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Comparative History of 



AMERICAN HISTORY, 

 design. War, with them, was an art 

 governed by policy and system. They 

 observed the highest respect to their chiefs. 



The men were employed in war and hunt- 

 ing ; the domestic drudgery was the occu- 

 pation of the women. The eloquence of 

 the men is compared with that of Cicero 

 or Demosthenes*. 



They fulfil their engagements with the 

 strictest regard to honour and truth f . 



Those best acquainted with the Indians 

 are unanimous on this subject J. 



They are said to have eaten the bodies 

 of their enemies, sometimes with a view to 

 excite fury, more than for appetite. 



The names of the nations are, Mohawks 

 Oneydoes, Onondagas, Cayugas, Sene- 

 cas, Tuscaroras. Each nation is divided 

 into three tribes, the Tortoise, the Bear, 



• See Jefferson's Notes, p. 270,272. 



I History, says Golden, vol. i. 34, cannot give 

 an instance of a Christian king observing a 

 treaty so strictly, for so long a time, as these 

 barbarians, as they are called, have done. See 

 also Remarks on Ind. of N. Amer. p. 7. 



X An instance of rigid and heroic justice 

 among these Indians, is recorded by the author 

 of the " Remarks," p. 7, which could not be found 

 in the most civilized country. It is highly to be 

 applauded that the United States redeemed the 

 man's life at their own expense. 



ASIATIC HISTORY. 



of China) answer this description of the 

 conquerors of Mexico, Peru, Florida, &c. 

 They are braver than can be imagined. — 

 (See Jbul Gkazi, 535.) The Calmucs have 

 nearly the same language, customs, and 

 religion [Lmnisme) as their brothers the 

 Moguls.— (Pa//a*, i. 533.) 



There is but one God in heaven, and 

 but one Lord upon earth, the shadow of 

 God, say these people of their grand 

 khans (fVars and Sports, p. 52.) 



Husbands are wholly to employ them- 

 selves with hunting and war, and trouble 

 themselves with nothing else. {Yassa or 

 Mogul Law, XV ii. P. de la Croix, Life 

 of Genghis Khan, p. 85.) Ostiacs make 

 perfect slaves of their wives : they them- 

 selves do nothing but hunt and fish. The 

 Tungooseans and Ostiacs tattoo their bo- 

 dies, like the Americans. {Pallas, iv. 56, 

 61.) 



The Tartars, under Genghis, are lovers 

 of truth, and would not even preserve 

 their lives by a violation of it. {Sir fV. 

 Jones, Discourse v.) The Turks and Cal- 

 mucs are well known to bear the same 

 character. 



The custom of tasting the flesh or ears 

 of their enemies existed in Asia in the 

 fourteenth century. {Sir John Mande- 

 ville, p. 303.) The Mongols will eat it 

 from necessity, and sometimes for pleasure. 

 {Purchas, vol. v. 419.) 



There are fifteen tribes of Tunguses in 

 Daouria (Genghis Khan's country) only. 

 The Mongols call them Mongo. They 

 differ little from the Buriat Mongols. {Pal- 

 las, iv. 335, 337.) There are ten tribes 

 of Yakuts, Kan galas, Menga, &c. They 

 offer sacrifices to an invisible God in Hea- 

 ven, yet they have an idol with a mon- 

 strous head, eyes of coral, and a body like 

 a bag. {Strahlenberg , p. 380.) 



The Sabatski (dog) Tunguisi go naked 

 in the summer, except a hair girdle a span 



