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LETTER V. 



T<? the fame, 



Defcription of the Manners of the Nation of Akan* 

 zas, their Religion and Manner of carrying on 

 }Var J the Goodnefs and Fertility of their Country n 



SIR, 



F"^^"^ Hope the defcription I fhall give of 

 ^ I 2j this Indian nation, by drawing your 

 IkL^^J^ attention upon their particular charac- 

 ter, will convey a general idea of all the nations 

 Of North America. There is indeed very little 

 difference among them, in regard to their cu- 

 (loms and their way of thi^iking, and erpeciall7 

 in regard to a Supreme Being, which in their 

 language they call Coyocopchill^ which fignifies 

 fhe great Spirit^ or the Mafter of life. 



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