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Show OF STATE PRESENT THE 154 remaining traces of their civiland martial " / ” . i q Sin ae = 1 7? of cient “When ” ne] Ss . es = sast t of Cd ed . toseos vle Asia tONCE ; P resent Ti : ati murings, or . : a 2 ae ' ‘ ° -} »¥ ° a 2n may days. Asia maid) » oo - ~' . at c c : in any dislike (be adds) a separation or ill will between the couple or their rela- giver of life, who presides over all are Constantly contributing to the happiness of mor- * The priests of the Indians have at the same tine physiciaus—while their ee wounds, or re things—the look up to him as the source of tals.’ De their teate good—who is infinitely good. ‘They also believe ina bad spirit, to whom they ascribe creat power. They hold also, that there are vood spirits of a less degree who have their particular departments, tn which they © from have caught thia.custom CoM Pr nothing, is But this s. over Beering’s Strait mn them as he peo} cesians their pipe of pea le ‘a aneient da} may have peop they passed by thal eli as none eopret te ti ; them frem custom this caucht 0°dia thus people faw \. thace | ose pé mer few those Or rite. was a Hebrew te" tne north with 3 from Great Spirit ; and they sile [sraei, of live tions.’ Probably uo other nation has such a resemblance in this respect to ancient Israel. Capt. Carver says of the Indians ** wholly unadulterated with the superstitions of the church of Rome :” ‘cit Is certain they acknowledge oue Supreme Being, 0! the: ough some other parts disseminated them thr Ame wilds of North and South world, besides the vast — ca= ! the peop! of e som e . to fineo d that rus abl is the of some Carver ae Cant. : % ] and intention, atid sometimes offer reasous to justify their conduct.”? Some little ceremonies follow; and he says, ‘¢ The separation is carried on without any mur- why have not some ol m, and retained some of theem, : come generally give their friends a few days notice of their : t Asiaticmi) heathen; from ancien ‘ ** When one of their young takes place, for they are seldom known to quarrel, they the aborigines derived these a. He says; solemnized.”? learned unbeliever 10 divine rev : similar propriety might the ancient Israel Ee lation say that the Jews and as the bible purports, 0% their religion, not from God, who at that time might. e from the heathen nations, Cus: had just such religious auzht we know, have | $3 oms cust and rites me miles whole ) ear in the character of amenialservant. This however is done only while they are young men, aud for their first wife; and not repeated like Jacob’s servitide. When this period is expired, the marriage ts ‘nadmissible then, to sup the Indians may have accounted for, from an idea thal nations. With very them from other heathen “s travelled five thousand He accepts the offer, and engages to reside in it fora Israel; and designed to arbitrary, established only in It is utterly nations. distinzuish them from all other pose these indian rites may be : {srael. invitation to rites foun evidence, that any of the religious e of ancient Israel, have the Indians, and resembling thos in the east of Asia. ever been found among aby people Those rites were Such a thing cannot be expected. :v es those heathen themse who meu bas fixed on a young woman he approves of, he discovers his passion to ber parents, who give him an ded from the Tartars opinion that the Indians are descen loded as weak and or ancient Scythians, should be exp Those who have advocated the without foundation. to produce much, if any affirmative have pot been able d among Tt e Carver, among the Indians of North America, states some cus- . He thinks, therefore, that the old the old Scythians. 155 toms observed by some of them in relation to marriage aud divorce, which seem much like those of an- > are different from those of customs, ISRAEL. America. Capt. and ceremonies, religious 44 AND with the many Hebrew rites found among the natives 3 . have supposed the Mr. Adair says ; , that though some ; ese Chin the from Americans to be descendants customs agree in 1 tl the or laws , neither their religion nese, which sufficiently least with those ef the Chi And he says the line. proves that they are not of this JUDAH ( 20 eck, their (he adds) who are they heal cure their diseases, they inierpret satisly their desires of searching into ins CARINE OL lice GUC Ly Ol straiupers |
