Travels Through North America 



"dispatched as executioners. Silouee attended them, and 

 "when they entered the tent, he threw himself between 

 "them and Byrd, and said to the warriors, This man is my 

 "friend, before you get at him you must kill me: — on which 

 "they returned, and the council respected the principle so 

 " much as to recede from their determination." 



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