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and even blind, in order to excite pity. Indeed, | 
I know of no people that have more command of _ 
their paffions on fuch occafions ; and in thofe re. | 
{pects the women exceed the men, as can affirm 
with truth I have feen fome of them with one | 
fide of the face bathed in tears, while the other | 
has exhibited a fignificant fmile. Falfe pretences _ 
for obtaining charity are fo common among thofe | 
people, and fo often detected, that the Governor | 
is frequently obliged to turn a deaf ear to ma- 
ny who apply for relief; for if he did not, he | 
might give away the whole of the Company’s | 
goods, and by degrees all the Northern tribe 
would make a trade of begging, inftead of bring- 
ing furrs, to purchafe what they want. It may) 
truly be faid, that they poffefs a confiderable de. 
gree of deceit, and are very complete adepts in| 
the art of flattery, which they never fpare as) 
long as they find that it conduces to their inte- 
reft, but not a moment longer. They take care! 
always to feem attached to a new Governor,/ 
and flatter his pride, by telling him that they) 
look up to him as the father of their tribe, on’ 
whom they can fafely place their dependance; 
and they never fail to depreciate the generofity) 
of his predeceflor, however extenfive that might: 
have been, however humane or difinterefted his | 
conduct; and if afperfing the old, and tan 
the new Governor, has not the defired effect ina 
reafonable time, they reprefent him as the wortt of| 
characters, and tell him to his face that he is one 
of 
