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Show ITLme Hcclionlnc at Paget Sonnd. According to Mr. M. Eells" account of j "The Indians of Puget Sound," in The American Antiquarian, the Ninquailies divide tho year into thirteen moons, for ' each of which they have separate names; also for the waxing and waning of the : moon. Tho daytime is divided into dawn, sunrise, forenoon, noon, afternoon, after-noon, sunset and dusk, while tlio night has tho single division of midnight. Those Indians obtained tho idea of Sunday Sun-day from anothor tribe, beforo the English came, and after that met on I Sunday, sang, danced, prayed and tried to purify themselves and throw away ! their bad and mako their hearts good. I They also married wives on that day. Among the T wanna Sunday means holy day, and the other days aro day past, two days past, etc., except Satur-I Satur-I day, which moans "alongside,' that is, ! of "Sunday. March is "getting warm;" : August, "the deer sheds its horns;" October, Oc-tober, "tho gross dies." and November, i "tho grass goes into the ground." The : peoplo are generally in debt to one ' another, with obligations of many vears standing. Tho debts aro seldom lieard ; of, except when trouble arises about j something elso, and then there is a gen-I gen-I era! turning up of old scores for ten or fifteen years back, and of tho debts of i relatives and wife's relatives. Popular ' Scicnco Monthly. |
