, 1881-09-05

3pranto 0'obr's Itus ltor,oo, f<,,,u
Aoont .Ao nble-bodlcd Ojibwnv ,r.,
col'ectca yesterday OH little po,nt int" I'VE "ela
constitutes Tie fnvorit campynr. sro,'a "s,'ch
tho Narr0Ws, and. Of cn,irsc. this ,ra,..1 una ut
resent total population presont NJ Tos,'. nsnp rep
mt less tilnn GOO sol,ls, Thcre wo,o "op,1!S ~,
tl'nil eighteen chiefs present. nr1 n,.. "o 1857
there was large and fasn'ss'ulsf fnyseusf
gathering. Four dogs wcre sofa'.ao!a f".o!ao!a
be saerIl'cctt-two black, onc @e.sn "sa, 10
and ono 4 sort of grtzziad hloc,.' 'etom' @
white breast and paws. 4 Iarvc r, c,r,, @an '
formed! containing somo eighty or I'm, I'm ','e "as
aid within t'is sat Maw1nlUbencsso " s..' .,st'
Not far from where ho sat wero two 1--WE sta.e.
ttrams, with about ten players for cnch .A'',aa ~
l1iill these sat several sqllaws lssistn. !, .e' ~
Singing. Which was carrieti o., aittxK ~ lat
from time to time One after annthso tHsoosly ,y
Wtae3tcieN-i9oklng dogs, wifi their front ,eass ,s
, w I,,, 10 tq'f t!Toats with tronEs Of biz III
Great Chief for Ills approval t Sons u; !t
ii1I fnI1v eIf Il o 3'.e Pssea examination si1ccess.
1or ~ Mnwllidobeucsso uoitlfI .a;
efti'iated ,'.' oyGr cacll le WIS taken out Sm} 9
finished lldian clubs. As 9 soo1l as siaa,ciay ,,a1 ,
killed lle was thrown on llre O,tsss s Sas sbs
CIRCLE and allowed to renl,I ti,or tilf III te
hatr WIS burned OFT, aud Tic jliie rhsrra11 la r1
nilu rol!ed up III black. crisp wrjnklrs. IL
WIS t1efl takG!l OF the tafe, hts entrails ~,
skln remalnlng on It, Cit Up in uJeces .s!ss ss1
thrown INTO n large cninp-kpttIe tn bI' boii Ma
soo,i as the flrst dog l!al bccn cogkel fhe j,s
meat was 1ls'lcI out Df tic KETTLE put Int"oo ,o
l,all md CARRIED Into tho ring aIonp. .rH witi
so.n9 yery ihul1lerent preparation. catleti lw
Sorly Srr ci'ya,, oFea s9,,lns the re lne, tt
llsst! 10 ca "leatj, baIisS'" S''''' uso 'oSagcurs
when nil this fnd been tlone May;ndnbou.
esse Se!ected rather fastionabty attI.ni
"airy'' looking yulttlg pRSiil,s. WInjse nrinci.'
ral 'anblii'nonts coIlsIste( of brcecitsnnte.!
VIZ . slfti!es Of eagle feathers, and placeii
tr.,!ees on oppnslt Sides Of tho circle, ria Tia
ltletileine nun thou approached tic nlate NJ
,iieas a!ltt :ltsli of hrcntl, and attcr buwjaa
llfMself ,tlinOst to the ground over them s"..
eIAt times, lIo danced nluuHA them 10 lin
nntsl9 Ut tile drums. After ills Tic "death nh
bn!ls" and dog 'ncat were passed urounI.
tIon tho mcdfc1nu ,nan won't to j. eash s"it
osie's bread fetl 1t 10 hIl The ,oorkeeIs@uI1,, asu1,
then tnllceai ar0uiltl tho fond tllat was Ie2i IN
tisp dishes. n1ltl tton went around to tia
eliots,. feedlng eac'l with Ills own dread or
lngal, 1ust ns they Ind BEEN fed W the iucd!.
nlH!l dancing becamo gc,lcral. Alter Il ;IIus,
tho tng SCUM, or the water in which tho tDg
hal bGen boiled, wis brought lii md served
out. most OF tile men 0lld women drinking II
with the keeneSt relish. II was Il NOTICEABLE
1act, however. that some Of tic younger
liiie!nels OF tho band, bot, mule a'd tenlalt,
tieclilletl to tnSta either thu ttog meat OF The
dog soup. There were only II very few, lloV.
avar, oven among tho young peoplc, WHO atp
penred to by ut MI fistillpus about il.