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thereabouts, arrived from Chateau in twenty-two 

 old English and French boats (having heard of 

 my arrival from some boats belonging to that 

 port, which returned from this neighborhood in 

 the night of Saturday last) but the wind did not 

 suit them to come hither till this morning. 



I placed myself upon a rock near the water-side, 

 and Caubvick sat down a few paces behind me. 

 We waited for the landing of the Indians with 

 feelings very different from theirs; who were hur- 

 Tying along with tumultuous joy at the thoughts 

 of immediately meeting their relations and 

 friends again. As the shore would not permit 

 them to land out of their boats, they brought them 

 to their anchors at a distance off, and the men 

 came in their kyacks, each bringing two other 

 persons, lying flat on their faces; one behind and 

 the other before, on the top of the skin covering. 

 On drawing near the shore, and perceiving only 

 Caubvick and myself, their joy abated, and their 

 countenances assumed a different aspect. Being 

 landed, they fixed their eyes on Caubvick and me, 

 in profound, gloomy silence. At length, with 

 great perturbation and in faltering accents, they 

 enquired, separately, what was become of the rest; 

 and were no sooner given to understand, by a 

 silent, sorrowful shake of my head, that they were 

 no more, than they instantly set up such a yell, as I 

 had never before heard. Many of them, but par- 

 ticularly the women, snatched up stones, and beat 

 themselves on the head and face till they became 

 shocking spectacles; one pretty young girl (a 



