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their wives, who take the moft laborious 

 part of this purfuit upon themfelves, it 

 is probable they were gone upon fome 

 warlike expedition, in which they ufe 

 bows and arrows fometimes, but always 

 the lance. This weapon they throw 

 with great dexterity and force, and 

 never flir abroad without it. About 

 this time their return was looked for ; 

 a hearing by no means pleafant to me ; 

 I was, therefore, determined to enjoy 

 myfelf as long as they were abfent, and 

 make the moil of the good fare I was 

 poflefled of ; to the pleafure of which I 

 thought a little cleanlinefs might in 

 fome meafure contribute ; I therefore 

 went to a brook, and taking off my fliirt, 

 which might be faid to be, alive with 

 vermin, fet myfelf about to wafli it ; 

 which having done as well as I could, 

 and hung on a bufh to dry, 1 heard a 

 buftle about the wigwams ; and foon 

 perceived that the women were prepar- 



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