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amongst them. They are free from all manner of 

 compliments, except shaking of hands and scratch- 

 ing on the shoulder, which two are the greatest 

 marks of sincerity and friendship, that can be 

 shewed one to another. They cannot express farc- 

 you-well ; but when they leave the house, will say, 

 I go straightway, which is to intimate their depar- 

 ture ; and if the man of the house has any mes- 

 sage to send by the going man, he may acquaint 

 him therewith. Their tongue allows not to say, 

 sir, I am your servants ; because they have no dif- 

 ferent titles for man, only king, war captain, old 

 man, or young man, which respect the stations and 

 circumstances men are employed in, and arrived 

 to, and not ceremony. As for servant, they have 

 no such thing, except slave, and their dogs, cats, 

 tame or domestic beasts, and birds, are called by 

 the same name. For the Indian word for slave 

 includes them all. So when an Indian tells you he 

 has got a slave for you, it may, in general terms, 

 as they use, be a young eagle, a dog, otter, or any 

 other thing of that nature, which is obsequiously 

 to depend on the master for its sustenance. 



They are never fearful in the night, nor do the 

 thoughts of spirits ever trouble them ; such as the 

 many hobgoblins and bug bears that we suck in 

 with our milk, and the foolery of our nurses and 

 servants suggest to us ; who by their idle tales of 

 fairies, and witches, make such impressions on 

 our tender ears, that at maturity, we carry pigmies' 

 souls in giants' bodies and ever after, are thereby 



