248 Coincidences between Usages of N. A. Inds. 
JUSTICE. 
BRIDGE OF * # * 
WIDOWS. 
WATER BUDGETS. 
FEAST OF LAMPS: 
METEMPSYCHOSIS. 
bands or standards, &c. as that of 
the Wolf, &c. 
An offender against any family is pun- 
ished by that Family, the Chiefs not 
interfering—the same prevails am- 
ongst the Afghauns—see E|phinstone 
&e. 
I forget what the Mahometans call 
the bridge they must pass to arrive 
in Paradise—a very similar super- 
stition is prevalent with most of the 
Indian Tribes. 
Among the Chippewas and - some 
other tribes a man is bound to marry 
his brother’s widow. 
The skin budget for water or liquors 
is found among some tribes on the 
Mississippi and its tributaries. 
Amongst these also is found a Festi- 
val something analogous to the Chi- 
nese one in the Margin—at the com- 
mencement of Buffalo hunting.—vide 
Hunter p. 218. 
Traces of it are found amongst some 
tribes. 
BURNT OFFERINGS, Are sometimes made—vide Hunter 
AMULETS, &e. 
&e. 
Are in constant use amongst the 
American Indians. 
SITTING POSTURE, The Asiatic mode of sitting cross- 
legged is common with most tribes. 
—lIs there not also a connection bet- 
ween the Mats placed round the Lod- 
ges for this purpose and the num- 
inuds of the 'Tartars ? 
WIGWAMS 
