54 TRAVELS through 



very laborious, and are looked upon as the pro- 

 viders and victuallers of the town. The two 

 villages are under [the diredlion of a Swedifh 

 captain*. 



Two leagues further you find a nation called 

 Colla-pijfas^ who are dillinguifhed by their at- 

 tachment to the French ; they are now reduced 

 to a very fmali number; their true name is Aq^ue- 

 Ion Pijfas^ |;hat is, the nation who hear and fee. 



Next you meet with the OumaSy who adore the 

 fun. This nation, with moft of the others in 

 America, believes, that the Supreme Being re- 

 fides in the fun, and that he defires to be re- 

 vered in that vivifying orb, as the author of na- 

 ture: they fay, there is nothing here that can 

 be compared to him, and that this wonder by 

 enlightening the earth, fpreads joy and abun- 

 dance on it Upon thefe principles they wor- 

 Ihip him, as the vifible image of the greatnefs 

 and goodnefs of a deity, that condefcends to 

 make himfelf knov/n among men, by diftribut- 

 ing his benefa<ftions amongu: them. 



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* It is Mr. Arenjhourg, who was at the battle of Pultava 

 in 1709, with Charles XII. This old officer is the head of 

 a numerous family eftabliihed in Louiiiana. 



