OF THE POLAR SEA, 117 
poochikawn, in which he requested him to be 
propitious, told him of the value of the things 
now presented, and cautioned him against ingra- 
titude. This oration was delivered in a mono- 
‘tonous tone, and with great rapidity of utterance, 
and the speaker retained his Squatting posture, 
but turned his face to his god. At its conclusion, 
the priest began a hymn, of which the burthen 
was, “I will walk with God, I will go with the, 
animal ;” and, at the end of each stanza, the rest 
joined in an insignificant chorus. He next took 
up a calumet, filled with a mixture of tobacco 
and bear-berry leaves, and holding its stem by 
the middle, in a horizontal position, over the hot 
Stones, turned it slowly in a circular manner, fol- 
lowing the course of the sun. Its mouth-piece 
being then with much formality, held for a few 
seconds to the face of Kepoochikawn, it was next 
presented to the earth, having been previously 
turned a second time over the hot stones; and 
afterwards, with equal ceremony, pointed in suc- 
cession to the four quarters of the sky; then 
drawing afew whiffs from the calumet himself, he 
handed it to his left-hand neighbour, by whom it 
was gravely passed round the circle; the inter- 
preter and myself; who were seated at the door, 
were asked to partake in our turn, but requested 
to keep the head of the calumet within the thres- 
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