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ing narrow there, they can annoy the boats, 

 which have no decks. 



It is believed that the Chickfaws killed MefT. 

 Boiijfelct and de J a Morlkre -, thefe two officers, 

 though they were very brave, fell into an am- 

 bufcade for want of experience, not knowing 

 the topography of the country they were in any 

 more than general Braddock. An officer ought, 

 therefore, always to apply to that, in order to 

 avoid furprifes, or elfe he fiiould always be on 

 the defenfive and prepared. 



The EngliJJi have always been in alliance with 

 thcfe valiant warriors ; they have always traded 

 wath them, and fupplied all their wants. 



The Indians of this nation ride well on horfe- 

 back : they leave the care of cultivating and fow 

 ing their grounds to their women, who are hand- 



fome and cleanly. When a Chickfaw has killed a 

 ' roe-deer, he tells his wife whereabouts it lies -, 

 flie goes to fetch it, drefles it, and ferves it up 

 to her hufband : the women never eat with the 

 men, who feem. very indifferent about them, but 

 really love them better than any other nation. 



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