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of the place, where he remains for fome time moti- 

 onlefs, after which he reprefents in order the de- 

 parture of the warriors ; their march encampments, 

 the difcovery of the enemy, the approach towards 

 them, the halt as it were in order to draw breath, 

 when all of a fudden he falls into fuch a fury as if 

 he were going to kill all the world ; when recovered 

 from this trance, he feizes fome perfon in the af- 

 fembly as if he took him prifoner of war, feems to 

 kill another, levels at a third, and laftly falls a run- 

 ning at full fpeed, when he flops and recovers 

 himfelf ; this reprefents a retreat which is at firft 

 precipitate, but afterwards more at leifure. He 

 then exprefles by different cries, the different agita- 

 tions in which he was during his laft campaign, 

 and concludes with relating all the fine exploits he 

 has performed in war. 



When the dance of the Calumet has for its objecl, 

 as is generally the cafe, the conclufion of a peace, 

 or of lome treaty of alliance againft a common ene- 

 my, they engrave a ferpent on the ftalk of the 

 pipe, and near it is placed a plate, on which are 

 reprefented two men of the two confederate nati- 

 ons trampling upon an enemy, who is defigned by 

 the mark of his nation. Sometimes inftead of the 

 calumet they make ufe of a battle-ax. But when 

 the fubject of the treaty is only a fimple alli- 

 ance, they reprefent two men holding each other 

 by one hand and bearing in the other a calumet 

 of peace, and having each at his fide the mark 

 of his nation. In all thefe treaties they give 

 mutual pledges, fuch as collars of porcelain or 

 wampum, calumets, (laves : fometimes the hides 

 of deer or elks well tawned, adorned with figures 

 made of the hair of the porcupine ; in which cafe, 

 the above-mentioned circumftances are reprefented 



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