186               ORIGIN O0

This, however, will suffice as



oratory
as his
Wheth
the life
was no



*. His feelings appeared
innumerable but nati
er it was throuo'h his elo(
of the accused, I know :
t found guilty."



> THE



a specimen of Siberian
L to be very much excited
iral gestures expressed.
juence, or their regard for
not,,but the young chief



  La 1Roche mentions the natural eloquence of the
orators of the Kamschadales. Santini says, that among
different nations in Tartary and Siberia, orators plead at
their councils and courts of justice.



THE COUNCILS AND GOVERNMENT OF VILLAGES,
    AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.



  We are told by travellers and mlissionaries that the In-
dians, even when they were first visited by Europeans,
conducted themselves in their assemblies with  uch
prudence, maturity, and ability, as would do honor to the
Areopagus of Athens, and the Senate of Rome, in the
most flourishing times of those republics. Nothing is
concluded hastily, and that self-interest which so often
corrupts the senator of civilized nations, never prevailed
in the Indians when they discussed affairs which related



to the public good.
the highest degree,
For the most part,
of honor, are the
what cannot be exi
which they sit in 7
plans in order to r
however, can only
although some Chi



It is also true, that they



the art of co
the glory of
chief objects
cused, is th ai
council, is
evenge then
be remedie(
s      a
rist an s are a



ncealing the
the nation, r
> at which 1U
almost all t'
consumed
a on their
Iby the Chr
Ls vindictive



irEI
and
hey
he
in



possess, in
)roceedin gs.
L the motives
, aim. But
time, during
concocting
  &    .t   a



enemies; this,
istian religion,
as any savage.



  "As to what relates to private persons," says the
Bishop of Meaux, "and the particular concerns of the
villace, these things are soon decided among some na-
tions; but among other tribes they are referred to higher