. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 48; ] to onr flilps on the clofe of twilight'', the occafion of which pro- bably was to take care that all their people (hould return lafe to their iial)itations about that time. It ftiould Icem that the authority of this ruler is confined to a particular village of thefe hnbitatione, together with fuch a dil- tria of country as may be fup])ofed to belong to the inhabitants of luch a community, who fometimcs are at war with other villages, againftwhom they appeared to aik our afiiftan
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 48; ] to onr flilps on the clofe of twilight'', the occafion of which pro- bably was to take care that all their people (hould return lafe to their iial)itations about that time. It ftiould Icem that the authority of this ruler is confined to a particular village of thefe hnbitatione, together with fuch a dil- tria of country as may be fup])ofed to belong to the inhabitants of luch a community, who fometimcs are at war with other villages, againftwhom they appeared to aik our afiiftance, makiiig us figns •= for that purpofe. There are however mawy othcT villages which are friendly to each other. If not to thefe Indians; for on our firft arrival more than 300 came down in dilllrent parties, with their women and cliildren, who were not indeed permitfed to enter the village of our Indians, Whdft this fort of intercourfe continued between us, we o!)- ferved an infant who could fcarcely be a year old, fliooting arrows from a bow proportioned to his fize and ftrength, and who hit one's hand at two or three yards diftaucc, if it was held up for a mark. Wc never obferved that thefe Indians had any idols, or made facrifices : but as we found out tliat they had a plurality of wives, or women, at leaft, we inferred, iviib good }-enJh?j, that they pcrJcSi aihcijls. Upon the death of one of thefe Indians tlicy raifed a lort of funeral cry, and afterwards burned the body within the houfc ot th(.ir ruler; but from this we could not pronounce thev were idolaters, becaule the cry of lamentation might proceed from affiiaion, and the body might have burnt, that the curj^l- d Alaonulm, i:i the original, at which time the S}). uTlliUv make a fhorc } er. ' • Vv" thefe were is not m W^ ih Mil. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
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