S,6 TRAVELS THROUGH 



In 1 720, one of their nation, having hid himfelf 

 In a lonely place on the banks of the Mijfifippi^ 

 had murdered the AhU de St, Come, who was then 

 the mifiionary of the colony. M. de Bienville, who 

 was then governor, made the whole nation an- 

 fwerable for it ; and, to fpare his own people, 

 he employed feveral nations of his allies to at- 

 tack them. 



Thefe Indians were worfted ; the lofs of their 

 beft warriors forced them to alk for peace : the 

 governor having granted it them, on condition 

 that they would bring the head of the murderer, 

 they pundually executed that condition ; and 

 afterwards prefented the calumet or pipe of 

 J)eace * to M. ^ Bienville. 



The following is a relation of what I have 

 heard concerning the ceremonies of this folemn 

 embalTy. 



They arrived at Kew Orleans, fmging the fcng 

 of the calumet, which they difplayed to the 



wind, 



* TKe calunjel is a long pipe, with a head of red, black, 

 or white marble, and a pipe of a reed two and a half or three 

 feet long. The Indians fend it by deputies to thofe nations 

 with whom they will renew or treat of peace. It is adorned 

 with the feathers of the white eagle ; it is a fymbol of peace 

 and plenty amongft them ; and one may go every where 

 without fear, with the caluinet in hand, becaufe pothing ^ 

 held more ikcred* 



