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LETTER X. 



To the fame, 



Ithe Author leaves the Illinois: His Navigation down 

 the MiJJlftppi : he encamps in an IJland formed by 

 that River. His Soldiers make him Governqv 

 af it. 



S I R, 



}'?^^^C)U inquire, whether the Indians have 

 rE Y gj captains amongft them, anc} whether 

 \il^^'^ they are governed by a king? The 

 time I have fpent among them procures me the 

 pleafureof fatisfyingyour curiolity on that head, 

 You muft know, then, that they are divided in- 

 to tribes or nations, each of which is governed 

 by a petty king or Cacique, who only depends 

 on the Great Spirit^ or Supreme Being •, thefe 

 Caciques reign defpoticaily, without making their 

 authority odious, and know how to make thenv 



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