l^O TRAVELS TH ROUGH 



like the women *. I faw one of them, who 

 being afhamed of his figure, went by himfelf to 

 fiaht the ^'chikackas. who are our enemies and 

 theirs. He came near them, creeping like a fnake, 

 and hiding himfelf in the great grafs during 

 three or four days, without eating or drinking. 

 As the Englifh bring goods to the J'chikachas 

 (Chickfaws) in caravans, our Illinois killed one 

 of them, who had fbrayed from the caravan, cut 

 off his head, mounted his horfe, and got off. 

 ^He was out three months upon this fine expedi- 

 tion. On his return the nation- received liim 

 with due honour, and gave him a wife, that he 

 might beget warriors. Before his departure he 

 eat of dog^s flefli, conformably to the opinion 

 current among his people, and of which I 

 have already had the honour of fpeaking toyou. 



• ' The grand chief of the Illinois isdefcended from 

 tTic family of the Tamaroas^ who were formerly 

 fovereigns of this country. This Cacique or 

 Indian king, is the fon of him that went to 

 France with his attendants in 1720. He was 

 prefented to the King, who gave him a medal 

 with his portrait, which the fon now wears on 



his 



* A (hort petticoat, which the Indian women make ufe of, 

 to cover their nakcdnefs. 



