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Show (Irl'lu or till' luilllUS. The filtiwlug frutu t.iu HI. Iimila fiooe-femcraflaiMirobiratlie cf tlio llou'tut.Mirnijii rigirlliu the nilglti oflhu Aiuirlcin AlAirlginre Karly lrielera among tho dtana claim to hate lound rltea aim etie muiilesstlikngl) similar In lliuie if tin-Jews, (leurce Citllu llio artl.l, whiisiHtit u iina lernlite (.irtloii of Ida life mil ulg Hie trim a, and ho Ik-lleiedtlieyhat Ik-lleiedtlieyhat Jewl.li IiIobI lu Hu Ir veins, aim iu;li liocojll isatga ao fsr aa lo idi ntlfy tbem Willi I-rael' lost Irlbiat. Tue l!idliuawo!il"da(lri'.l Hplrlt ur u Jihnvali. Idolib-ra weru never found mi ll.e Nirili Aiiiiritan Ciinlltiinl. riietrlUaluulllo-irriiUncIl or nieillcl tie liuuses, whhli liny held moat sacred, Ihey hut tlia.tr lilujn iirleats mil their propiuts. riuy lol-lowed lol-lowed the Hebrew custom lu uut allowing allow-ing the women to worship wills thu men. Fmy yean ago Ihu riliux ex I lotted the same belief that tiny aru dancing themselves iruy about now. They lualnUlueil that the In liana weru thu itiosell peril le uf the (Jreat Hplrlt ami that lis Hinu they would triumph over tlio rest oflhu worll tiirouglsn Mi (slab. In iirtrrlage the Lilians had customs cus-toms whkli savored of Palestine, liny gaiopnaenta fur tlitlr wives, lnthilr bathing and lu their family relations Ihey followed with reiuarkible pneis-lou pneis-lou many of Ihe reipilri menl of Ihu Mosalu law. Tiny obsimil cirlaln taw nf purlllc-itluii whlcli tint Old Testament teaches. KIHy )ears ag travelers found no dillliulty lu discovering discov-ering Ihe practice of these ntcMuuJ ceremonkaby the Indians, llul as tho llnuofwttlto aiUleuieiit advaneej the Iudlsua gave up thtlr old cu.toma. Their forms wire laughed nt by while nun, ami many of Hum wtru alnnd lined. The ghost dance, whlill Hie Hloux liavo been Bearing Ihu frontier with, Is thu old sun dancu under a new name. It used lo I hi practiced very freuuently aa au atom mint t-enniotiy. There was ome an Indian kaat which waa very like the annual feaat of the Passover. Home of Ihe Irlbea ktitn feast with brauihes if willow ami preliminary fasting which lioru alrlktng reaeiublaiu'os to thu Feast of Tabernacles. Tin prartlco ofolTerlng lolhu (Jreat Hplrlt Hie llrsi gnen corn, and tliu llrt fruits of all kin la was al-most al-most universal among the Indiana before be-fore they beiaamu cuiitatuluatcel with whltoiuen. |