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or little table, but prefently takes it up again, 
and, bowing very low, advances obfequioufly, 
croffing or interfe&ing each other about mid- 
way : he who relied his {hell before the white 
people now (lands before the king, and the other 
who flopped before the king Hands before the 
white people ; when each prefents his fhell, one 
to the king and the other to the chief of the 
white people, and as foon as he raifes it to his 
mouth, the Have utters or fmgs two notes, each 
of which continues as long as he has breath ; 
and as long as thefe notes continue, fo long muft 
the perfon drink or at lead keep the fhell to his 
mouth. Thefe two long notes are very folemn, 
and at once flrike the imagination with a reli- 
gious awe or homage to the Supreme, founding 
iomewhat like a-hoo — ojah and a-lu — yah. After 
this manner the whole affembly are treated, as 
long as the drink and light continue to hold out ; 
and as foon as the drinking begins, tobacco and 
pipes are brought. The fkin of a wild cat or 
young tyger fluffed with tobacco is brought, 
and laid at the king's feet, with the great or royal 
pipe beautifully adorned ; the (kin is ufually of 
the animals of the king's family or tribe, as the 
wild-cat, otter, bear, rattle-make, &c. A fkin 
of tobacco is likewife brought and caff at the 
feet of the white chief of the town, and from him 
it paffes from one to another to fill their pipes 
from, though each perfon has befides his own 
peculiar fkin of tobacco. The king or chief 
fmokes firft in the great pipe a few whiffs, blow- 
ing it off ceremonioufly, firfl: towards the fun, or 
as it is generally- fuppoied to the Great Spirit, for 
it is puffed upwards, next towards the four car- 
dinal points, then towards the white people in 
the houfe ; then the great pipe is taken from the 
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