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liercctl v/ild beafts to them, becaufe they take 

 great care of their young. 



If the chief of a party of ChaSlaws does not 

 fucceed in the war which he has undertaken, he 

 lofes all his credit ; nobody has any trufi: in his 

 command, and he is obliged to come down to 

 the rank of a mere warrior. However, admire 

 the variety of opinions among the different na- 

 tions. It is no fhame, if, among thefe warlike 

 people, a man turns his back upon the enemy. 

 This defertion is attributed to a bad dream -, if 

 the chief of a great party, having dreamt that 

 he will lofe fome meo, tells his warriors that he 

 has had a bad dream, they return immediately 

 ro their village ; as loon as they arrive there, 

 they have recourfe to phyfic, i. e. to juggler's 

 tricks, which they employ on all occafions ; 

 then they march towards the enemy ; and if they 

 meet him, they kill five or fix of his men, and 

 come hom.e as content as if they had fubdued a 

 creat emnire. 



A general who (houid gain a victory with the 

 lol5 of many of his men, would be ill received 

 by them ^ becaufe they do not value a vidory 

 when it is bought with tht blood of their friend.^ 

 and relations; their chiefs are always careful tp 



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