2^4 TRAVELS through 



In my lad voyage from France I took with 

 me a little phial of phofphorus *, I put fome of 

 this powder into the calumet of peace, and 

 looked up to the fky in pronouncing fome words 

 addrefied to the Great Spirit •, in the mean time 

 the phofphorus being expofed to the air, fet fire to 

 the tobacco, which furprifcd, not only the In- 

 dians, but even the Frenchmen who were with 

 me, becaufe they had never feen the experiment 

 tried with this powder. 



After this myflerious ceremony, I made thefe 

 people prefents of fome European trifles, and 

 gave their chief a bottle of brandy, for it is 

 cuftomary among the Indians, that when you 

 treat with them, you muft give fomething to 

 confirm your words. Then they all fhook hands 

 with me, and went back to their village. 

 They told me, they were aihamed of their 

 foolifh condu6t, and we feparated, fatisfied with 

 each other. 



Some time after this adventure, the rains were 

 fo frequent, that they fwelled the water in the 

 river very much. 



As I had difpatched an Indian to M. de Cha- 

 hrty governor of Fort .Tcrnkkbc^ he fent me a 



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