330 MICHILLIMACKINAC. [1761. 



of two ways ; the first is by the spilling of the 

 blood of the nation by which they fell ; the other, 

 by covering the bodies of the dead, and thus allay- 

 ing the resentment of their relations. This is done 

 by making presents. 



•' ' Englishman, your king has never sent us any 

 presents, nor entered into any treaty with us ; 

 wherefore he and we are still at war ; and, until 

 he does these things, we must consider that we 

 have no other father nor friend, among the white 

 men, than the King of France ; but for you, we 

 have taken into consideration that you have ven- 

 tured your life among us, in the expectation that 

 we should not molest you. You do not come 

 armed, with an intention to make war ; you come 

 in peace, to trade with us, and supply us with 

 necessaries, of which we are in much want. We 

 shall regard you, therefore, as a brother ; and 

 you may sleep tranquilly, without fear of the Chip- 

 pewas. As a token of our friendship, we present 

 you this pipe to smoke.' 



" As Minavavana uttered these words, an Indian 

 presented me with a pipe, which, after I had drawn 

 the smoke three times, was carried to the chief, 

 and after him to every person in the room. This 

 ceremony ended, the chief arose, and gave me his 

 hand, in which he was followed by all the rest." ^ 



These tokens of friendship were suitably ac- 

 knowledged by the trader, who made a formal 

 reply to Minavavana's speech. To this succeeded 

 a request for whiskey on the part of the Indians, 



1 Henry, Travels, 45. 



