That the _Ioway_ was one of the remote tribes, yet adhering to all their native customs and native looks; and that this party, composed, as it was, of the two principal men of the tribe, and several of its most distinguished warriors, not only conveyed to the eyes of people in this country the most accurate account of primitive modes, but was calculated to excite the deepest interest, and to claim the respect of the community. That the position of this tribe being upon the great plains between the Missouri and the Rocky Mountains, 1000 miles farther west than the country from which the Ojibbeways came, their modes and personal appearance were very different, having as yet received no changes from the proximity of civilization:
That I had visited this tribe several years before, during my travels in the Indian countries, and that I had there formed my first acquaintance with the two chiefs who were now here, and which acquaintance, from the hospitable manner in which they had welcomed me in their humble wig-wams, I now felt great pleasure in renewing: ("_Hear, hear," and applause_.)
That these facts being known, with others which would be incidentally given, I felt fully assured that they would meet with a kind reception in this country, and that the audience were prepared for the introduction I was now to make of them and their modes.[2] (_Great applause_.)
1. Mew-hew-she-kaw (the white cloud), first chief of the nation. 2. Neu-mon-ya (the walking rain), war-chief. 3. Se-non-ti-yah (the blistered feet), the medicine man (or Doctor). 4. Wash-ka-mon-ya (the fast dancer). 5. Shon-ta-yi-ga (the little wolf). 6. No-ho-mun-ya (one who gives no attention), or Roman Nose. 7. Wa-ton-ye (the foremost man). 8. Wa-ta-we-buck-a-na (commanding general).
9. Ru-ton-ye-wee-ma (strutting pigeon), wife of White Cloud. 10. Ru-ton-wee-me (pigeon on the wing). 11. O-kee-wee-me (female bear that walks on the back of another). 12. Koon-za-ya-me (female war-eagle sailing). 13. Ta-pa-ta-me (wisdom), girl. 14. Corsair (pap-poose).
I then pointed out and explained to the audience, the characteristic differences between the appearance and modes of this party and the Ojibbeways, whom they had seen, and which will be obvious to the reader in the annexed illustration (_Plate No_. 9). The Ioways, like three other tribes only, in North America, all adhere to their national mode of shaving and ornamenting their heads. This is a very curious mode, and presents an appearance at once that distinguishes them from the Ojibbeways and other tribes, who cultivate the hair to the greatest length they possibly can, and pride themselves on its jet and glossy black. Every man in the Ioway tribe adheres to the mode of cutting all the hair as close as he can, excepting a small tuft which is left upon the crown, and being that part which the enemy takes for the scalp, is very properly denominated the "_scalp-lock_." He then rouges with vermilion the whole crown of his head (and oftentimes his whole face), and surmounts his _scalp-lock_ by a beautiful crest, made of the hair of the deer's tail, dyed of vermilion red.