( '53 ) 



young man feemed to have great refpel 

 fhewn to him by the reft, though he was 

 the moft iniferable object I ever faw. He 

 was a perfect fkeleton, and covered with 

 fores from head to foot. I was happy 

 to fit a moment by their fire, as I was 

 quite benumbed with cold. The old 

 woman took out a piece of feal, holding 

 one part of it between her feet, and the 

 other end in her teeth, and then cut off 

 fome thin flices with a fliarp ftiell, and 

 diftributed them about to the other In- 

 dians. She then put a bit on the fire, 

 taking a piece of fat in her mouth, which 

 {he kept chewing, every now and then 

 fpirting fome of it on the piece that was 

 warming upon the fire ; for they never 

 do more with it than warm it through* 

 When it was ready, (he gave me a little 

 bit, which I fwallowed whole, being al- 

 moft ftarved. As thefe Indians were all 

 ftrangers to me, I did not know which 

 way they were going ; and indeed it was 



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