, 1881-08-21

ing to the fancy of the living. They attack
their poultry and cattle and cause death, OIL
become harmless fairies, thousands OF them
finding shelter in flower, or arc transmit,
grated into insects. 1.-The Ojibway detects
their tiny voicesin the Insects hum" But tic
niris as full Of demons as of fairies ThcDeyiI
of the Indian is notso magnificent as AIllton's
Satan or C0tlle's Meplistopheles, but lie is
quite rs malignant. lie is the author of all
t evil, and the savages believe III him and
tremblc 1lo intlicts pain, and pain is the
evil spirits arrow" The Indian believes IN
! system of rewards aud punishmcnts. The
brave warrior goes to the land of the buffalo,
but the coward vino has no scalps dangling
ut his belt is consigned to the abode Of rep
tiles. The good Of Yucatan repose beneath
| the outrageous shade of the evergreen tree,
| but 1.-THE wicked are hungry and cold'
The different tribes provide different roads
| to the spirit world. 1.-THE Chlbchas had a
great river that souls had to pass over on
i1oats maize Of cobwcbs." With them the
spider was consequently 4 sacred insect;
they never killed it. III the burial cere-
monies Of tho natives OF Alaska if too many
tears were she'd they said that the road of the
dead would be muddy, but Il few tears Just
laid tho dust.''
The theory Of the transmigraton Of souls
led to queer customs. ''Algankfn women
VINO desired to become mothers aockeu to
tile couch Of those about to die in hope that
the vital principle, as it passed from the body,
would enter tlleirs,'' and ''many tribes
buried dead children by the waysitle that
their souls might enter mothers passing by,
aI1u SO be born again." . !" L young
Eskimo WOMAN had been q whale and 4 seal.
When she was Il seal she was caught, killed,
and her head thrown beneath a bench. From
thencc she slippctl into the body Of the wife
of tile man WHO llarpooned her and was born
human being"
The Mandans worshiped the spirits Of the
dead. ''rhcy cut their flesh with knives,
and prayed to and conyerseu with the spirits,
which were supposed to be present in their
skulls" Widows brought their work aud
sat for hours i'll company with and talked to
the skulls Of their late husbands. The Peru
F!ails had custom of carrying the dried
c0ri'>cs OF their parents around the fields,
" that they might sec the state OF the crops"
Living persons are worshipcd OIL account Of
some physical peculiarity. III the centre |
OF tile Chapanese army was Il woman, aged
and i!nnloderatey fat, who was esteemed BY |
them goddess, and hid promised them the |
victory"
The savaSc's religion abounds III instances |
OF immaculate conception. Montczuula was
worshlped lis Il god by the NeW-Alexica11s.
lie was Immediately conceived by !, drop !
Of dew falling On the exposed breast Of lis
mother as she lay asleep in beautiful
grove" According to the Dakotas the Gre
ttnr made man in this manner: ~ The earth
being finished, lie took deity, one OF his own
offspring, and, grinding him to powder,
'prink1ed it upon the earth, and this produced
many worms, and these natured into infants
which became full-grown Dakotls" This
:rcator is represented rs most happy 'wilcN
lc bcholis scalps warm and rocking with
Hood"
The Okauagaus have :; legend somewhat
ike the story of Noah and lis ark. There
Wis war and tumu!t, and no peace in the ISL
MI home, Wllereat Scomalt, 4 female god,
vas Wrot!i. ''S}e rose up in ller might and
rove her rcbeli0us subjects to one end OF
he island, and broke Off tile piece Ut land OIL
;hich they were luddlcd and pushed It out t
, sea to drift whittier 1t would. This float S
e island was tossed to and fro and buifetcd '
y the winds till all but two died. \ man t
nd woman escaped in a canoe and reached Il
le mainland, and from these the Okauagaus 7
re ucscended.'' q
The sayagcs were devoted to idolatry. Il
To supply the demand Of the natives of the p
est India Islands for idols one island near U
ayti had Il population Of idolnakers." ii
llc Ojlbways had touchingly pathetic a
lstom in memory of dead children. "Whcn "
cllild dies among the Ojibways they cut p
mc of its hair and make little doll, which ! ri
ey call the doll Of sorrow. This lifclcss Ii
,ject takes the place of the deceased child. cl
his the mother carries for a year. She pl
aces it near llcr at the fire and sSlls often n
hen gazing OH it. She carries it wherever sc
g goes. They think that the cEild's spirit W
IS entered this bundle and can be helped at
its mother. Presents and sacrillcial gifts III
q made to it. Toys and useful implements i'll
2 tied to the doll for its nsc.'' pr
From constructing idols that could speak U
y the mouth of the pries) the sayaSes to
me 10 fancy that their idols could walk, n.
d they had to contine some Of them to pre- ga
Mt them fro,n running away. Their idols
lsunled food, or the priests did for them. -
icy were supposed to possess the sagacity, hu
wants. and the passions of human beings
The story Of Standing Rock Oh the Upper mt
ssiss;pui is more touching, if not less ,,i r'li
.ic, than that Of Lots wife aud the pillar tct
salt "a young Arlcara woman, wife Of rc!
celebrated brave, was spirit-broken be- on
lsc her husband took 4 second wife. She VIZ VIZ
ut out OIL the prairie and sat broken an
lrted and refusing food until she died, tel
was turned into that rock. All Of the sif lI
men Of the tribes located tharcabout re- crs
to this rock and make their offerings t..r t..r
eneyer they are afflicted with domestic thu
icuIties.'' ~ ~
is not without reason that Mr.. Dorlnan nc
ntaihs that the noble red man is mucl. ne =
, the noble white man in the primitive pei
,es Of his development. O.
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