Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-04

The lr'dian Notwithstanding toannounce-
inent' the Rev. Mr. Jacobs, the Ojibwa Chief
known in his tribe as Pah-tah-se-ea, delivered
lecture last night ut Washington Hail. upon the
manners and customs of Indian life his visits
to Europe, dc. Washington Hall was almost
entirely filled to hear him.
4 Alter Introducing himself he proceeded to
give m insight into the social and religious
'ueas and customs of his peoplc-relating, by
the way, those distinctive traits known to at
tach to the Indian character He stated. in ref
erence to the religious advancement of the Indi-
an, that ne (the lecturer) was well convinced
that efforts to civiIize without at the same time
outstanding them, were useless. In support
of this idea, he gave a history of some futile
efforts made by the Governor General of Canada
The Rev. Chief then proceeded with history
OF the marriage customs of the Misunderstanding
amusing accounts of the three WAYS in which
young men and misses, among the aboriginals
were made one flesh" There was none of the
meet me by moonlight alone" noIus operandi
so much in vogue among our pale-faced kind
there was no billing and cooling after the fash.
ions of Don and Haidee but marriages among
the copper colored folks were the most matter
of fact business transactions imagnable-which
style of procedure, we may remark en- 1,assant
is altogether at variance with the tremendous
fancy sketches laid down in Hiawatha.
The Rev. Chief then went on to tell of the
ideas which the Indian had of Great Being
how that some Indian tribes worshipped Him
through the medium of lesser gods or tutelar
Saints, as it were, estecming the Great Ruler as
too great to be approached directly by them
Some tribes worshipped these their Gods-by
praying, others by singing, and others by dane
ing to them, (and here The Chief hoped about,
singing as he jumped by way of illustration)
He next undertook to show that the Indians
were branch of the Jewish fraternity, relating
some of their traditions, founded, respectively,
upon the Biblical accounts of David and Co.
liahs sIung shot fight in the valley of Elah
Daniel and the Lions, and Joshua and his feat
with the Sum- (Only it was the earth.)
We must be allowed to express our opinion
that in the matter of pedigree, we are afraid the
true Abrahamic descent was not made very
plausible except as belongs to us all in the per-
son of father Adam
The lecture wound up with a description of
the Hudsons Bay Company'S territory. All in
all, it was rather an interesting description.
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Mon,oe .Ste,oa,t Doom ,oith the Small Por.-
Monroe Stewart is very sick in the jail at Pitts
burg, with the small pox. The disease broke
out ON him during Monday night last. He has
| been or will be removed from the institution