282 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ xin ^' ^^ ^^^^^ time my old acquaintance was not for tranfading 

 *— — ^ — -* his bufinefs in a hurry ; and perhaps he thought that on 

 Auguft. his laft vifit we were not imprelTed with a fufficient idea 

 on ay zo. ^^ j^-^ importance ; for now he came along-Ude with his 

 party in great pomp and folemnity, all of them jQnging ; 

 and in addition to the vocal concert, they entertained us 

 with inftrumental mulic, which confifted of a large old 

 cheft, beaten with the hands, by way of a drum, and two 

 rattles. The rattles were two feet long, and about two 

 inches round, made of hollow pieces of wood neatly 

 joined together, and a number of fmall ftones being put 

 in, they were clofed at both ends. The chief held one of 

 thefe rattles in his hand, which he frequently fhook with 

 an air of meaning intelligence, and the reft of his tribe 

 feemed to follow his diredions, in finging in the moft exad: 

 manner. 



His drefs was an old coat, made of cloth which for- 

 merly had been fcarlet, with fome old gold or filver fringe 

 about the fhoulders ; but that ornament being efteemed of 

 little value, the cloak was decorated down each fide with 

 buttons, and fmall lead pipes, each about an inch long. 

 , His hair, after being well rubbed with oil, was entirely 

 filled with down taken from gulls, and which is always 

 worn by the Indian chiefs when in full drefs. In this 

 grotefque figure he difplayed as much importance as any 

 Spanifh don could pofiibly have done. Befides the curious 

 drefs which the chief himfelf wore, he had another in the 

 boat -not lefs remarkable than his own, and ornamented 

 nearly in the fame manner, which was worn during the 

 time of their finging by a woman whom I took for his 

 wife. 



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