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Montreal, the French were welcomed by the women who 

 kissed their faces.* In the fourth voyage made to Vir- 

 ginia in 1587, it is said that the Indians of the island of 

 Croatoan, (on the coast of North Carolina,) " threwe away 

 their bowes and arrowes, and some of them came unto us, 

 embracing and entertaining us friendly."t So also of the 

 Esquimaux in Davis's second voyage in 1586 ; " they came 

 running to mec and the rest, and embraced us with many 

 signes of hartie welcome. "| Wherever the Spanish authors 

 are consulted, we find that, in addition to the ceremony of 

 embracing generally, they mention the kissing of hands 

 and prostrating themselves; thus, although it is stated, 

 that the chief Muscogo welcomed Juan Ortiz who fled to 

 him for protection by embracing him and kissing his 

 face,§ yet we find, that when the same chief went to the 

 Spanish camp, he kissed De Soto's hands. || The Cacique 

 of Casqui, (on the Mississippi,) is also stated to have pros- 

 trated himself before De Soto.** Garcilaso de la Vega men- 

 tions, as a mode of salutation, prostration and kissing of 

 the hands ; but these were probably to superiors, and in 

 token of veneration. The following practice, observed at 

 Kecoughtan, (near Chesapeake Bay,) is a curious one, but 

 whether used as a mode of salutation or not, we are unable 

 to tell. " Landing at Kecoughtan, the Savages entertained 

 them," (the voyagers,) " with a doleful noyse, laying their 

 faces to the ground and scratching the earth with their 

 nayles."tt 



* Lescarbot, ut supra, p. 327. 

 •j- Hackluyl's Collection, ut supra, p. 767. 

 i Idem, ibid, p. 781. 



§ La Florida del Inca, en Madrid, 1722. p. 28. 

 11 Idem, ibid, p. 33. 



•* Narrative of De Soto's Invasion, written by a gentleman of Elvas, 

 and translated by Ilackluyt. London, 1609, p. 96. 

 ffPurchas his Pilgrimage, London, 1614, p. 768. 



