Young folks' history of the United States . ddressthem, summon them to war, and tell them that theGreat Spirit was on their side. Then he would bidthe warriors to a feast at his wigwam. There theywould find him no longer painted in black, but inbright and gaudy colors, called war-paint. Theguests would be also dressed in paint and feathers,and would seat themselves in a circle. Then woodentrenchers containing the flesh of dogs would be placedbefore them; while the chief would sit smoking hispipe, and would not eat anything. After the feast, the war-dance would follow, perhaps war-danceat night
Young folks' history of the United States . ddressthem, summon them to war, and tell them that theGreat Spirit was on their side. Then he would bidthe warriors to a feast at his wigwam. There theywould find him no longer painted in black, but inbright and gaudy colors, called war-paint. Theguests would be also dressed in paint and feathers,and would seat themselves in a circle. Then woodentrenchers containing the flesh of dogs would be placedbefore them; while the chief would sit smoking hispipe, and would not eat anything. After the feast, the war-dance would follow, perhaps war-danceat night, amid the blaze of fires and lighted painted post would be driven into the ground, andthe crowd would form a wide circle round it. The 22 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. war-chief would leap into the open space, brandishin|his hatchet, and would chant his own deeds and thos(of his fathers, acting out all that he described, ancstriking at the post as if it were an enemy. Warrioafter warrior would follow, till at last the whole banc. INDIAN WAR DANCE. would be dancing, shouting, and brandishing theiweapons, striking and stabbing at the air, and fillingthe forest with their Much of the ulght would pass in this way. In th<morning the warriors would leave the camp in singhfile, still decorated with paint and feathers and ornaments; and, as they entered the woods, the chiewould fire his gun, and each in turn would do the same from camp. THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 2$ Then they would halt near the village, would take offtheir ornaments and their finery, and would give allthese things to the women, who had followed them forthis purpose. Then the warriors would go silently and Mode ofstealthily through the forest to the appointed place of ^^^ ^^®attack. Much of their skill consisted in these silentapproaches, and in surprises and stratagems, and longand patient watchings. They attached no shame tokilling an unarmed enemy, or to private deceit andtreachery, though
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