. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. MAKQTJETTE PARTING WITH THE TLLTN018. With these friendly red-men, Marquette lingered six daysto preach the gospel. They besought him to remain longer,but as this he could not then do, they furnished him withprovisions for his journey, and a calumet * for his defence. * The Calumet is a large Indian pipe for smoking tobacco. It is also the emblemof peace. Its bowl is usually of soft red stone, and the tube a reed ornamented withfeathers. To accept the calumet was to agree to terras of peace, and to refuse it wasto
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. MAKQTJETTE PARTING WITH THE TLLTN018. With these friendly red-men, Marquette lingered six daysto preach the gospel. They besought him to remain longer,but as this he could not then do, they furnished him withprovisions for his journey, and a calumet * for his defence. * The Calumet is a large Indian pipe for smoking tobacco. It is also the emblemof peace. Its bowl is usually of soft red stone, and the tube a reed ornamented withfeathers. To accept the calumet was to agree to terras of peace, and to refuse it wasto reject them. The calumet of peace was used to seal or ratify contracts and alli-ances, to receive strangers kindly, and to travel with safety Indian legend repre-sented it as the gift of the Great MISSIONARIES AT THE NORTH. 107 He, on his part, promised, if his life were spared, to returnand found a mission amoDg them. 8. Marquette in Arkansas.—Having re-embarkedthe voyagers went onward, past the perpendicular rocks, themouth of the swift Missouri,and the primeval forest whichthen crowned the site of ; past the Kaskaskiaand the Ohio, the St. Francis CAX,UMET. and the Arkansas rivers, until they reached a land where the inhabitants never see snow,and never know winter save by the rain which falls oftenerthan in summer. They were in Arkansas. Having dis-embarked for a time, and learned all that he wished to know,namely, that the Mississippi has its mouth in the Gulf ofMexico, Marquette turned the prow of his canoe, and beganto ascend the river (July 17th). 9. Marquettes Return.—On his way home, Mar-quette again stopped to preach the Faith to the Illinois andPeorias. At length, after a voyage, on foot or in a birchcanoe, of two thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven mi
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