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is no more esteemed amongst tliem, than anj^ oth- 

 er ordinary fellow, provided he has no personal 

 endowments which are the ornaments that must 

 gain him an esteem among them ; for a great deal- 

 er amongst the Indians, is no otherwise respected 

 and esteemed than as a man that strains his wits 

 and fatigues himself to furnish others with neces- 

 saries of life that live much easier and enjoy more 

 of the world than he himself does with all his ]}e\t\ 

 If they are taken captives and expect a miserable 

 exit, they sing ; if death approach them in sick- 

 ness, they are not afraid of it ; nor are ever heard 

 to say, grant me some time. They know by in- 

 stinct, and daily example, that they must die; 

 wherefore they have that great and noble gift to 

 submit to everything that happens, and vahie noth- 

 ing that attacks them. 



Their cruelty to their prisoners of war is what 

 they are seemingly guilty of an error in, I mean 

 as to a natural failing, because they strive to in- 

 vent the most inhuman butcheries for them that 

 the devils themselves could invent or hammer out 

 of hell ; they esteeming death no punishment, but 

 rather an advantage to him, that is exported out 

 of this into another world. 



Therefore, they inflict on them torments, where- 

 in the}" prolong life in that miserable state as long 

 as they can, and never miss skulping of them as 

 they call it, w^hich is, to cut off the skin from the 

 temples and taking the whole head of hair 

 along with it, as if it was a night-cap. Sometimes 



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