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this he addresses himself to the People of that Town or Na- 

 tion to whom the deceased belonged, and bids them supply 

 his Place by following his Steps, who he assures them is 

 gone into a Country (which lies a great way oft' in this 

 World, that the Sun visits in his ordinary Course) where he 

 shall meet with all his Relations and Friends who are gone 

 there before him, that he shall have the enjoyment of hand- 

 some Women, great store of Deer to hunt, and never meet 

 w^ith Hunger, Cold or Fatigue, but every thing to answer 

 his Expectation and Desire. 



This is the Heaven which they propose to themselves, but 

 on the contrary, for those Indians that are Lazy and Thievish 

 amongst them, bad Hunters, and no Warriors, nor of much 

 use to the Nation, to such they allot in the other World, or 

 the Country that they are to go to. Hunger, Cold, Fatigue, 

 Trouble, old Ugly Women for their Companions, Snakes, and 

 all sorts of Nastiness for them constantly to feed upon ; after 

 this manner they describe their Heaven and Hell. 



After all this Harangue, he amuses the People with some 

 of their traditions, as when there was a violent hot Summer, 

 or very hard Winter, when any notable distemper rag'd 

 amongst them, when they were at War with such and such 

 Nations, how victorious they were, what were the Names of 

 the War Captains, and many other things of Antiquity ; and 

 to prove the times more exactly, he produces the Records of 

 the Country, which are a parcel of Reeds of different lengths, 

 with variety of distinct markes, and Notches, known to none 

 but themselves, (by which they seem to guess very exactly at 

 accidents that happen'd many Years ago, nay two or three 

 Ages or more). 



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