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who was famous in Iiis day, ami a 

 cruel cannibal. He addressed him- 

 self to the one wiiom he judged 

 to be him by his large necklace of 

 shells, and asked if he was not 

 the great Konyan Bebe ? Being 

 answered, that he was, he began 

 to praise him as well as he could, 

 telling him how greatly his name 

 was celebrated, and how worthy 

 his exploits were of all praise. A 

 woman could not have been more 

 delighted with flattery. The sa- 

 vage rose, swelling with pleasure, 

 and strutted before him to display 

 himself. When he returned to 

 his place, he asked what the Tu- 

 piniquins and Portuguese were 

 designing against him, and why 

 Hans had fired at him from the 

 fortress, for he knew that he had 

 been the gunner. Hans replied, 

 that the Portuguese had stationed 

 him there, and ordered him to do 

 his office ; but the chief replied, 

 that he was a Portuguese himself, 

 and witnessed his son the French- 

 man, as he called him, saying the 

 truth was manifest, for he did not 

 understand French. Hans admit- 

 ted this, and allesjed that he had 

 forgotten it from long disuse. I 

 have eaten five Portuguese, said 

 Konyan Bebe, and they all said 

 they were Frenchmen. Presently 

 he asked what sort of a man the 

 Portuguese thought him, and if 

 they stood in fear of him. Hans 

 answered, that they had good rea- 

 son to know what sort of man he 

 was by what they had suffered, 

 but Bertioga was now made a 

 strong place. Ah, they said, they 

 would lie in wait in the woods, 

 and catch others as they had 

 caught him. Hans then told him 

 that the Tupiniquins were soon 

 coming to attack him with five- 



and-twenty canoes. He did not 

 scruple at this sort of treachery', 

 in hopes of winning favour by it, 

 and saving his life. By this time 

 all the kaatvy in that house was 

 exhausted ; the drinkers, there- 

 fore, removed to another, and he 

 was told to follow. The son of 

 Konyan Bebe tied his legs toge- 

 ther, and he was made to jump, 

 while thej' laughed and shouted. 

 See our meat is jumping. He 

 turned to Ipperu Wasu, and asked 

 him if this was the place where 

 he was to die. No, his master 

 replied ; but these things were 

 always done with foreign slaves. 

 Having seen him dance, they now 

 ordered him to sing : he sung a 

 hymn, they bade him interpret 

 it ; and he said it was in praise of 

 God : they then reviled his God ; 

 their blasphemies shocked him, 

 and he admired in his heart the 

 wonderful indulgence and long 

 suffering of God towards them. 

 The next day, as the whole town 

 had had a full sight of him, he 

 was dismissed. Konyan Bebe en- 

 joined his captors to watch him 

 well ; and they pursued him with 

 fresh mockery as he departed, say- 

 ing, they should soon come to 

 visit his master, and settle every 

 thing for the feast. But his mas- 

 ter took great pains to comfort 

 him, and assured him the time was 

 not yet near. 



The Tupiniquins made their 

 expedition, and Uwattibi happen- 

 ed to be the place which they at- 

 tacked. Hans besought his cap- 

 tors to let him loose, and give him 

 bow and arrows, and they should 

 see how he would fight for them, 

 though they believed him to be 

 their enemj'. This he did, in 

 hopes that he should be able to 



