Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . ingenuity, even when it is seen tobe played. An Indian boy would stand and blow his notes on this repeatedly,for hundreds of white men who might be lookers-on, not one of whom couldmake the least noise on it, even by practising with it for hours. When Ifirst saw this curious exhibition, I was charmed with the peculiar s
Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . ingenuity, even when it is seen tobe played. An Indian boy would stand and blow his notes on this repeatedly,for hundreds of white men who might be lookers-on, not one of whom couldmake the least noise on it, even by practising with it for hours. When Ifirst saw this curious exhibition, I was charmed with the peculiar sweetnessof its harmonic sounds, and completely perplexed, (as hundreds of whitemen have no doubt been before me, to the great amusement and satisfactionof the women and children,) as to the mode in which the sound was produced,even though it was repeatedly played immediately before my eyes, andhanded to me for my vain and amusing endeavours. The sounds of thislittle simple toy are liquid and sweet beyond description ; and, though hereonly given in harmonics, I am inclined to think, might, by some ingeniousmusician or musical instrument-maker, be modulated and converted intosomething very pleasing. The War-whistle (letter h,) is a well known and valued little
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