ic6 TRAVELS through 



ed, and they are faflened to two pofts which 

 are driven into the ground, with a piece of wood 

 lying acrols them '*■ ; then all the young people 

 exercife their fury upon them, and they endure 

 the greatefl torments without complaining 5 on 

 the contrary, they fmg till they expire, faying 

 that they are true men, and that they fear nei- 

 ther fire nor death; they laugh at their tor- 

 mentors, and tell them that they do not make 

 them fuffer enough ; that if they were in their 

 hands they would plague them much worfc; 

 that the fire mull be applied to fuch and fuch 

 parts, and that they are there the moil fenfible 

 -to pain. It is to be remarked, that when they 

 .difpofe themfelves to march againil their ene- 

 mies, they take care to paint, their bodies red ; 

 fo that, when they attack the enemy, with fuch 

 Jiowls as if they were bewitched, they really 

 look like a troop of devils let loofe from hell -\\ 

 They are good towards their friends, but very 

 cruel towards their enemies. 



As 



'^ The captives are obliged to fing and dance round thefe 

 jpofis, . f • 



f The Indians in general, both men "and women, have 

 no hair on their bodies, befides thofe on the head ; they 

 fay, that in this particular -we refemble the beafts, and they 

 fay the fame when they fee us eat herbs and fallad. 



