40 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1914-15 



''One tribe would have to have an interpreter to under- 

 stand the other, just as you w^ould. We welcome the white 

 people in our homes and in our life. We have in our tribe 

 two family stories, w^hich are never told to any w^hite man^ 

 and have certain signs that w^e never reveal. We often 

 tell a falsehood if it helps our people, not that we believe 

 in telling lies, but at times when we wish to keep our secret.'^ 



The Indian girl showed many Indian articles, as the 

 Indian rattle, the candleholder, and the symbols of the sun,, 

 corn, water and others which are used at the harvest time. 

 She wxnt through part of this ceremony with these different 

 symbols, singing in her sweet voice during the ceremony. 



''We speak our language in different ways," she said. 

 "We have a signal language in which we send a word a 

 great distance. These are given by fires, the brighter the 

 fire, the greater the danger, or the number of fires means 

 great danger. 



"A blanket is another way in which we speak, holding 

 the blanket in one direction means a certain thing, while to 

 wTap the blanket closely around you means great trouble. 

 We have signals in hunting to tell what animal abounds 

 the region and where he is located. 



"The Indian child is w^ell brought up. Fom infancy we 

 are taught to endure, strapped to the back of a board; our 

 feet and hands bound we are unable to kick, and if we cry 

 it would do no good. We rest during our first months and 

 sleep in the open. 



"Our education begins at an early age, and then we are 

 taught to swim, run, climb, hunt, and in this way grow 

 strong. We are taught the signs of nature, and with the 

 boys it is a necessity to know how^ to tell where an animal 

 is located and what danger the hunter is in. 



"It is part of our religion to care for our body, as it is 

 the greatest thing the Great Spirit gave us, and we grow 

 strong with nature and healthful exercises. We do not wor- 

 ship the sun, but adore it, because it comes to tell us that 

 the Great Spirit is wdth us." 



