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Show sneer scnaneseeammattidiiame eaten eee sillier nen cemeneeeeenetlnmeeinememnammnndiimenee ent 7 tenmaaee al THE PRESENT STATE OF among them obtaining much gious rites. He says; ‘ It is very difficult to attain to a perfect knowledge Indians. wonder knowledge of the religious then, that Capt. Carver, principles of the Israel, stated by Mr. Adair. o He says there kees. evident then, according to this author, in their opinion. . firm adherence “few their to to idolatry or rites, less deviating ized, and even many civilized are far from beine eng on our subject. of those savages, tha from the assertion north of lcurope. from Grotius. passed into America bave tay Capt. Carver that ‘ some of the oe by way ol SAT eRAnGs ‘may be the origin of the peopie ol Greenland, aud round Hudson's Day. som 4 : . ve ; peace a a with the Chero‘ oO s Pilea . =| their a < - ° < I} ¥ > eD the back en emblem of him . whom a they worshi ° a HavingC22 finished his s finished his march on foot. ente €left : entered the The : Ss nrav, ra er nce «de > : f * ’ with steat regularit = path ed to “*€P ste ceting forward every ca upon each bunch of individual the grass,” was reco ee ie roce ol : at : eal : : attendant form to On y this he ey |: me el > com- fj Jeon tot four feet in sendeome pile in the centre. ¢; Rene another long Prayer. Then gt a Circle, and followed in this by hi a PP ing Passed on Th ; . y 1s attendants i pt Ue Chief informed circle of brass 2their G od. i Sa a! practice of these ce = S. lofty rods; then halted and for 1€ priest now “o r Ss seni ‘ a circle of o rdered his senior d DOE. the that this “Mg see oe — lameter, and to con : ( * — Se: fht and ‘agar uacivil- tives and people round Hudson’s bay appear a difiere re indiatis, aid ev (fength. destitute of their favourabie bcarHow should such things be (ue American oe . cots a or a meee ihe ancient Israel? It was observed in this book, that the Esquimaux arace from the ic 3 r ‘These facts were they not the descendants T' Sic = a cusion:” other ge, to state their cere ‘A S— prayers, sacred paintings, anointin rg & ; mong these he says; “ about tw ee eee and in a line with Wo feet in advance E os which } h:va d been grass, | Ourcutpath, three bunches of and were piled about three feet doctives,’ nations. I track Wey expressed it) to watch aes eee r. Chapman Proceeas is their one Here ts their simple Uni any error had been commited he brings.— inexplicable unless by the Mosaic law. the s that they here their priests ; and a “ particular femaie © and securing to the good; Here are their good angels, ministering a sincerity of think Ing. len of the Principal warriors eee ding the priest of the Atmosphere, (a na lamme of one O of their ny) ¢ were selected and sent beneath a ledge. to oA . r ear} whether God, infinitely good, the giver of life, and of all good, presiding over all, who is the only object of worship; though they sometimes beg of the evil spirit to avert their calamities, which ' } ac pay that plauet any adoration.” Here af se ee they arrived, on a hill, the -d that in the mornin Deir customary ninary peace medicine, och their (a grelitheybe ) must makec€ previous to a treaty) for the 510us Ceremony their mag heart 8; ae My 1€ purpose of cleansing oY, . ny civilized ones have done, into idolatrous modes of worship.”? ‘On the appeara:ce of the new moon but it is not Wi! chieks viated, as many other uncivilized nations, and too ma- sing; cie Ire i} their “religious principles,” which he says are * few and simple,” he adds, “they (the Indians) have not de- daace and ee Z was “one particular female custom’ bearing resembiance to the rites in the Mosaic law; alluding to the well known Indian separation of women. Speaking of they vo ¢ letter of March, 10n Mission ina arch -24, 1893. Fee sive | ; tec? StVES an account of < ? ne er hs customs of the Osage Indians i who went ‘Shan. bene er of We Jp Fort Smith | form a treaty of pea . . ona tour of upwards of five thousand miles, discovered but few of these many rites resembling the religion of ancient ISRAELudu, eign Missionary Sociély, at the Union quuited For. It is no passing by them AND account of the orig in of the humerous Indjan tribes of America. Rev. Mr. Cha man of their reli- They endeavor to conceal them.” JUDAH too wa; ne; alan Mr. C Sones Chapman @ 8 Tepes Presentation of Bee 8 ia (2G uno. the ceres : <.7i4d Upon SE SER: It is the univer- ty Morning With their dev; reo Salute the dawn of eye. pee CCVONORS And but it gives no galisiaclory cee Gal7 aty otekeh : ; ‘S-eenaeneuee ee ; : . |