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On another occasion a native asked me to speak un liis 

 behalf to reclaim for him an axe that Aruj^awaian had stolen 

 from him, because this Arupawaian was a very violent man, 

 & he was afraid to speak to him. Accordingly that afternoon 

 I went into Arupawaian's wigwam, & after some general & 

 plcasant conversation mentioned tlie object of my visit, and clai- 

 mcd the axe for my client. But tlie man was excessively violent 

 & excited, and would not give up the axe, though he did some 

 time afterwards, when 1 got some of his own friends to back me 

 in my demands. 



Thomas Bridges. 



