246 Coincidences between Usages of N. A. Inds. 
TOMAHAWK. 
letters B. P.M.F. Father Hen- 
nepin says the same of the Iroquois. 
Query. Is this not eminently an Asi- 
alic Weapon ? perhaps not exactly 
inits present form ; but asa battle 
axe. Some of the Tartars wear a 
small axe at the girdle. 
WASHING & seen This is repeatedly mentioned by 
TING FEET, 
CRUCIFIXION. 
SPINDLE. 
CATAMITES. 
PSYLLI. 
POULTRY. 
Hennepin and others. 
Pére Hennepin p. 91 asserts that 
the Iroquois crncify their prisoners, 
&e. 
The Squaws used this for making 
their Thread long before the Euro- 
peans visited their country. 
Boys kept for infamous purposes, are 
mentioned by several writers on the 
American Indians, who also describe 
the Cineedi, who assume the female 
garb and employments.--That this 
abomination exists in China, &c. is 
pretty fully established, and under 
aspects very similar. 
Serpent Charmers are described by 
P. Hennepin, Carver and others. 
The native country of our domestic 
hen, is, [believe India. Itis a des- 
cendant of the Jungle fowl, and I 
have never heard of its being indi- 
genous in this Continent. Hennepin 
speaks of domestic fowls amongst 
Tribes to whom he was the first Eu- 
ropean Visitor, Query, had they 
obtained them from the Spaniards ? 
if 
