127 



Yet Hearne tells us, in the coldest climates men have often 

 from 4 to 6 wives, 88, &c. but a general state of promiscuous 

 intercourse betwixt the sexes was never known. 2 Roberts. 



73. 



The disposition of the Americans is of the worst kind, of a 

 ferocious and brutal nature, (Volney's View, 397-) in general 

 morose, cautious, and unacquainted even Avith the name 

 of gratitude. The southern Indians carry their vengeance to 

 the greatest excess. Hearne, 307- 2 Roberts. 104. Women 

 entreat their husbands and fathers going to war, to bring 

 them a slave, that they may have the pleasure of killing it. 

 Hearne, 266. Tlie northern Indians are much milder, for let 

 their affronts or losses be ever so great, they never will seek 

 any other revenge but that of wrestling. Murder, so com- 

 mon among the southern Indians, is scarce heard of among 

 them. Yet they pay so little regard to private property as 

 to take every advantage of bodily strength, to rob their 

 neighbours not only of their goods, but of their wives, 

 Hearne, 106", 108. Parents never chastise or even chide 

 their children, who act as if totally independent, and treat 

 their parents with harshness and insolence. 2 Roberts. 77. 

 Nay, even beat their mothers. Volney, 463. The Asiatic sa- 

 vages, on the contrary, behave to their parents in the most 

 affectionate manner. 6 L'Evesque, 326. These Avretches, 

 nevertheless, consider themselves as the standard of excel- 

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