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der was committed ; and the three kings, that but 

 the day before shewed such a reluctance to deliv- 

 er him up, but would have given another in his 

 room, when he was hanged, pulled him by the 

 hand, and said : Thou wilt never play any more 

 rogue's tricks in this world whither art thou 

 gone to show thy tricks now ? Which shews 

 these savages to be what they really are, viz : a 

 people that will save their own men if they can, 

 but if the safety of all the people lies at stake, 

 they will deliver up the most innocent person liv- 

 ing, and be so far from concern, when they have 

 made themselves easy thereby, that they will 

 laugh at their misfortunes, and never pity or think 

 of them more. 



Their priests are the conjurers and doctors of 

 the nation. I shall Ynention some of their meth- 

 ods and practices, and so leave them to the judg- 

 ment of the reader. 



As I told you before, the priests make their ora- 

 tions at every feast, or other great meeting of the 

 Indians. I happened to be at one of these great 

 meetings, which was at the funeral of a Tuskeruro 

 Indian, that was slairi with lightning at a feast the 

 day before, where I was amongst the rest. It was 

 in July, and a very fair day, whore, in the after- 

 noon, abo v ut six or seven o'clock, as they were 

 dealing out their victuals, there appeared a little 

 black cloud to the northwest, which spread and 

 brought with it rain, wi nd and lightning ; so we went 

 out from the place where we were all at victual.-:. 



