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village applauded above all ; he was the moft 

 hurt by the injiiilice of M. de Chepar ♦, his pri- 

 vate revenge would accordingly be the mod fa- 

 tisfied, he feared to fee it fail, and therefore re- 

 prefented to the council the confequences of in- 

 difcretion, and even engaged them to keep the 

 fecret of this confpiracy from the female Suns'^. 

 It now remained to make the grand chief of the 

 Natches enter into their fcheme ; notwithftanding 

 the great defire he had to be rid of the French, 

 xht projedl feemed too violent to him ^ the Sun 

 of the Apple took upon himfelf to determine 

 him to it ; he was reckoned a man of fenfe and 

 penetration, and on that account was in great 

 repute with the nation : he fucceeded -, he re- 

 marked to the great Sun the neceffity of this 

 meafure, by telling him what he had to fear for 

 himfelf-, the French governor of the fort had 

 threatened him, that he would foon drive him 

 from his village •, the great Sun was young, and 

 confequently a weak man^ he that fpoke to him 

 was a cunning one , the defign was approved of: 

 the next morning, when the Suns came to fa- 

 lute their fovereign, they received orders to go 

 E 4 to 



'-' The Indians have two words to denote male and fe- 

 male Suns, (after the manner of the Englifh words prince, 

 princefs) which the French author has happily cxprelTed by 

 ^Gkil and Soleilie, 



