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or little table, but prefently takes it up again., 
and, bowing very low, advances obfequioufiy, 
crofting or interfering each other about mid- 
way: he who refted his fhell before the white 
people now ftands before the king, and the other 
who ftopped before the king ftands before the 
white peoples when each prefents his fhell, one 
to the king and the other to the chief of the 
white people, and as foori as he raifes it to his 
mouth, the flave utters or fings two notes, each 
of which continues as iong as lie has breath s 
and as long as thefe notes continue, io lor.g muff 
the perfcn drink, or at leaft keep the fhell to his 
mouth, Tftef two long notes are very folemn, 
and at once i trike the imagination w ith a religious 
awe or homage to the Supreme, founding forne- 
what like a-hoo — ojah and a-iu — 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 
kingk feet, with the great or royal pipe beautifully 
adorned ; the fkin is ufually of the animals of the 
king’s family or tribe, as the wild -cat, otter, bear, 
rattle-fnake, &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 ano- 
ther to fill their pipes from, though each perfon has 
befides his own peculiar ikin of tobacco. The 
king of chief fmokes firft in the great pipe a few 
whiffs, blowing it off ceremoniouliy, firft towards 
the fun, or as it is generally fuppofed to the Great 
Spirit, for it is puffed upwards, next towards the 
four cardinal points, then towards the white people 
in the houfe ,5 then the great pipe is taken from the 
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