■1^6 TRAVELS through 



" of the frame, or a hundred blows with the 

 " club upon th(? head, would be by a red 



" man." 



At ■ laft I fucceeded in foftening the ha- 

 tred which thcfe people had conceived againfl 

 the Spaniards, and I imagine every hollile inten- 

 tion is fuppreffed now ; for my explication was 

 very fatisfadlory to my juggler. 



I believe I have already obferved to you, that 

 the Indians are very fenfible of injuries, and that 

 they generally remember thofe that have out- 

 raged them when they are in liquor. I have of- 

 ten been the mediator in order to terminate the 

 quarrels between two Indians ; I told theAi 

 that they ought to live together as good bro- 

 thers, forget the pad, and employ their courage 

 in the common defence of their country only. I 

 further aflured them that if they did not give 

 ear to my words, the Grfai Spirit v/ovild be dif- 

 pleafed with them, and make their crops of 

 maize fail. The Indian women ran quickly to 

 nie, whenever any two were ready to fight, 

 t-hat I might judge between them, and I always 

 jdid all I could to reconcile the parties ; which 

 pleafed th.e women very much, who have nothing 

 wild about them, but the name which people 



give 



