750 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 137 



He told us he believed that there was one Supreme God, who had Several 

 Subaltern Deities under Him. And that this Master-God made the World a long 

 time ago. That he told the Sun, the Moon, and Stars, their Business in the 

 Beginning, which they, with good looking after, have faithfully perform'd ever 

 Since. 



That the same Power that made all things at first has taken care to keep 

 them in the same Method and Motion ever since. 



He believ'd God had form'd many Worlds before he form'd this, that ^those 

 Worlds either grew old and ruinous, or were destroyed for the Dishonesty of the 

 Inhabitants. 



That God is very just and very good — ever well pleas'd with those men who 

 possess those God-like Qualities. That he takes good People into his safe 

 Protection, makes them very rich, fills their Bellies plentifully, preserves them 

 from sickness, and from being surpriz'd or Overcome by their Enemies. 



But all such as tell Lies, and Cheat those they have Dealings with, he 

 never fails to punish with Sickness, Poverty and Hunger, and after all that, 

 Suffers them to be knockt on the Head and scalpt by those that fight against 

 them. 



He believ'd that after Death both good and bad People are conducted by a 

 strong Guard into a great Road, in which departed Souls travel together for 

 some time, till at a certain Distance this Road forks into two Parts, the one 

 extremely Levil, and the other Stony and Mountainous. 



Here the good are parted from the bad by a flash of Lightening, the first be- 

 ing hurry'd away to the Right, the other to the Left. The Right hand Road 

 leads to a charming warm Country, where the Spring is everlasting, and every 

 Month is May ; and as the year is always in its Youth, so are the People, and 

 particularly the Women are bright as Stars, and never Scold. 



That in this happy Climate there are Deer, Turkeys, Elks, and Buffaloes 

 innumerable, perpetually fat and gentle, while the Trees are loaded with 

 delicious Fruit quite throughout the four Seasons. 



That the Soil brings forth Corn Siwntaneously, without the Curse of Labour, 

 and so very wholesome, that None who have the hapiness to eat of it are ever 

 Sick, grow old, or dy. 



Near the Entrance into this Blessed Land Sits a Venerable Old Man on a 

 Mat richly woven, who examines Strictly all that are brought before Him, 

 and if they have behav'd well, the Guards are order'd to open the Crystal 

 Gate, and let them enter into the Land of Delights. 



The left Hand Path is very rugged and uneven, leading to a dark and barren 

 County, where it is always Winter. The Ground is the whole year round 

 cover'd with Snow, and nothing is to be seen upon the Trees but Icicles. 



All the People are hungry, yet have not a Morsel of any thing to eat, except 

 a bitter kind of Potato, that gives them the Dry-Gripes, and fills their whole 

 Body with loathsome Ulcers, that Stink, and are unsupportably painfull. 



Here all the Women are old and ugly, having Claws like a Panther, with 

 which they fly upon the Men that Slight their Passion. For it seems these 

 haggard old Furies are intolerably fond, and expect a vast deal of Cherishing. 

 They talk much and exceedingly Shrill, giving exquisite Pain to the Drum 

 of the Ear, which in that Place of the Torment is so tender, that every Sharp 

 Note wounds it to the Quick. 



