INDIA BELEEFS.
During his numerous exploring esI^ft^ej acquired ;§ 'very : ja.miWi?kh&JL ledge of the habits and ; beliefs-' of 'the' Indians; y Sp.me of .their (traditions he haa embodied ia a lecture on "Indfald" Myihology," which he recently deli veredicto Washington. *'The lndian/' r he Bay-^'.-'ts^a ! very : $£tfS&t? a iy" k^ws eWfyip!tff P li fe^i^J .2? °$\ !?J lb aad^wili-yalivaiisjljafra an jexpiaoatioo ready jpr^any event or jphenomenon of nature that may occur, po doubt ever troubles the mind of the tooblg.j-^4 mag ,3^, to. the .accurjacjc-.pj^his Btatements; he kno.wa.them to be true; pn have oot.these trajditjoos been haffde\fr dowtoto him, ;go'nera,tioa by generation, i from the, remotest antiquity? As to jrvhat are good deeds, tbo Indian's ideas 4re~ very -peculiar. They generally - belie v.o, however,- (hat if thoy steal rail: the horses" they WCJay. their hands on aud scalp -.all. their- enemies,: they lira tot •jeudtirttd thetaselves worthy cttudidatefei ror the ' happy hunting grounds.' Their ideas in regard to the situation of this - happy country are very vague. Thoee tVibtfs living outiie sea shore; w*iM;>say/ it is bejood the.' great w.ater.' Those living near a mountain rt-n^e say it is bjeyond ihe high mountaiue, &o. : isomo'
u . .. -'-AC-ii nociJi'ULLtA ;•;&& rfjr i pf'the^teib^'tbe Baablofl, for instaScei -have seven different aouutries,- piled one '■abo've 'afcather^iinf ■*$ yer't|ca.lj3!fr4ot|oni \ffish£iiipg 'fn^li'd la^eWJugoij^ w|hsh f^o' 'l^o^K/ spjiri^a,',*!]} imi>' fc^jD^V^.aa^Q^^ y jto~.anot.herb' OthejS: tribes* bavaVe^eii. ijoddhtfrisß; atsfa.ged'stde'J'l^ "sMa' f: itii _ 'Borjzontal direction, whUe^Sfeii o! r tbl "ESqu tmaux Indiana, go tOfie "edge of the world a_d tui^Sle off; when thej make ..^v'^U. to„ thej^. ha^g^^-lftQd.'? , i^ifii«QcflfnßtOß_og tbeirfaitSi.im theiij anceators' explaoatioiis '"6. v> ' 7 vanotiß i.'phenooien^.yo^'-'ihstore. wt&geMinl stance, tfte^^K^i^cr-'Mt ! hi ■ r k'_n r^bMi^tbat L tbe god of rain Jbr.Qflji.„ibY6 .' tha__beavjanl|L_ laka-anti rfP/j'Sf^^eaffb, .eaustag raioj r thai erushee^tce '^qo-w.'^alspC^t 1( a o,ur s taiinß6 ui_fii^Vce.d',f_kffl6 r .feol'3Bi aniirwith a lim|yrbe_i_dUitjiltb_ light [t b_ini_g-lhrOiig)i Jg® drifc^sCCgrMfic^g the stars.^ TheMalorW^Oßediii'b'iecifre W Mtet ß lE'lf^ d^ P«»verb» ,' l+et dianjals a ver^ Ibbg' while and he will borea large hole mal:dck."^'£scMnael ils._a id* :-'-.tivnl :>ip i-.J-ltCL»_»fif ti ■ I '. ■ ,1; . .., ,i .., . ... '.. ' '?' '. ' ';" '■"." ' IJI {'"ir
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 177, 28 July 1877, Page 4
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336INDIA BELEEFS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 177, 28 July 1877, Page 4
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