ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS. 



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istence of one Supreme Being, the creator and 

 governour of the world, whom they call Kitch-e- 

 mon-e-too, or the Great Spirit ; and to him they 

 ascribe every perfection. They consider him as 

 the authour of all good, and as too benevolent to 

 inflict any evil upon his creatures. They render 

 him little worship ; but occasionally suppli- 

 cate of him success in their important undertak- 

 ings, and very rarely, render him some sacrific- 

 es, consisting of some part of their property. 



They, also, believe in the existence of a bad 

 spirit, whom they call Much-e-mon-e-too, to whom 

 they ascribe great power, and who, they believe, 

 is the authour of all the evils, by which mankind 

 are afflicted. To him, therefore, in order to ob- 

 tain deliverance from evils which they either ex- 

 perience or fear, they offer many, and sometimes 

 expensive, sacrifices. They consider him as ever 

 employed, in plotting against their peace and safe- 

 ty ; and they hope, by such means, to appease 

 his anger. 



They, also, believe that there are good and 

 bad spirits, of an inferiour order, who are superi- 

 our to men in the scale of existence, and who 

 have allotted spheres of action, in which they 

 are contributing to the happiness or misery of 

 mankind. These beings they suppose preside 

 over all the extraordinary productions of na- 



