. They danced backward
and forward, stamping and singing, at first in a slow and
melancholy style, but gradually with increasing vigor and
excitement. Then the women began to rotate the pelvis backward
and forward, and the men to thrust their bodies forward, the
dance becoming a pantomimic representation of sexual intercourse
(ibid., vol. i, 1823, pp. 373-5).

Among the Apinages of Brazil, also, the women stand in a row,
almost motionless, while the men dance and leap in front of them,
both men and women at the same time singing. (Buscalioni, "Reise
zu den Apinages," _Zeitschrift fuer Ethnologie_, 1899, ht. 6, p.
650.)

Among the Gilas of New Mexico, "when a young man sees a girl whom
he desires for a wife, he first endeavors to gain the good-will
of the parents; this accomplished, he proceeds to serenade his
lady-love, and will often sit for hours, day after day, near her
home, playing on his flute. Should the girl not appear, it is a
sign she rejects him; but if, on the other hand, she comes out to
meet him, he knows that his suit is accepted, and he takes her to
his home. No marriage ceremony is performed."[33] (H.H. Bancroft,
_Native Races of the Pacific_, vol. i, p. 549.)

"Among the Minnetarees a singular night-dance is, it is said,
sometimes held. During this amusement an opportunity is given to
the squaws to select their favorites. A squaw, as she dances,
will advance to a person with whom she is captivated, either for
his personal attractions or for his renown in arms; she taps him
on the shoulder and immediately runs out of the lodge and betakes
herself to the bushes, followed by the favorite. But if it should
happen that he has a particular preference for another from whom
he expects the same favor, or if he is restrained by a vow, or is
already satiated with indulgence, he politely declines her offer
by placing his hand in her bosom, on which they return to the
assembly and rejoin the dance." It is worthy of remark that in
the language of the Omahas the word _watche_ applies equally to
the amusement of dancing and to sexual intercourse. (S.H. Long,
_Expedition to the Rocky Mountains_, 1823, vol. i, p. 337.)

At a Kaffir marriage "singing and dancing last until midnight.
Each party [the bride's and the bridegroom's] dances in front of
the other, but they