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their infirmities had difgufled them of life •, none 

 of them had been able to ufe their legs for a 

 great while. The hair of the two that were re- 

 lated to Ettea5feal^ were no more gray than thofe 

 of women of fifty-five years in France. The 

 other old woman was a hundred and twenty 

 years old, and had very white hair, which is a 

 a very uncommon thing among the Indians : 

 none of the three had a quite wrinkled fkin. 

 They were difpatched in the evening, one at the 

 door of the Stung Serpent^ and the other two up- 

 on the place before the tempk*. 



The generofity of thefe women gave EUea^eal- 

 life again, acquired him the degvtQ'of conjideredy 

 and cleared his honour, which he had fullied by 

 fearing death. He remained quiet after that 

 time j and, taking advantage of what he had 

 learnt during his ftay among the French, he be-' 

 came a juggler, and made ufe of his knowledge 

 to impofe upon his countrymen -f. 



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* A cofd is faflejied round their necks with a flip knot, 

 and eight men of th?ir relations ftrangle them, by drawing 

 four one way and four the other ; fo many are not necefiary, 

 but as they acquire nobility by fuch executions, there are 

 always mere than are wanting, and the operation is perform- 

 ed in an inftant. 



f The jugglers in this country perform the fundion? 

 of priefts, phyficians, and fortune-tellers, and chiefly pre- 

 tend to pais for forcerers. 



