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endeavour to pleafe thee, if thy heart agree 

 with thy tongue. It is neceflary thou ihouldft 

 ft^t out foon : confider the damage which the dogs 

 of thy village have done among the cattle be- 

 longing to the French inhabitants *, and with 

 what tranquility they fufFer it ; that they 

 have hitherto faid nothing about it, is in confi- 

 deration of your misfortunes, which grieve 

 lliem, and they cannot fee you reduced to this 

 lad condition without being moved at it : but 

 they begin to be tired, therefore you muft re- 

 medy it. Your father will be fatisfied when he 

 knows that you are gone to the hunting country, 

 becaufe his heart is afflidted to fee you fuffer hun- 

 ger, and he pities his children. 



As to myfelf, I heartily wifh you good fuc- 

 cefs in hunting, and a plentiful crop at your re- 

 turn. I hope the Great Spirit will have pity 

 upon you ; do not flight him : recommend it to 

 your young people not to play the fool, that is, 

 not to deftroy the female beavers in the lakes 



and 



* Th« Indians have many dogs for hunting ; and they 

 ^hemfelves having loft thq}r provifions, their dogs were hun- 

 gry, and devoured the cattle of the French. The Indian 

 dogs are of a breed which partakes of the wolf and the 

 dog. 



