NORTH. AMERICAN



INDIANS.



mnen to have
dearees, and
but a desire
suits which
tormentors,
passion of t
sufficiently <
are the obje
have a oreat
      b



1 been guilty of, I belil
have been used to it



of seeing theji
the sufferers
the desire of:
hh s people, 4
glutted, whils
a ft it, is not s
share in it, for



by a false zeal, guided by



L' enemy



do n(
revenm
and v
t the
ubdue
what



Dre
vhi
C



eve they acquire it
insensibly by custo
behave manly, the
cease to make to tl
which is the reI an
ich they do not th,
ou rage of those m
and lastly superstiti



are not produced



so many passions.



WAR AMONG THE TONGUST, CORIAKS, KAMSCHAs
   DALES. YAKUTSJ, OKOTST, OF SIBERIA.



  When war is declared among the
to Abernethy, Santini, and others,
which is the very same amongr the IS
dians, is to hang the kettle on thefire.
no doubt, originated fromn the barbarn
the prisoners of war, and those who ]
they had been boiled. We find, ho)
proof adduced by any European writc
will induce us to believe that it cMT
amongs the North American Indians-(
ing the north-east part of Asia, to eat
it is acknowledged by themselves o
Some eminent travellers have assertc
drink the blood or broth of the flesh op
only an allegorical way of speakingo
and consequently among the Indians
These figurative expressions are
scripture. The enemies of David din
make it a custom to eait the flesh of t
he said, Psalm xxvii. 5, ii., ' When th
enemies came upon me to eat up m



Tongusi, according
the first ceremony,
Forth A-merican In-
  This preliminary,
)uS custom ofeating
mad been killed, after
vever, no authentic
wr or traveller, which
is customary. either



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k the tribes inhabit-
human flesh; still



n both continents.
Ad that the terms to
r their enemies, were
among the Asiatics,
of North Amnerica.
)ften found in the
I not, as it appears,
heir enemies, when
e wicked, even mine



'y



flesh.'



In



after



times, however, we are convinced that nations substituted



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by
mn;
in-
ieir
ing
ink
rho.
on,



excesses



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