of whom own the seine in common.

They are entire strangers to all religion, but they have a
Tharonhijouaagon, (whom they also otherwise call Athzoockkuatoriaho,)
that is, a Genius, whom they esteem in the place of God; but they do
not serve him or make offerings to him. They worship and present
offerings to the Devil, whom they call Otskon, or Aireskuoni. If they
have any bad luck in war, they catch a bear, which they cut in pieces,
and roast, and that they offer up to their Aireskuoni, saying in
substance, they following words: "Oh! great and mighty Aireskuoni, we
confess that we have offended against thee, inasmuch as we have not
killed and eaten our captive enemies;--forgive us this. We promise that
we will kill and eat all the captives we shall hereafter take as
certainly as we have killed, and now eat this bear." Also when the
weather is very hot, and there comes a cooling breeze, they cry out
directly, Asorunusi, asorunusi, Otskon aworouhsi reinnuha; that is, "I
thank thee, I thank thee, devil, I thank thee, little uncle!" If they
are sick, or have a pain or soreness anywhere in their limbs, and I ask
them what ails them they say that the Devil sits in their body, or in
the sore places, and bites them there; so that they attribute to the
Devil at once the accidents which befall them; they have otherwise no
religion. When we pray they laugh at us. Some of them despise it
entirely; and some, when we tell them what we do when we pray, stand
astonished. When we deliver a sermon, sometimes ten or twelve of them,
more or less, will attend, each having a long tobacco pipe, made by
himself, in his mouth, and will stand awhile and look, and afterwards
ask me what I am doing and what I want, that I stand there alone and
make so many words, while none of the rest may speak. I tell them that
I am admonishing the Christians, that they must not steal, nor commit
lewdness, nor get drunk, nor commit murder, and that they too ought not
to do these things; and that I intend in process of time to preach the
same to them and come to them in their own country and castles (about
three days' journey from here, further inland), when I am acquainted
with their language. Then they say I do well to teach the Christians;
but immediately add, Diatennon jawij Assirioni, hagiouisk, that is,
"Why do so many Christians do these things?" They call us Assirioni,
that is, cloth-makers, or Charistooni, that is, iron-workers, because
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