no TRAVELS through 



This demi-Indian added, th^tRutelhis fathef 

 was f und by the Cenis^ an Indian nation, who 

 adopted him •, he received one of their girls as 

 his wife, in the quality of a v/arrior •, becaufe, 

 having made ufe of his muflvet in a battle againft 

 fome enemies of the Cenis^ the explofion of that 

 weapon, which was as yet unknown to them, 

 frightened them, and put them to flight. 



This Rutel having afterwards taught the In- 

 dians the method of going Vv^ith oars and fails in 

 their canoes and piraguas, he enabled them to 

 defeat a little fleet of their enemies ; this man- 

 ner of navigating being till then unknown to 

 the nation, and drew their gratitude and vene- 

 ration upon him ; they revered him as the great- 

 efl: man in the world -, and the famous Ruiter^ 

 who, from a common failor, became Lieutenant 

 and Admiral of the United Provinces, was per- 

 haps lefs revered than Ri^tel was among the Cenis, 



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