332 Mr. Ranking on the Origin 



the deceased lay upon in his house, hning the grave with cy- 

 press bark; the corpse is in a sitting posture, as if aUve, with 

 his gun, tomahawk, pipe, and other matters he most esteemed, 

 (513). 



The women are seldom above five feet ; they are well-formed, 

 have round features, large black eyes, and are modest, subtile, 

 and affectionate. Their feet and hands are not larger than 

 those of Europeans at the age often. The men are a full size 

 larger than Europeans ; they are warlike and merciful^, but ar- 

 rogant. According to their own account, Avhich I think is true, 

 after their arrival in Carolina and Georgia, they allied themselves 

 to the British, and their aged chiefs yet speak of it with tears of 

 satisfaction and joy. They have furious war with the Spaniards. 

 As to their morals, they certainly do not stand in need of Eu- 

 ropean civilization ; I saw a young Indian, who, beholding a 

 scene of mad intemperance and folly, clapped his hands to his 

 breast with a smile, and looked aloft to the good and great 

 Spirit, as if sensible of his favour to the red men, (482 — 491^. 

 They rejoice at the appearance of the new moon, and suspend 

 silver crescents round the neck. They puncture the skin with 

 a needle and mark it blue, with the sun, crescents, stars, and 

 animals. The females are bare-legged, wear buskins, a large 

 long cloth put on differently from a petticoat, and a short 

 waistcoat of calico, but no shift ; their hair is plaited and fas- 

 tened on the crown \Tith a silver brooch and decorated with 

 ribands. The priests wear white, and have an oioZ-skin stuffed 

 ingeniously, which they bear upon their arm or wear upon 

 the head. In the spring, the whole town is summoned to bring 

 their hoes and axes, to proceed to the plantations and begin to 

 plant on the same day, (482 — 508.) Travels in Carolina^ 

 Georgia, and Florida, by W. Bartram, Dublin, 1793. — Note. 

 The Muscogulges are in the above description a mixed cha- 

 racter of Siberians and Moguls. Their religion and customs 

 are Mogul, Chaman, and Tibetian mixed. The owl was not 

 held in peculiar veneration till it saved Genghis Khan's life, 

 and white was the dress of the Mogul priests. 



I'he Seminoles were going to war with the Chactaws. Their 

 king, Mico Ghlucco, the long warrior, (whose portrait is in the 

 volume,) has the noble expression of gravity and dignity, and 



