?0O T R A V JE, L S THxIOUGH 



xient to diflinguifh them from the reft, and ferve 

 inltead of teftimonials to them. 



The old men, who Gannot go to war any 

 more, are not uielefs to the nation. They hold 

 Speeches, and the people hear them as oracles. 

 J^very thing is done as they advife it -, and the 

 young men fay, that they having lived longer 

 than themfelves, muft of courfe have more ex- 

 perience and knowledge. When I admired the 

 founrenance which thefe old men enjoyed, they 

 told me, that fmce they could no longer fight 

 for their country, they taught others to defend 

 it. The warriors, when they return from an 

 (expedition, never fail to throw part of the booty 

 into the huts of thofe old men, who have ex- 

 horted them, and excited their courage. The 

 prifoners of war are always given to the oldefl 

 people in the nation, who make them their 

 (laves. The old warriors wlio cannot go to war 

 any more, harangue the Ibldiers. The orator 

 begins with ftrikmg againft the poft with a club, 

 and mentions all the fine actions he has done in 

 war^ that is, how many fcalps he has taken from 

 different nations. The hearers anfwer, hau^ hau^ 

 i. e, that is true. The Indians abhor lying, 

 ai]d fay that a liar is not a true man. 



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