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on which I walked ♦, they danced before me cry- 

 ing out for joy •, they told me afterwards, that I 

 could go to all the people who were their allies, 

 prefent the calumet, and fhew my mark, and I 

 would be well received ; that I was their bro- 

 ther, and that if any one killed me, they would 

 kill him ; now I am a noble Jkanxa. Thefe 

 people think they have done me all the honour 

 due to a defender of their country, by thus 

 adopting me : and I regard this honour alnioft 

 like that which the Marjhal de Richelieu received, 

 when his name was infcribed in the golden book 

 at Genoa among the noble Gcnoefe. It is true., 

 there is fome difference between an infcription 

 and the operation 1 have undergone ; I cannot 

 exprefs it to you how much I have fuffered by 

 it ; I did all I could to prevent Ihewing how 

 much 1 was afFeded ; on the contrary, I joked 

 with the Indian women that were prefent ; and 

 all the fpedtators, amazed at my infenfibility, 

 cried out for joy, and danced round about me, 

 faying, I was a true man. The pain has been 

 very violent, and I have had the fever from it 

 for a week together. You cannot believe how 

 fond the Akanzas are of me nnce tliat time. 

 This is all I had to fay upon this fubjecl : fome 

 time this m.onth we intend to continue our jour- 

 ney to the Illinois, As the feafon is much ad- 

 vanced, 



