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*' whole nation ; go, my children, I have pro- 

 *' vided for^ all your wants, by procuring you 

 " friends j my friends, and thofe of your father, 

 " are yours too; I leave you amidft them; 

 " they are the French, they are tender-hearted 

 '^ and generous, make yourfelves worthy of 

 " their eileem, by not degenerating from your 

 " race; always ad openly with them, and never 

 " implore them with meannefs. 



" And you Frenchmen," added llie, turning 

 herfelf towards our officers, " I recommend my 

 " orphan-children to you \ they will know nOf 

 *' other fathers than you j you ought to prote(5t 

 " them." 



After th.atfhe got up *, aitd, followed by her 

 troop, returned to her huiband's hut,, with a 

 furprifmg firmnefs. 



A noble woman came to join herfelf to the 

 number of vidlims of her own accord, being en- 

 gaged, by the friendfhip fhe bore the. Stung Ser- 

 penty to follow him into the other world. The 

 Europeans called her tlie' ^^^^7z/>' lady, on ac- 

 count of her majeflic deportment, and her 

 proud air, and becaufe fhe only frequented the 

 company of the moil diftinguiihed Frenchmen ; 

 they regretted her much, becaufe ihe had the 



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