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great friends. After some time — perhaps days after their arrival — they seize 

 the opportunity when their hosts are off their guard and plunge their knives 

 into their hearts. Their weapons were the bow, arrow and knife. They mur- 

 dered men, women, and children, except such of the women as took the fancy 

 of their brutal conquerors, whom they took and treated no worse than the 

 women of their own tribe. 



They have no knowledge of scalping, nor do they shave their heads. 



The changes introduced among them by the whites are as follows : 



There is far less murdering than in former times. The women do not kill 

 their female infants. The young men do not strangle their parents when they 

 are too old to be of service, and become a burden upon them. 



They use the gun instead of the bow in hunting, and iron axes and knives 

 instead of stone, and they treat their women better. 



I forgot to mention in the proper place, that in war, when a man kills his 

 enemy, he cuts all his joints. 



Indian cradle. 



