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thunder, they faid that the evil fpirit was angry ; 

 fome of them faid that they believed in a God, 

 ,who lives in heaven. The old Swede once walked 

 with an Indian, and they met with a red-fpotted 

 fnake on the road, the old man therefore went to 

 feek a ftick in order to kill the fnake 5 but the In- 

 dian begged he would not touch it, becaufe he 

 adored it : perhaps the Swede would not have killed 

 it, but on hearing that it was the Indian's deity, he 

 took a ftick and killed it, in the prefence of the 

 Indian, faying : Becaufe thou believeft in it, I 

 think myfelf obliged to kill it. Sometimes the /- * 

 dians came into the Swedijh churches, looked at 

 them, heard them, and went away again, after a 

 while. One day as this old Swede was at church, 

 ,and did not fing, becaufe he had no pfalm-book 

 by him, one of the Indians, who was well acquaint- 

 ed with him, tapped him on the (houlder, and 

 faid, Why doft thou not Jing with the others^ Tan- 

 t ant a I Ta?2tanta ! 'Tantanta? On another occafion, 

 as a fermon was preached in the Swedijh church 

 at Raccoon, an Indian came in, looked about him ; 

 and, after hearkening a while to the preacher, 

 he faid : Here is a great deal of prattle and non- 

 fenfe, but neither brandy nor cyder ; and went out 

 again. For it is to be obferved, that when an 

 Indian makes a fpeech to his companions, in or- 

 der to encourage them to war, or to any thing elfe, 

 they all drink immoderately on thofe occafions. 



AT the time when the Swedes arrived, they 

 bought land at a very inconfiderable price. For 

 a piece of baize, or a pot full of brandy, or the 

 like, they could get a piece of ground, which at 

 prefent would be worth more than four hundred 

 pounds. Penfyhania currency. When they fold 



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