LOUISIANA. ij3 



The prieft, though he was carefTed and well 

 fed, was not without uneafinefs, fearing that 

 thefe jokes would end in facrificing him to the 

 Manitou^ or deity of the Indians \ therefore, one 

 day, taking advantage of their confidence in 

 him, he took his meafures to get away before 

 their faces. All thofe tranfadlions i\\t Mijjourts 

 themfelves have related, when they brought the 

 ornaments of the chapel hither. They were 

 drefled out in thefe ornaments : the chief had 

 on the naked fkin the chafuble, with the paten 

 fufpended from his neck, having driven a nail 

 through it, and makii^g ufe of it as a breaft- 

 plate ; he marched gravely at the head of all 

 the others, being crowned with feathers and a 

 pair of horns. Thofe that followed him had 

 more chafubles on ; after them came thofe who 

 carried the ftole, followed by thofe who had the 

 fcarfs about their necks ; after them came three 

 or four young Indians, fome with albs, and others 

 with furplices on. The Acolothiils, contrary to 

 order, were at the end of this proceflion, not 

 being adorned enough, and held in their hands 

 a crofs or chandelier, whilft they danced in ca- 

 dence. Thefe people, not knowing the refpedt 

 due to the facred utenfils, hung the chalice to a 

 Jiprfe's neck, as if it had becji a bell. 



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