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in rendering himself of service to us, and really by 

 ' his cunning exerted such great influence over his 

 companions, that w^e on all occasions treated him with 

 the consideration due to rank. I believe, indeed, that 

 his fortunes had formerly been more prosperous than 

 now ; and that this, with the profession of Shama- 

 nism, which he undoubtedly practised, caused him 

 to be of some eminence in his tribe. His son was 

 married to the daughter of Metra, who was certainly 

 the wealthiest, and, but for his very quiet disposition, 

 would have been the almost undisputed chief of the 

 Tuski Proper in our immediate vicinity. 



