most gorgeous DE-
scripti,n. The cap or hesd,htfiDg part We
hoped with from three TO half a dozen sli'ei
bands, each of these cut in coarse hlagree "ors'
aid coating about eight dollars. This formed
"priu sry formation" OF from six TO nlDe inches'
Above this WAS dense mas OF osHich p'umes;
few of these hats having less than dozen aad
from that TO twenty. From these streamed IL
nuutrable rsinbow.hued ribbons. Beside THESE
thtr were other god and silver ornaments Oh
them. Most Of them had silver coin. one worn
by the wife of John SsrcOxie, the ehiets son, Lad
a perfect cloud of small change about IT, there oe-
ing at .ast ten dOllars' worth OF quarters, dimes
and FIVE cent pieces strung arou1d tne
base Of the structure. IL looked as IL inc
contents # contribution box mad oeen
specially dedicated to this purpose. Inc amount
Of money sunk, or rather rdls,d In thls way II
would be- impossible for me IL gnes-; but " musl
BE- enormous giving NE much greater idea OF
their I'll ahcal resources than their dl-creuoh.
ALI of thee sGua~ wore long robes OF the most
orthodox PATTERN the Delaware ladies' having, Ia
the progress OF civilization, let down their
dresses" several years ago. These dresses were
mostly made of fue materials, silks, de-lanes,
musIs, &C. at least, suppose state II cor
rect y, for | am not particularly well vers-u Id
tlese bice distinctions Of feminine apparel Moet
OF th. had three or four sbaws and scarts, Whlcn
they wore one On top of aDOther and each dause
was btgiIt with perfect cloud OF flooons.
observed one lady with at least two dozen strips OF
fancy ribbons, two inches broad, hanging Denlnd
Der from her waist to the ground. MOI 10 De
tedious with topic on which | am not specially
enlipht, ned would merely add that the inventors
des modes Parsitnaes might have taken notes TO
advantage. The men were dressed with greater
ecctLtI city and worse taste. They looked
lndianish all over, with pink and blue and
yellow beaded sashes aid patching on their gar
nentt-out harlequiDing barlequlnIand nappy
was he who bad robbed rooster OF his tan, ana
stuck the coveted appepdage in his head The
braves we're daubed with red and black about the
t,.s aid cheeks and fOreheads; the squaws Also
Enlightened the oiiect' of their charms by painting
red spot like dollar, on each cheek, which
looked ar beautiful as a new brick.
But tie dance @hs re, lions ceremony. Inc
indians. both men and women, carried certain
little images rather poorly got up dolls, which were
intended to repre.en, the gods Of hire and water
snd WIND, OF wood ard stone etc all secoDd-rate
di,Diies their representatives. forming rather
shabby looking Pantheon. These images were
started at the h, I'D Of the line, and whenever the
braves .creeeh.d the dolls were handed by those
Ia a.. ~. it,p1 .faly bahI ind
process continuing ill the object Of worship got TO
tie startDg. point When the cotilllon" was up.
One of the most intelligent Indians have seen,
and who w,s educated among wnte people,
Pechauke q don't beliye | have spelt bis name
Iigbr), tooh ~ into The camp and introduced us.
he .xUltibed tn Me much thar would not have
Understood. H. tod he that though It was very
Old religious ceremony there was more fun than
religion ~ It now. IL mas intended 10 propltiate
TIE lesser gOds, aud secure d good crop Tor the
neat two succeeding years; iuater OF h,t!e COM
sequence, | should Ibiuk, TO Delaware, as few Of
item cultivate much land could see that most
OF the oder Indians the chief but especially tho
sGuaws entered into it with a great deI Of zeal.
| Hhatevcr nigh be their faith.
Lotween each OF the dances there was a little
spe. chb ing. The first speech vas on lDtroduc-
ton Of our party, and the request made that We
BE- utat, d lespt cuully. 1hese specimens of eio-
qurpcc, while Trey acre dignifed enough were
Delaware cultural, with the rapidty of an express.
Another speech epjoined The braves not to ramp
the pspOOtes; a suggestion mucn required, for the
Others when they joined the dance laid thelf ini mt
dtptLd. NOES ID DIT OF blanket GA the grass ideT
the ire, and as drunk Indians were rambling about
il Was miraculous that some OF them We're
not squeezed to death. The Delawares are
bot teetotalers. Truth compels me TO state
that the one half Of them were Little drunk, and
the other half but partially sober. Every lew
moments a fight was got up, but these never
an. united to an, thing but little hair-pulling and
wrestling they were too drunk to hurt each cther
much and never used their tOiDaha"ks, 'lOugh
they bad them. The squaws generally lnte-,ered
abd dragged the conlbaTants apart, and every 1t
TIE slinish was qp;te ali incident. Some cO'u.
ing was also carried on the brases throwinc their
ANS around the squaws and kissing them very
heartily at times. In fact, Deyer thought these
soemnlfies ever INDUCED in sueh leyities.
Six rrotracttd "spelli" OF the theological dance
con pleted this part If the programme. We had
been promised pear dance, but either for want OF
a bear, OF some other unexplained contingency,
We had TO 90 with less. | observed no very essen
tiaI difference in the dancing, except that their
NOV, II elts were little more lively and yivlcious
The dr skin ard sticks We're eashiered, and
drum substituted but such drum | had heard
of the drum, aid was rather disappointed when I
beard its not very martial Naturalization. IL
was a sli.Lt improvement on the coH.skn, bur not
much. AD examination of the structure explained
II alters 1t was a small ehnrn, with piece of
dried hide tied On the top OF it with string. /.
was purely temporary drum.
As night wore on, the Indians grew more Oh.
streperOus sId some OF them tot completely used
w between drink ard devotion. They might have
rttb seen living about, cOiled up in all directions
The dancers grew IL ore obstreperous, aod one ~