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seldom bereaves them of their nose. I have seen 

 three or four of them rendered most miserable 

 spectacles by this distemper. Yet, v^hen they 

 have been so negligent, as to let it run on so 

 far without curbing of it ; at last, they make 

 shift to patch themselves up, and live for many 

 years after; and such men commonly turn doctors. 

 I have known two or three of these no nose doc- 

 tors in great esteem amongst these savages. The 

 juice of the tulip tree is used as a proper remedy 

 for this distemper. What knowledge they have 

 in anatomy, I cannot tell, neither did I ever see 

 them employ themselves therein, unless as I told 

 you before, when they make the skeletons of their 

 kings and great men's bones. 



The Indians are very careless and negligent of 

 their health ; as, by drunkness, wading in the 

 water, irregular diet and lodging, and a thousand 

 other disorders, that would kill an European, 

 which they daily use. They boil and roast their 

 meat extraordinary much, and eat abundance of 

 broth, except the savages whom we call the naked 

 Indians, who never eat any soup. They travel 

 from the banks of the Messiasippi, to war against 

 the Sinnagars or Iroquois, and are, if equal num- 

 bers, commonly too hard for them. They will lie 

 and sleep in the woods without fire, being inured 

 thereto. They are the hardiest of all Indians, and 

 run so fast, that they are never taken, neither do 

 any Indians outrun them, if they are pursued. 

 Their ^vage enemies say, their nimbleness and 



