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Frenchman, and the fincerity of an Englifhman, 
he added the gravity and noblenefs of a Purk; alk 
fo happily blended, as to render his company and 
converfation univerfalily pleafing to thofe who 
underftood either the Northern or Southern Jndi- — 
an languages, the only languages in which he @ 
could converfe. | 
He was remarkably fond of Spanith wines, 
though he never drank to excefs; and as he 
would not partake of fpirituous liquors, however 
fine in. quality or plainly mixed, he was always — 
matter of himfelf. As no man is exempt from 
frailties, it is natural to fuppofe that as a man he © 
had his fhare ; but the greateft with which I can 
charge him, is jealoufy, and that fometimes carri- 
ed him beyond the bounds of humanity. 
In his early youth he difcovered talents equal 
to the greateft tafk that could poffibly be expect- 
ed from an Indian. Accordingly Mr. Jacobs, 
then Governor at Prince of Wales’s Fort, engag- 
ed him, when but a youth, as an Ambaflador 
and Mediator between the Northern Indians and 
the Athapufcow Tribe, who till then had always 
been at war with each other. In the courfe of 
this embafly Matonabbee not only difcovered 
the moft brilliant and folid parts, but fhewed an _ 
extenfive knowledge of every advantage that 
could arife to both nations from a total fupprefli- 
on of holtilities; and at times he difplayed fuch ~ 
inftances of perfonal courage and magnanimity, 
as 
