thrown around the person, but closely confined over the
shoulders in front, and reaching below the knee. There
was an air of constraint in their movements, which accorded
ill with the occasion of festivity for which they were
assembled; and it was remarkable, whether it arose from
deference to those to whom they were slaves, as well as
wives and daughters, or from whatever other cause it
might be, none of them ventured to recline themselves
upon the sward in imitation of the warriors.

When it had been made known to the governor that the
Indians had begun to develop themselves in force upon
the common unarmed, yet redolent with the spirit that
was to direct their meditated sports, the soldiers were
dismissed from their respective companies to the ramparts;
where they were now to be seen, not drawn up in formidable
and hostile array, but collected together in careless
groups, and simply in their side-arms. This reciprocation
of confidence on the part of the garrison was acknowledged
by the Indians by marks of approbation, expressed as much
by the sudden and classic disposition of their fine forms
into attitudes strikingly illustrative of their admiration
and pleasure, as by the interjectional sounds that passed
from one to the other of the throng. From the increased
alacrity with which they now lent themselves to the
preparatory and inferior amusements of the day, it was
evident their satisfaction was complete.

Hitherto the principal chiefs had, as on the previous
occasion, occupied the bomb-proof; and now, as then, they