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1771. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
admit to the above-mentioned intercourfe with 
t~— their wives. The Southern Indians are lefs 
June. 
July. 
i ft, 
2d. 
{crupulous on thofe occafions; among them it is 
not at all uncommon for one brother to make 
free with another brother’s wife or daughter*; 
but this is held in abhorrence by the Northern 
Indians. 
By the time the Indians had killed as many deer 
as they thought would be fufficient for the fup- 
port of the women during our abfence, it was the 
firtt of July; and during this time I had two 
good obfervations, both by meridional and double 
altitudes ; the mean of which determined the la- 
titude of Congecathawhachaga to be 68° 46! 
North; and its longitude, by account, was 24° 
2' Weft from Prince of Wales’s Fort, or 118° 15' 
Weft of the meridian of London. 
On the fecond, the weather proved very bad, 
with much {now and fleet; about nine o’clock 
at 
* Mott of the Southern Indians, as well the Athapufcow and Neheaway 
tribes, are entirely without fcruple in this refpe&t. It is notorioufly known, 
that many of them cohabit occafionally with their own mothers, and fre- 
quently efpoufe their fiftersand daughters. { have known feveral of them 
who, after having lived in that {tate for fome time with their daughters, 
have given them to their fons, and all parties been perfectly reconciled 
to it. 
In faét, notwithftanding the feverity of the climate, the licentioufnefs of 
the inhabitints cannot be exceeded by any of the Eaftern nations, whofe 
luxurious manner of life, and genial clime, feem more adapted to excite 
extraordinary paflfions, than the fevere cold of the frigid Zone. 
it istrue, that few of thofe who live under the immediate proteétion of 
the Englifh ever take either their fifters or daughters for wives, ‘which is 
probably owing tothe fear of incurring their difpleafure; but it is well 
known that aéts of inceft too often take place among them, thongh per- 
haps not fo frequently as among the foreign Indians. 
