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CHEROKEE PHOENIX, AND INDIANS’ ADVOCATE.
PRINTED UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, AND DEVOTED TO THE CAL’fcE OF INDIANS.
E. BOUDINOTT,
Editor.
NEW ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY APRIL
1, 1829.
\OL«. IB.—NO.
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fer that they should take the place o!
his regular troops, in “the fore from
of the hottest battle.’'
The dancing and the howling der
vishes are those least known to Eu
ropeans. Btfth of these I have seen
engaged at their peculiar worship, for
such their extravagant movements
and outcries are considered.
The dancing dervishes have a well
endowed establishment almost under
hough he was some time busied
n adjusting their garments and posi
lion. During the ceremony, not even
the youngest exhibited any symptom
of uneasiness.
Whenever any new dervishes enter
ed during the exercises, the superior
either gave them his hand to kiss, or
received them with cordial embrace.
During the whole time also, spectators
were coming and going, or engaged in
the palace walls of one of the foreign 1 conversation, with no other emotion
ambassadors in Pera. I saw nothing than those of pleasure, expressed '
in their semi-weekly whirling, which
an active lad would not soon be enpa-
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PHCEN1X.
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RELIGIOUS.
RELIGION OP THE TURKS;
'^Communicated for the Religious Intel-
ligt ncer, by the Rev. J\Ir. Brewer. J
W5th Mahometans, theology and
jurist irudencc, as with the Israelites
of old 1 , are intimately blended togeth
er. (The priest and the judge appeal
alike ttb the Koran and to the com
mentaries of distinguished Moolahs,
ble of rivalling. An intelligent Eng
lish gentleman, who accompanied me
to the place of their exhibition,
thought the description given them by
Dr. Clark and other travellers, was
much too highly colored.
The howling dervishes I first saw
in a miserable hovel, just without Pe
ra. Their exhibitions however were
far inferior in point of skill to those of
another more numerous company in
Scutari. I was struck however with
the surpassing beauty ofthe “rams’
skins dyed red,” on which the three
principal personages were seated.—
That ofthe Superior, in particular,
was of the deepest crimson, and
would have been an ornament around
the gorgeous Israelitish tabernacle.
The Scutari dervishes, I visited in
company with Mr. Jones, late teach
er of Mathematics on board the Con
stitution frigate, and now a Tutor in
Yale College. (This gentleman, it is
hoped, will soon favor the public with
the results of Ins extended ohserva-
tionsduring a three years cruise inthe
Mcditerncan.) After having gone
through with their introductory devo
tions, which they did kneeling upon
their sheep skins, they began moving
their bodies backwards and forwards,
accompanied with a swine like noise.
They differ from those of Pera, in
commencing while in the sitting pos
ture. After n pause, however, they
jtood up, and soon their rApid move
ments, the distortures of their fea
tures and their bowlings, established
their claims to be worthy followers of
Ilaal. By many it is believed that
these riles are in reality of heathen
origin. Those who have witnessed
tlie ravings of the epileptic, or the
mad mun, can form the best idea of
their appearance. When several of
these yits had gone by, a new exhibi
tion was brought forward eh account
of the strangers present. What pre
ceded, had been only their regular
weekly devotions.
In the additional exercise, besides'
the musicians, two or three of the
principal performers presented tbem-
holding large iron
on that “Book of the Law.” The ■ selves in the midst,
JMoolahe, or doctors of the law, are spikes and piallets, hung around with
next in rank to the Mhfti. The Ima- , chains. Brandishing these with their
■urns, or parish priests, stand in much i bawls, as they danced t.o the music,
*the same relation to the former, a? ; they pretended from time to time, yet
parochial clergy to their Bishop.— in a very awkward manner, to drive
vTlie/, Kadis, or judges of different
m
their countenances. The same re
mark wit! apply to the females, who
are not wholly concealed from us by
the lattice work of the galleries.—
We witnessed none of those expres
sions of grief, which oilier observers
suppose they have discovered.
hi different parts of the city arc
to be seen covered tombs of the most
boly of the dervishes; some of these
are reputed to have laid up for others
such a superabundance of good works,
as will be available by them during
hundreds of years to come. Multi
tudes are accustomed to resort to
their tombs for this purpose, and to
kindle their lamps around them.—
The iron gratings of the windows are
filled likewise with shreds of garments,
which the sick have sent thither, in
expectation of thus obtaining some re
lief from their diseases.
Many of the dervishes wear a long
conical cap, and robe of a peculiar
form. Others do not differ in their
dress, and apparently not in their or
dinary employments, from the great
body of the people. The former class
derive their support partly from per*
manent funds, and partly from the
present credulity of tho Mussulman,
as well as the curiosity of the Chris
tian.
MSI*
INT£MPEHANCE.
ranks, are tal;en from both classes.—
The Shieks. a re preachers, who lomr-
times dcclaimi very earnestly against
the corruption of morals. The J)er-
vishes, correspond to the monks of oth
er religions. In general they are es
teemed as persona of uncommon sanc
tity, like the moiof tho Eastern
and Catholic chu fches; they are prob
ably, however, Mie worst class of peo
ple. There were said to be twelve
orders of them, one of which has been
suppressed, in consequence of its con
nexion with th»* Jannis6aries.
