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faying, " I am a true man, that is, I do not 

 " fear death ; but I pity the fate of a wife and 

 *' four children, whom I leave behind me very 

 '* young, and of my father and mother, who 

 " are old, and for whom I got fubfiftence by 

 ** hunting *. I recommend them to the French, 

 *' becaufe I die for having taJcen their part." 



He had hardly fpoken the laft word of this 

 fliort and pathetic fpeech, when his good and 

 tender father, penetrated with his fon's filial 

 love, got up, and fpoke to the following efFe(5l:: 

 *' It is through courage -j- that my fon dies -, but 

 *' being young, and full of vigour, he is more 

 ** fit than myfelf to provide for his mother, wife, 

 '* and four little children 5 it is therefore necef- 

 ** fary he Ihould ftay on earth to take care of 

 " them. As to myfelf, I am near the end oi my 

 " career, I have lived long enough, and Iwifli my 

 '* fon may come to the fame age, in order to 

 *' educate my little children. I am no longer ^t 

 " for any thing, fome years of life more or 

 *' iefs are indifferent to me. I have lived as a 



*' man. 



'* He was the befl hunter in the nation. 



f Courage is a word which, in their language, fignifles 

 fQ/tiething great or t'xrraouUnary. 



