, 1870-06-18
A BARBARIC CEREMONY.
Grand Ea1heTt1g of the Chiefs Oh
tAe SIX Nations Indians

From the 7bronto Telegraph, JuM =.
Sons four years ago, Nr. nafnett, sf,, Mo
QGsetor Of the museum that peaIs ns nau
nnearthed near the village o. V VoeenssoMn :.
human skeleton. This skeleton;.e ssc4iaas ~ 5 ~
the opinion Of those best qeahnea 70 aeter.
mine, = the remains Of an Indian Chief9 9of
the Chip!hwa tribe. This conclusion was in
4uenced By the fact Of several metA nnt or
naments being found alongside the bones
d relics hns asos:ed II tse graTs of e.
Chisf smone them. The bones were carefully
.-athcred together and removed to the
Museum building at Clifton, where. up to
: Sunday, they we're carefully preserved. Some
Of tue si1 Nations tribe requested permission
TO assemble at Clifton, and be allowed to bury
the remaina according to the rites Of their ma
ton. The request w4s accompanied with a
declaration that their trine and the Chipps-
YVES, to which the remains we're supposed to
belong, had, in the days Of Indian supremacy
On the American continent. lived at deadly
: eumity ono against the other. They were,
however, nox desiEio1s to prove their for
Eetfulpess Of all former feuds by coming
forward on the present occasion and paying
q solemn tribute OF respect to the :nemory Of
ono Of that tribe whom their ancestors had so
often met on the war-path. Their otter was
accepted b. Mr. Barnett, and tle obsequies OF
Saturday last were tho result OF the arrange
mcnts entered into. Some slxteaa Chiefs were
present to take part in the bur,,l serF7ce, also
two women and one boy--both the females and
juvenile sayaee t,eing Of illasti'us BIRTH;
About onc-half Of tie Chiefs we're United
States Indians from Tuscarurs, in the State
New ierk. .....
The large hall Of the museum Was the place
selected for the service over the dead. On
raised jais in tho centre lay the bones OF What
had once perhaps been mighty WARRIOR OF his
tribe. Ilo floor Of this hall also the CALLER
les, were. at the hour nc visited it, denselS
crowded With an eager th7nng, anxious to Wit
ncss the ceremony. Punctual to the appointed
tine. the procession Of Chiefs deAled into ths
lall, cne and NIL Of them gorgeous with feath-
ers and respfendent in war paint
Chief Scanawato, Of the Onondagos, placing
himself at the head Of the bier, delivered al
peated in English By the Interpreter Chief
koyiollsda1a, OF the Tuscaroras, and WIS TO
the fonoEng OBJECT:
"My PA1.E-rACED FH1ExDs We are hora on
= solernn ocbasion- Ere many Suns have risen
and set We may possibly occupy the same nar-
row home thst il now occupied By these bones
It has been = long time since these bones were
frtt buried they will now be buried again,
and as He have sinee been taught they Will a1'-
rear III ~the latf day in the presence Of the
j. had. # good. this eririt will go 70 happy
p]ace. Such is the command OF the Crest
Spirit-
q. We think these bones are the remains
Cf great Chief. and We think the Great
Spirit for the lore he planted in the breast
Ct an aged white man Mr.. D1rnett) in
j. duc3ug him to incur great expense, snd
tnrs enabling us TO bury them according to
the custom OF our ancestors When noT
hurled in their metal covering, the min and
the storm will not reach them, but at the great
day the Good Spirit will animate these bones,
and make them again in the form OF man
Let us encourage one another to live truo
lives; to bear no malice against one another:
20 that, when We die, we may reap our reward
at the hands Of the Great Spirit
1T the conclusion Of the above remarks,
tIief Observation-Disclosures, Of the Sonecas,
stepped forward and delivered himself in his
own language, which wxs also repeated in
English By the interpreter.
Chief Scauaw1to now again stepped for
ward, and, after some further remarks con-
spcctins tie customs Of their race, held aloft
TWO strings of beads first separating them, he
called it emhemAtic OF eartSly separation,
then rnlting them, he pronounced it indica-
tive Of friendship aud true love- There VAS.
in evory calor+ Next, taking Hm,ii drum, he
sounded it, and immediately tho various chiefs
Joined in 4 moaInfu1 song of coincidence
The Chief then again adEerted to tho pres
Cit condition of his people. and said that
the only savages in this country at ths present
Of fre-water. He prayed to the Great Spirit
That f1e-water would be baniahed from the
world, then there would he some Little Protec-
ton for those Of his race
Chief Kawnonhkieigh,awwihn now came to
tue front, leading. l,y the hsnd Mr. Barnett
the finder Of the bones Tho Chief in
trodrced him as one of the Oldest while set
tiers in that section Of tho country He na1t
proceeded, in the nsme OF all the Indian
Chiefs assembled, to thank him for the ex-
pense be bad incurred in the present pseparA-
ton. And to honor him, therefore for his
rondncss he clfristened him AtThe Good
Word aud hoped he should live for many
days to enjoy this worlds good things Hand
in hand the newly christened white man w4s
conducted ty tho Chief Of the long name
around the circle. all the surrounding Chiefs
chanting words Of welcome, and, It the expirs-
sent forth three terrific yalls Of satisfaction.
The coffin was NOW lifted from this dais md
carried to the ground adjoining the Museum,
where large vault had been prepared for its
reception Over this vault was pyramid,
somo eight feet in height, auemoanted by i
and star. After depoBiting me coffin in the
vault, a Chief stepped on the base OF the pyrsr
mid and chanted IS follows:
I'VE now leave these remains in the hands ot
the Great Spirit our duty ie performed, We
:id taeu, an earthly adieu, but We hops to meet
friends for coming here to see u.s."
AZ a 6na1e to the days dcings the Indians
returned to the hall and made preparation FOR
grand war dance-
Everything in readiness, eix Of the Ameri-
can Chiefs stepped into the arena, and, to the
music Of drum, commenced their WIZ dance.
Next followed the green corn or feather dance,
iu w1lick tho Buffalo and Fish danca, the two
latter to the melody supplied by rattling turtle
shell containing seeds OF green corn. This
general hila1ify concluded the days cere'
monica