INDIAN HISTORY. 23. 
Hurons, who were trying to escape from their enemies. While 
the latter were encamped during the night, the Hurons, with their 
allies, stole upon them, and taking them by. surprise, nearly ex- 
terminated the whole party. The remains of skeletons, etc., are 
to be seen, bleaching on the shores of Lake Superior. 
The courtship and marriage ceremony among the Chippewas, 
is very simple. After a young Indian has had an ample oppor- 
tunity of choosing from among his acquaintances the young squaw 
he desires, he embraces the first opportunity to repair to a con- 
cealed place, near her lodge, where he beats on an instrument, 
called the Tom Tom, and accompanies it by singing and shouting 
in a very loud tone of voice. If his lady-love thinks favorably of 
his suit, he will find, on the third night, a bell hung up in his place 
of rendezvous, the meaning of which he knows full well how to 
interpret. He next repairs to her father, and ascertains as to the 
purchase money, which usually amounts to about twelve dollars 
in furs, or other commodities ; after having paid it, the Medicine 
Man is spoken to, and a feast prepared, to which the friends of 
both parties are invited. Soon after, the friends assemble, and 
all is ready, the intended bride being present with her mother, and 
quite well aware of what is going to take place, affects to be en- 
tirely ignorant, and when approached by the young brave for the 
purpose of having the nuptial rites performed, appears not only 
surprised, but very angry, and refuses, point blank, to have any- 
thing to do with him. Her mother tries to persuade her, but to 
no effect, when the apparently disappointed lover rushes upon her, 
and takes her, by force, before the Medicine, Man, who says a few 
words, after which the bridegroom takes her off to his wigwam, 
the bride still kicking, struggling, and fighting. As soon as she 
reaches the wigwam, a sense of duty pervades her, and all pre- 
tence ceases. 
While in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I saw a very singular and in- 
teresting Indian curiosity. It consisted of a section of a maple 
tree, about four and a half feet in length, and ten inches in diam- 
eter, near the centre of which, was_a large knotty protuberance, 
being an exact image of three Indian heads, the faces looking out- 
wards from the centre ; these figures were life size, and represen- 
ted two Indians and a squaw, that had been executed. One of 