The differ ent orders of clergy in
Constantinop /e, are estimated at from
10 to 30,0 00. If recent accounts
may be err idited, to their ecclesiasti
cal, civil a od literary character, they
*re about 1 o add tho military, having
been sumn joned by the Sultan, to put
on “the w sr turban.” They monop
olize mos t of the little learning which
is found m the country, and are sup
posed t.o be from principle, hostile to
the progress of civilization and polit
ical reform. If the Sultan is decided
on following up his present enlighten
ed '.policy, it is possible ho might pre-
the nails into various parts of their bod
ies. That it was not altogether a farce
was evident from the wounded check
which the principal actor exhibited
with a smile, when in conclusion he
came to demand payment of this exr
tra service.
The closing services were of an or
dinary character, and appeared to be
intended for the benefit of the sick.
Vessels *f water, and perhaps of other
liquids, were brought in and handed
to each of the dervishes in order.—
Over these they muttered their pray
ers, and afterwards breathed into
them. The same ceremonies were
likewise performed with various gar
ments, winch were in like manner pass
ed around. Next the sick of all ages,
from the old man down to the infant
of a few days, were presented before
them. They were laid one by one
on the sacred skin in the cast, around
which their prayers had'been concen
trated. The superior then passing
bis foot over the whole person, trod
twice upon tho body and breast, evi
dently with all h|s weight. Whether
any support was placed by the feet of
the children, I could not he sure,
From the New-York Observer.
DRAM-SHOPS.
The population of this city is about
200,001), ot whom one-hall are under
eighteen years of age, leaving only
1UU,DU0 men and women to support
3,300 dram-shops. On an average,
then, 15 men and 15 women support
one dram-shop. How many of the
fifteen shall we deduct for those who
do not buy liquor by the gill/ If we
say one-half, (and for the reputation
of the city, we dare not say less,) we
shall then have seven men and seven
women to support each dram-shop.
Deduct one more for the keeper of
the dram-shop, and another lor bis
wife, and we then come to the con
clusion that six-tippling mm and six
tippling women drink so much that the
mere profits on what they drink, mil
pau the price of a retailer's license, and
a fair proportion of the rent, food, fuel,
clothing, and other necessaries oj one
family.
And how much is this? The re
tailer’s license costs him $10—the
rent of his shop and house is on an
average at least $150—and the food,
fuel, clothing, and other necessary ex
penses of his family, cannot be less
than $350—say, in all, $500. If he
does not clear five hundred dollars
then he does not make a living profit
by his business, and if we suppose that
only one-half of this sum is derived
from the sale of spirituous liquors, it
will be $250, or, on an average, more
than twenty dollars for each of his drink
ing customers*.
It is generally conceded that in the
sale of liquor, the retailer makes a
profit of one hundred per cent. The
customer then who pays him a profit
of twenty dollars, purchases to the
amount of forty dollars. Forty dol
lars a year is about one shilling a day.
One shilling will purchase two glas
ses at six pence, or four at three
pence—on an average, say, three glas
ses for the shilling. Each drinking
customer of a dram-slinp, drinks then,
on an average, three, glasses a day
and his bill for drink, is forty dollars a
year/
1 The man who is in the habit of
drinking three glasses of ardent spir
its every day is wedded to hi9 glass
ILs cup is his idol. Drinking, with
Him, is the summum bonum. To grati
fy this appetite, he will sacrifice his
health, his reputation, his property,
his family, all his prospects here, and
his hope of heaven hereafter. He is
a ruined man. And can it be that
there are forty thousand such men and
woman in this city! Alas! there is too
much reason to fear that this is the
fact.’’
If we view these facts in their
bearing upon our public elections, we
shall find that whatever may be said
of the morality or the patriotism of
those Aldermen whose to trust to the
votes of drunkards for their re-elec
tion; they have not miscalculated the
strength of their party. Of the 50,-
000 male adults in this city^ proba
bly <10,000 are qualified to vote, and
of thU number, the keepers of dram
shops and their drinking customers,
(reckoning six for each shop,) are a
majority. But their strength does
not consist in numbers alone. They
have every thing else which gives
efficiency to parly. They are of one
heart and one mind—they meet every
day, on the corners of every street—
under circumstances calculated to
produce oneness of feeling and purpose
—and when the day of election
comes, they are prepared with their
officers, each at the bead of his little
platoon, to march to the polls and
bear down all opposition—lor what
resistance can our sober citizens pre
sent to this organized mass of vice.
Divided, irresolute, unacquainted I
with each other, and shrinking from '
r.U noise and hustle, they shun the con
test, and leave the government of the
city and the country in Uie l ands of
the enemy.—Thus it lias been hereto
fore, and thus it is to be feared it will
be hereafter.
But gloomy as the prospect is, we
are not without hope, and our hope is
under God, in our young men, who
have not yet tasted the fatal cup. If
they ran he prevailed upon still to ali-
str.in, and to persevere in their abstin
ence, in ten years the control of the
city will be in their hands, and we
shall then have in office those who
will dare to respect the feelings of
virtuous men, and to maintain the
true interests of the community.
