LOUISIANA. 201 



The old fpeaker begins his difcourf-, and 

 fays : " If I were younger and more vigorous, 

 " to condud you againfl our enemies, as I have 

 '' formerly done, you fliould fee me go on the 

 " tips of my toes. Go my comrades, as men 

 « of courage, and with the heart of a lion * -, 

 " never fhut your ears, fleep like hares, go 

 « like the roe-buck, do not. fear the cold, nor 

 *'hefitate to go into the water like ducks-, 

 « when you are purfued, hide well your retreat. 

 " Above all, do not fear the arrows of your ene- 

 « mies, fhew them that you are true warriors 

 -" and men. Ladly, when you find an oppor- 

 ," tunity, ufe all your arrows on the enemy, and 

 '^ after that break in upon them with your clubs 

 •" in hand •, flrike, Hay, and extirpate •, it is 

 '' better to die fiditing than to be taken and 



*' burnt." 



At the end of this harangue, the old warrior 

 prefents the calumet to the "facha-Mmgo^ that is, 

 the general or chief of war, and to all his offi- 

 x:ers, who fmoke Ir, each after their rank •, and 

 all thofe who have not yet been to war come to 



fmoke 



' An hyperbole no Indian in America would make ufe of, 

 not knowing that creature, which is not to be met with iu 

 that country. F. 



