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Show 7 tag 4 ae a neni: = /, ae , , , E wv ft é y a Speen 3 ~~ ie JUDAH AND ISRAFTY,. 10S , “aa ; clad ‘eS nl a minister, gives this relation. ete . ro S ae Indians generally adher g of the es Let “et fact ' one God, be contrasted with the p> y- i celicmacand sf ae Ms oching Warmed world of pagans, and heathen besi es hen gods and ridiculous notions of heat : ac one, ai : ‘die ee asa in a hk and who can many e the Pe ofof the —ives ofScentinentGod? and 1ey down eee frowdh et aa: vais Ce sata ment argu sce ore — ; — _ - : most eteint by sie ete of ‘yr being Their connexions with the most deleterious effects. ~ mens ik of the white people, trading ? se ace at of ardent oes 4 d fheis knowledge and use °y d the oo Pa zeal to maintain their own Felt oa ae religion, su . 6 ate eT ip transmit their own rc . deem they did so — = want shel it is, that ete a. 7 iil so comp be pamaabit it 1 mig sso amber ae to the “ world, relative to their ek oe ae ized pissRein a0e’ the ereat object of divine ron enti a S -_ es is end ‘ oi transmit Lal ee so remarkably to . Ane - cath such numbers of Ages. p be ? ing to it may coned, the cause lead aS ted to cease A ¢ Te eT ao,eveneracy of some In ; Tlie may @accoun . of Mr. This may » west, reported in) the journal sals Saher - dians far to tne G \ f| ’ He informas, ** 1H& ee e their: i a8 of the Great another Spirit; z1s ® buffalo, | differ greatly i the ae i d, another 18 Ot1a a bi DIMM, in & she dwells another supe ges that in.a sother a 3 bear, woll, anot actans. such as When the, ) great occasions, SU i ‘ . eo: attlespakes | a rattlesuak ' xploring On great tour. : ° + a Yr . these taken occasions in the war 3 ideas of goodness. One They dif- of their chiefs told him, he did not know what constituted a good man; that their wise men in this, did not agree. Their chiefs, and most of their warriors, have a Israel. the ancient On punishments ; but their heaven is sensual. fer much 1a their [ being there Te ache ie tal Se ccateity years, a 8a eae Indians. _ oe bein produced among the e as to their thie eriod much degenerated : i ae pray ‘al ion ger dance. one the war sack, which contains generally, the skin of a bird, which has a green plumage; or some other object, which they imagine to have some secret virtue.” Here we learn that those far distant savages have'(as have all the other tribes) their Great Spirit, “ who made every thing,”” though in their bewildered opinion he dwells in certain animals, On going to war, or returaing, they must sacrifice; and for victory obtained, must have their religious dance. They must have their high priest, who must practice great abstinence, and pretend to inspiration; and hence must be obeyed.— They have brought down their traditional notions of these things ; and of future rewards and punishment s, The ark of their warlike chiefiains, it seems, has de- generated into a sack! but this (like the ark of the other tribes) must contain their most sacred things; “green plum age, or some other objects which they imagine to have some secret virtue.” Here tbese Indians furnish their quota of evidence, in these more broken traditions, of their descent from Israel. These tribes in the west are more sav ace, and know ess of the old Indian traditions. Mr. Giddings says, * As you ascend the Missouri and p roceed to the west, the nearer to the state of nature the savaves approach, and the more Savage they appear.” — [his may ac- eShag _— bac ee wai tetas eae ere ihe anti havea but throagh the benevolent exertions of a trader among them, they have abandoned the practice of .human sacrifice. There is always one who officiates as high priest. He practises the most rigid abstinence. He pretends to a kind of inspiration, or witchcraft : and his directions are obeyed. “They all believe (he adds) in future rewards and re son O The of the gospel. and } they formerly sacrificed a prisoner apo marae and who scene, of the fice a dog, he one Elijah Wood, ores a aes = — " Does Mt: os es a . — . 7 os A P on a a oS * | tne ne pia x — pit ee pein This word on histour. ane - alld go to war, and when they return, (he adds) they sacri- - as ’ = d OF STATE PRESENT THE |