protection- he then addresses the People
advising how they ought to Conduct them
selves & pointing our some of the promi
nent Evils which they should avoid- one
of the greatest of these is stealing and ano
ther is for the Husband to Desert & Sepa
rate himself from his Wife during Preg
nancy- but taking the Life of another
is not considerd a Crime so Capital, as they
are left at liberty to revenge it by ta
king the Life of the Murderer- this may
be done with impunity by the Nearest
Relative of the Deceased & they then convey the cries of Blood to be done away. The before
described feasting & Dancing is continued
at Intervals & by Companies for the a
Period of from five to ten Days- &
Formerly toward the latter part of
the Time many of them became in
toxicated, but at present among the
Indians of this Neighbourhood this is
entirely disused- and altho the feast
is conducted with considerable noise
& apparent Confusion, it also is atten
ded at Intervals with much Solemnity & on the
part of many of them purely on