The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
Richmond, Va, January 10, 1907.

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supreme contempt for the whole proceedings.
The tribes which he ruled made up OF subdi-
visions, and distributed that town village
constituted one OF these divisions.
These towns independent of each other, but were
all under Emperor and governed by him his Apprentices
In each village sace, tribal council and priest,
The sachem was member Of the Kings council, and
looked to for advice and direction in oil civil and do
mestic He had absolute power Of lie and death,
and his word ordinarily considered final. The wcro-
the leader and the chief in all hunting
expeditions In time Of war he supreme in authority.
elected by the people.
The tribal council chosen by the people had the author
1ty OF counsel and advice in every town. There gem
cal council which met at Wcrowoconoco Over its delh.
eations the Emperor himself presided and always treated
with profound respect The general council made UP
Of representatives from the various tribal towns
The priests had authority in all religious and spiritual
matters They held in high esteem and consulted
in regard to all important undertakings.
1t be from these statements that there
siderable conference in the government among the Indians
gcsts that after ALL the historians might have read their
ideas into such observation and into such information
might have come to them with the limited means Of finding
agnc such advanced ideas OF among people
SO savage and SO isolated as were these aborignes.
Among them land was held in common each inabitant
having equal rights in all hunting privileges Private
perry dwellings and gardens respected by ALL The vii
of water. They composed Of twenty-five
thirty houses which built Of sapngs, planted at regular
the AS he s house a s bu u' by l Application
down we'll the structure Sometimes there
windows but usually there only opening The fire
Tor heating built in the middle Of the house the floor
and usually there opening place in the
roof for the escape Of the smoke The beds arranged
around the fire and usually elevated few feet above
the ground made of pallets of fs and skins
stretched upon the floor Several families usually occupied
of these dwellings. The shape Of the houses either
obong circular The circular form much smaller and
so generally used. Each dwelling place had its
plot of ground for the cultivation Of and vegetables
Certain planted and cultivated The mulberry
tree, for especially popular and the loca
of of these Indian villages could be traced
years afteward by the and growth OF these mu
berry The sunflower also favorie and in all
their gardens it could be growing in luxurance.
The products Of the field in the main, beans
and squashes pumpkins These ordinarily all grown
intervals the on, have many crops Of
the roasting of which the Indians very fond At
the harvest the gathered and when perfectly
dried seasoned shelled and stored away huge
baskets for the winters This used in the form OF
hominy.
Ca plain John Smith said There is yet no place in V
gna discovered to be in which they have
igon" Every Indian village had temple and attending
priests The temples usually capacious They
entered always from the At the western end Of the
building there rude sort of chance altar with ho
Tow wndngs and pillars and around stood divers black inn
ages fashioned to the shoulders with their faces looking down
the church, These temples cared for by the priests
They believed in the existence of Supreme Being who
and bounful and benevolent They usually believed
another supreme being who represented the evil principle
whom they held responsible for all the evil and
their lives.
The Supreme Being who represented the good principle
they believed to be kindly and mercfuy disposed and il
hindered he would fill their lives with Joy and blessings So
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