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when actuated by strong passion, striking, and 

 sometimes elegant ; yet the habitual gait of the Red 

 man is not a graceful one. The toes are turned 

 in ; the step, though elastic, has an appearance of 

 insecurity, and is by no means majestic, nor even 

 pleasing, to one unaccustomed to see the centre of 

 gravity thrown so much forwards. Even though 

 the palm of personal appearance be given to the 

 Eythinyuwuk, in moral conduct I hold them to 

 be decidedly inferior to the Eskimos and 'Tinne. 

 They are less honest, and though perhaps not so 

 much given to falsehood as the 'Tinne, are more 

 turbulent and more prompt to invade the rights of 

 their countrymen, as well as of neighbouring na- 

 tions. Their wars are carried on by ambuscade 

 and treachery, seldom in open field : they spare 

 neither infants nor women in their forays; and 

 instances of personal bravery, such as the Eskimos 

 often exhibit, are rare indeed among them. The 

 worst of the vices of which St. Paul accuses the 

 heathen world are said to exist among the Crees 

 of the plains, and gambling is practised to excess 

 by the whole nation.* One game in which the 



* A society named Wabuno is said to Lave been formed 

 among the Chippeways, for the practice of certain nocturnal 

 orgies called JVabunsi, — an appellation signifying "not yet 

 light," from wauben, " daylight," and the negative suffix. — See 

 Schoolcraft. The appellation of Wahimsenacaivh, by which 



