No person, among the Indians themselves, would use this freedom.

Good breeding requires that the spectator should patiently wait the result.
"As soon as the darkness of night had arrived, the family, including myself, were invited into the lodge.

I was now requested not to speak, as a feast was about to be given to the dead, whose spirits delight in uninterrupted silence.
"As we entered, each was presented with his wooden dish and spoon, after receiving which we seated ourselves.

The door was next shut, and we remained in perfect darkness.
"The master of the family was the master of the feast.

Still in the dark, he asked everyone, by turn, for his dish, and put into each two boiled ears of maize.