8 DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON THE HUDSON

meaning of this phenomenon. The'runners sent
out to observe and report declared it certain that
it was the Great Manito, "but other runners soon
after arriving, declare it a large house of various
colors, full of people yet of quite a different color
than they [the Indians] are of. That they were
also dressed in a dififerent manner from them and
that one in particular appeared altogether red,
which must be the Mannitto himself.'*

The strange craft stopped and a smaller boat
drew near. While some stayed behind to guard
the boat, the red-clothed man with two others
advanced into a large circle formed by the Indian
chiefs and wise men. He saluted them and they
returned the salute.

A large hock-hack [Indian for gourd or bottle] is brought
forward by the supposed Mannitto's servants and from,
this a substance is poured out into a small cup or glass
and handed to the Mannitto. The expected Mannitto
drinks, has tlie glass filled again and hands it to the chief
next him to drink. The chief receives the glass but only
smelleth at it and passes it on to the next chief who does
the same. The glass then passes through the circle
without the contents being tasted by anyone, and is
upon the point of being returned again to the red-
clothed man when one of their number, a spirited man
and a great warrior jumps up and harangues the as-
sembly on the impropriety of returning the glass with