. Young folks library . s of Free-Stone; and of Black, White andJasper-like Marble, of which they make their Savages are good-natur d Men, affable, civil,and obliging; but I design to make a particular Tractconcerning their Manners, in my Second Volume. Itseems they have no Sentiments of Rehgion; tho onemay judge from their Actions, that they have a kindof Veneration for the Sun, which theyacknowledge, as it seems, for theMaker and Preserver of all things. When the Nadouessuans and Issatitake Tobacco, they look upon the Sun,which they call in their LanguageLouis; and as soon as
. Young folks library . s of Free-Stone; and of Black, White andJasper-like Marble, of which they make their Savages are good-natur d Men, affable, civil,and obliging; but I design to make a particular Tractconcerning their Manners, in my Second Volume. Itseems they have no Sentiments of Rehgion; tho onemay judge from their Actions, that they have a kindof Veneration for the Sun, which theyacknowledge, as it seems, for theMaker and Preserver of all things. When the Nadouessuans and Issatitake Tobacco, they look upon the Sun,which they call in their LanguageLouis; and as soon as they havelighted their Pipe, they present it tothe Sun with these Words, Tchendi-^^ ouha Louis, that is to say, SmoakSun; which I took for a kind ofAdoration. I was glad when I heardthat this only Deity was calld Louis,because it was also my Name. Theycall the Moon Louis Basatsche, that is to say. TheSune of the Night; so that the Moon and Sun havethe same Name, except that the Moon is distinguishdby the Word Indian Pipe. Niagara and the Mississippi 269 They offer also to the Sun the best part of the Beastthey kill, which they carry to the Cabin of their Chief,who makes his Profit thereof, and mumble some Wordsas it raises. They offer also the first Smoak of theirCalumets, and then blow the Smoak towards the fourComers of the World. This is all I have observedconcerning their Religion; which makes me believethat they have a religious Veneration for the Sun. Tis surprising that every Nation of the Savages ofthe Northern America shoud have a peculiar Lan-guage; for tho* some of them live not ten Leaguesone from another, they must use an Interpreter to talktogether, there being no universal Language amongstthem.; as one may call the Lingua Franca, which isunderstood upon all the Coast of the Mediterranean-Sea ; or the Latin Tongue, common to all the LearnedMen of Europe. However, those who live so near oneanother, understand some Words usd amongst theirNeighbours, but
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