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lage by beating a Drum, and they meet in his Cabin, if it can 

 contain all the Guefts. The Warriors dance one after another, 

 then ftriking on a Poll, Silence is made : They fay what 

 they pleafe, and they Hop from Time to Time to receive 

 the Applaufes of the Auditors, who are not fparing of 

 them* But if any one boafts falfely, any Perfon is allowed to 

 take Dirt or Afhes and rub his Head with them, or play him any 

 other Trick he thinks proper. Commonly they black his Face, 

 faying, What I do is to hide your Shame, for the firll Time 

 *^ you fee the Enemy you will turn pale." He who has thus 

 puniflied the Bragadocio, takes his Place, and if he commits 

 the fame Fault, the other never fails to return the Compliment. 

 The greateft Chiefs have no Privilege in this Matter, and they 



muft not be affronted at it, This Dance is always performed 



in the Night. 



In the weft^rn Parts there is another Dance ufed, which is 



cr-i J) called the Dance of the BulL The Dancers 



h Bll'^ ^^^^ feveral Circles or Rings, and the Mu- 

 ^ ^ ^ ' fic, which is always the Drum and the ChU 



chicoue^ is in the midft of the Place. They never fcparate thofe 

 of the fame Family : They do not join Hands, and every one 

 carries in his Hand his Arms and his Buckler. All the Circles 

 do not turn the fame Way ; and tho' they caper much, and very 

 high, they always keep Time and Meafure. 



From Time to Time a Chief of a Family prefents his Shield : 

 They all ftrike upon it, and at every Stroke he repeats fome of 

 his Exploits. Then he goes and cuts a Piece of Tobacco at a 

 Pofl, where they have fattened a certain Quantity, and gives it 

 to one of his Friends^. If any one can prove that he has dohe 

 greater Exploits, or had a Share in thofe the other boafts of, he 

 has a Right to take the Piece of Tobacco that was prefentedj^ 

 and give it to another. This Dance is followed by a Feaft ; 

 but I do not well fee from whence it derives its Name, unlefs 

 it be from the Shields, on which they ftrike, which are covered 

 with BulPs Hides. 



There are Dances prefcribed by their Phyficians for the Cure 



7^ 7 V of the Sick, but they are p;enerally very 



Dances ordered i r* • rni. - r ^ \. ^* y 



h the Ph ficians laicivious. Fn^re are lome that are entirely 

 y yj ^ ^ - for Diverfion, that have no Relation to any 

 Thing. They are almoft always in Circles, to the Sound of 

 the Drum and the Qhichicouêy the Men apart from the Wo- 

 men. The Men dance with their Arms in their Hands, and 

 tho' they never take hold of each other, they never break the 

 Circle. As to what I faid before, that they are always in Time, 

 it is no difficult Thing to believe, becaufe the Mufic of the Sa- 

 v?,£,es has but two or three Notes, which are repeated continually. 



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