THE
North -C arolina Chronicle or, Fayetteoilk Gazette.
N. 25, of Vol. II-j
MONDAY, FEBRUART 28, 1791.
'Total No. 77.
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CARVEil'9 TRAVELS.
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' C their Man x s- quuiijic vru
WkiliM ..he ii..!iau wun.tn fit
d.i ihv l:ace rhemlelves in a
.r; it-. . i 1 :ruir knees cloie tO-
this roftrc, they walk badly and appear
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" They hive no midwives among them,
their climate, or fome peculiar happinefs
in their constitutions rendering any af
fiOareeat that time unneceffary. On
thefe occafions they are conhued but a
r- - 1 - rrsm tYtrW nfna.1 employ-
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ments, whicn arccommomy ;
oc thm mm. who are remarkably m-
VU, - ,- ,
1 t v.m rrv una 01 aruu
rery ; even mxucu uaUuu6 r- -
farmer will not deign to bring home the
me.but fend their wives for it, though
P v r.oV.lr Hiftance.
it lies at 2 vci 1 tuiiuu.-
; The worae place their children loon
r - - K,vm nn boards ftttfted
foftmoft.fuchas s d;mrt-
ralTes or meadows. The child is laid on
its back in one of thefe fanf of cradles,
and being tapped in ton or cloth to
keep it wlrm, if fecmred in .t by fmaU
bent pieces of timber. .
I To thefe machines they faften firings,
by which they hang them to a flump or
ftone, while they tranfaft any needful
fcufinefs: In this pofmoa are the chil
dren kept for fame mMths.
are taken our, the boy are fuffered to
maked, and the gixU are covered fronv the
Xirck to the knees with a (hift and a fbort
Thelndian women are remarkably
" gecent during tneir menu.-.
Thofe nations that arc moft remote f'ora
the EuVopean fc-t'emeats, as the Naa
doweffies, Sec. are more particularly at
tentive to this point; though they ali
without exception adhere 1a fome degree
to the fame cutlom.
In every camp or town there is an
apartment appropriated tor their re.ire
iacst, to which both fiaglc aad nunied
retreat, and feclnd-thpmftlvcs with rhe
utm.il tlnftnei du.ing this period from
a.l l'ticty. :.f;er ards they purify
then.fclvesin running ftreami, and re
turn :o their cifcrtnl .mi)icy ments.
'l"hc men on th ie occifi ns molt care
fuil) holding ai.y cor r-unicaiif-n
wi h vh:m ; ana ihc Naudocfcs ire
f,. uii in tliis cbieivance, that they ill
noMurFt:! ary bcl ning to tl cm to fe ch
futh things as are neceilaiy, even fi e,
from iheie female lui.ar retj'eats, though
the want oi them is attended v i h the
greatelt inconvenience. They are alio
io .uperltitirusas to think, it a pipe fn-rn
crack, which among them is made cf
vood, that ih poficfibr has either lighted
it at one of thofe pollute .-fires, or held
fome unlawful cenvtrfc tfiih a woman
during her retirement, which is cfteem
cd by them mod difgraceful and wicked.
The Indians are extremely circum
fpeft and deliberate in evciy word and
adlion ; there is nothing that hurries
th?m into any iritemperate warmth, tut
that inveteracy to their enemies uhich is
rooted in eveiy Indian heart, arid can
neer be erac icated. In all ether in
ftances they are cool and remarkably
cautious, taking care not to betray on
any account whatever their emotions.
It an Indian has difcovered that a friend
is in danger of being intercepted and cut
eff by one to whom he has rendered him
felf obnoxious, he does not infcim him
'-in plain and explicit terms of the hazard
he n ns by purfuing the track near
which the enemy lies in wait for him,
but he firft ccolly alks him which v. ay he
is going that day ; and having received
his aefwer, with the fame indiffercnf e
tells him that ht has been informed that
a dog lies near the fpot which might pro
bably do him a mifejiief. This hint
proves fufficient, and his friend avoids
the danger with as much cau k n as if
every defign and motion of his enemy
had been pointed out to him.
This apathy often (hews itfelf on oc
cafions that would call forth all the fer
our of of afufceptible heart. If an 'In
dian has been abfentfrom his fsmily and -iiicnds
roanj months, cither vn a w 01
huntine party, when his wife and children"
meet him at ionje diftance from his habi
taricn, indead ff the afi" cticraie i'er.faii
ons which would naturaliv arife in he
breaft ot morej retined beings, and be
prod active oi mutual congraiularions, he
conrinues his cburie wi heut paving the
lea i auen- ion to thofe who furrouad hiati,
till he ax rives ai hi- heme.
He there fiis dov.-n, and with the fame
unc(r.cern as if he had not Been ahlent a
day, fm kes his pipe ; thofe of his ac
quaintance who ha-.e. followed him ,-o the
lame; and pefKaps it is levtral hours
before he relates V- thm the incidents
v.iiich have befallen him during his ab-.
fence, though ji perhaps he ha iert a fa
ther, brother, or fon on the Ald, wlmfe
loi; he ought to have 1-mented, or hat
been un. tu; ef ful in;he undertaking ihat
called hitrr fim kome. M
Has an Indian been engaged for fve
ral iars in the chace, or any other Udo
rious expedition, and by acciden conti
nued Ji is long without food, when ar
rives at he hut or tent or" a friend where
he knows! j! his.; wants! may be
immediately Supplied, he takes care r.ot
to&ew the leait fymptomsiot impatience,
or to betray the extreme hunger by
which he iskdrtured i bat on being invi
ted is, fiti contentedly dori, and irnokes
his pipe, vith as much compoiure as if
every appetite was ptkyccj,; and he was
perfectly a raie ; he does the fame if
among Uranpers. Thisciiiomis itricl
ly adhered to by every n ibe, as they fl
teem it a ptoof of fortitude, and thir.k
the reverk vjnuld eniiile them to the ap
pellation i v,cmen. -: . I I
If you tell an Indian that h:s childrea
hvegtetlv finalized thmielve-ag,:: X
an enemy, have taktr. man 'fcalpk, , and
brought home many p if ner, he cWa
not appear !tff feel any extraordinary pha
iure on the joccafion ; his aniu er gtnc
rallv is, " li is - ell, ' and hp makes e-
ry iittle turtrie, crquiry, aoi ui n
thecontrary,ir you intbrnlhim that hischiU
dfenare ILiin it taken prifoinrs,hc mak:s
no compl mts, he only replies, " I' doe&
-.. r.-;i .Qrif! nrobabtv. foTfome-timft
t lcUa ftot tyw h haptuei.