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good deal of nourifhment to his family in its 

 green or unripe ftate, in the form of what is 

 called roafting ears. His family is fed, during 

 the fummer, by a fmall quantity of grain, which 

 he carries with him, and by fifh and game. His 

 cows and horfes feed upon wild grafs, or the fuc- 

 culent twigs of the woods. For the firft year, he 

 endures a great deal of diftrefs from hunger, 

 cold, and a variety of accidental caufes ; but he 

 feldom complains or finks under them. As he 

 lives in the neighbourhood of Indians, he foon 

 acquires a ftrong tindture of their manners. His 

 exertions, while they continue, are violent, but 

 they are fucceeded by long intervals of reft. His 

 pleafures confift chiefly in fifhing and hunting. 

 He loves fpirituous liquors, and he eats, drinks, 

 and fleeps in dirt and rags, in his little cabin. 



In his intercourfe with the world, he manifefts 

 all the arts which charadlerize the Indians of our 

 country. In this fituation he paflTes two or three 

 years. In proportion as population increafes 

 around him, he becomes uneafy and diflatisfied. 

 Formerly, his cattle ranged at large, but now his 

 neighbours call upon him to confine them within 

 fences, to prevent their trefpafling upon their 

 fields of grain. Formerly, he fed his family up- 

 on wild animals, but thefe, which fly from the 

 face of man, now ceafe to afi^ord him an eafy fub- 

 fiftence, and he is compelled to raife domeftic 

 animals for the fupport of his family. He can^ 



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