But tries to do his duty

To my wife And to my relations Take pity on me and preserve my life, And I will make thee a sacrifice." !

For the welfare of his nation. O thou Great Spirit above !

Take pity on my children And on my wife !

.

!

OF HUDSON'S RIVER. his hand.

A murderer was seldom killed after the first twentyfour hours were passed, but he was obliged to remain concealed ;

meantime his friends endeavored to reconcile the parties, and offered a blood atonement of wampum. If peace was agreed upon it was usually accompanied by the condition that the nearest relatives of the murderer, whether men, women or child ren, on meeting the relatives of the murdered person, must give way to them. But an offense unatoned was unforgiven, and, though years might elapse, vengeance was certain if opportunity offered.

Great

faults

were charged against the Indians, and great when judged from the stand

faults they doubtless possessed

Were the line strictly drawn, point of a different civilization. however, it might be shown that, as a whole, they compared favorably with nations upon whom light had fallen for sixteen hundred years. This at least appears to their credit, that were none who were cross-eyed, blind, hunch-backed or limping ; all were well-fash crippled, lame, in constitution of ioned, strong body, well-proportioned and without blemish. Until touched and warped by wrong treat ment, wherever they were met, whether on the Potomac, the

among them