We would ask, what ln.s i een the
cause of all this crime and ims-
iliiel? What tlie fotimnon of ail
these falsehoods? The answer is at
hand. It is that evil spirit, Wh, 8 -
key!
F<
our years ago this fnan’s credit
stood as lair as almost any person’s in
ihe community. He had by hi* in,ms-
try and frugality, acquired a hands, me
property; lie had bought a let ,.nd
built himself a neat brick house v ith
a handsome store in fiont, and had it
well filled with goods. JIis interest
ing family, consisting of an amiable
wite, and six lovely childien, appeared
now to be happy and comfortably pio-
vidcd for, and no doubt, looked for
ward to many happy days. But, alls?
alas! \\ bat is their present situation!
miserable, drunkard sol of a bus*
»and! a j oor bloated, intemperate,
snarling, cross, wretched father!
Philadelphian.
Reader, arc you in the habit ofusmr
ardent spirits? Do you find it hard
resolve to abstain from ardent spirits,
entirely, except as a medicine? Are
you feeling that a resolution to do thi*
would be a great as t of seif-drni;,l?
Then we can tell you wliat your feel
ings have been, as you cast your eyes
over the -above incident. You said iq
our heart, “there is no danger in u.y
ase for I shall never drink moro
than a temperate man can do inoemtf
lv. Others may go into excess—npcj
lose their property, and health, *< d
reputation—but I shall never do it.”
Just so, very likely, this man thought,
four years ago, when lie read similar
accounts.. He did not think it possi
ble, that in four short years, his exam?
pie would hr held out as a warning of*
the ruinous tendency of drinking a vr-r
rv little—of drinking ardent spirit*
very temperately. There is an eld
proverb .which men would do well to
legat'd iu this case—“VYhen your
neighbour's house is on fire, look cut
for your own.”—What lias been, may
he again. It would he nothing si ranee
if four years should make the same
melancholy change, in some who now *
are enjoying the fruits of their indust
ry nn<: frugality. There is no saMty
hut in entire abstinence.—Can. OLs.
INDIANS.
•We arrive at Ihe «dme result by a dif
ferent process. In New-Haven winch is
proverbial for the morality of its inhabi
tants, the physicians say that of all the a-
dufis who die, one in three is intemperate.
If in New-Haven the proportion is one in
three, no one acquainted with the two
cities will consider it extravagant to say
that in New-York the proportion must tie
two in five. There are 100,000 adults in
New-York, anil two-lifths of this number
are 40,000.
EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE
A retail trader, about fifteen moolhs
ago, made a Purchase from a whole
sale merchant, on a credit of sixty
days. At the end of the credit, lie
was applied to for paymeut. He
begged a longer indulgence, which
was granted. The second period ar
rived, and he was applied to again,
when he very abrubtly answered, it
was not convenient, and you must call
again. He was afterwards ealled up
on every week or two, for a year, and
the answer every time was, “call a*
gain!” At last the account was put in
to the hands of another person for col
lection, which, when presented by the
latter person he declared positively
that he had paid. But it being proved
to the contrary, he then declared he
never purchased the goods, and knew
nothing about them. This also being
proved to the contrary, he said they
were delivered to a drayman or porter,
who proved that he had received the
goods and sold them again, all his re-
luges of lies failed him. He said he
had nothing to pay with. Qn inquiry
it was found that his last excuse was
indeed true, foe he really had nothing
to pay with
FOR THE CHEROKEE PHIEKIX,
CHEROKEE TRADITIONS.
It is impossible, at this late ciay, to
distinguish accurately between au-
cient traditions of the Cherokee* and
modern fictions, or between those
which are purely original, and those
which hnye been derived, w holly or in
part, from intercourse with the
whites. Their traditions are fading
from memory, and only a lew aged
men can give much information °rc^
spectuig them.
I lately visited a Cherokee man of
advanced age, for the purpose of
learning from him such things as;
when he was young, he had hcaid
from the aged. His ow n age he can
not tell. He recollects the com
mencement of a war which took place
between his nation and the British
Colonies.when he was a boy. He
was a man when O-co-na-sto-ta tf.ee*
«*ab, [wrjtten in English history O-
conesta,] visited England in 17G2.
The earliest principal chief within hi*
recollection was an old man, whese
name he has forgotten. After him
was Standing Turkey, re*A», next
O-ka-na-sto-ta, <3ab, then Sa-wa-
nu-gi u<v»iy, then Ti-kv-gi-ski
then Ta-ka-si ml, the son of 0-1 a-
na*9to-ta, who was the last in Echota
tk.t, the ancient capital of the Na
tion- The period* of the. three last
were sho^t. Okanastota is consider
ed ns the last of their great inen. At
his death Echota, the honored town,
began to decline.
In each assembly among the Clier-
okces, the old man said, it was custom
ary to appoint some aged man, one of
the head men of the villages, to rehearsa
traditions; which he did ip «
