. A brief history of the United States . er; but he * This cut represents a species of picture-writing occasionally used by the Indian guides wished to inform their comrades that a company of fourteenwhites and two Indians had spent the night at that point. Nos. indicate thewhite soldiers and their arms ; No. 1 is the captain, with a sword; No. 2 the secre-tary, with the book ; No. 3 the geologist, with a hammer ; Nos. 7, 8 are the gntdes,without hats; Nos. 11,12 show what they ate in camp; Nos. 13, 14,15 indicate bowmany fires they made. 14 INTEODUCTION. was grateful for fav
. A brief history of the United States . er; but he * This cut represents a species of picture-writing occasionally used by the Indian guides wished to inform their comrades that a company of fourteenwhites and two Indians had spent the night at that point. Nos. indicate thewhite soldiers and their arms ; No. 1 is the captain, with a sword; No. 2 the secre-tary, with the book ; No. 3 the geologist, with a hammer ; Nos. 7, 8 are the gntdes,without hats; Nos. 11,12 show what they ate in camp; Nos. 13, 14,15 indicate bowmany fires they made. 14 INTEODUCTION. was grateful for favors, and his wigwam stood hospitablyopen to the poorest and meanest of his tribe. Endurance.—He could endure great fatigue, and in hisexpeditions often lay without shelter in the severest was his glory to bear the most horrible tortures withouta sign of suffering. Religion.—If he had any ideas of a Supreme Being,they were vague and degraded. His dream of a Heaven wasof happy hunting-grounds or of gay feasts, where his dog. ROVING INDIANS OK THE PRESENT TIME. should join in the dance. He worshipped no idols, butpeopled all nature with spirits, which dwelt not only inbir(^, beasts and reptiles, but also in lakes, rivers and water-falls. As he behoved that these had power to help or harmmen, he lived in constant fear of offending them. Heapologized, therefore, to the animals he killed, and madesolemn promises to fishes that their bones should be re-spected. He placed great stress on dreams, and his campswarmed with sorcerers and fortune-tellers. THE NORTHMEN. 15 The Indian of the Present—Such was the Indian twohuudi-ed years ago, and such he is to-day. He opposes theencroachments of the settler, and the building of he cannot stop the tide of immigration. Unless he canbe induced to give up his roving habits, and to cultivate thesoil, he is doomed to destruction. It is to be earnestly hopedthat the red man may yet be Christianized, and taught thearts o
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