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tricks and getting drunk. And if his own children 

 played any rogue tricks, he would serve them the same 

 sauce. There happened some Englishmen at his 

 court, when a man was brought up for some rogue 

 tricks , and one of these men was named Nathan Cole- 

 man, a pretty crank sort of a man, and the Indian man 

 pleaded for an appeal to Esquire Bunker; and the old 

 judge turned round to said Nathan and spoke in the 

 Indian language thus: u Chaquor Keador tadclator 

 witche conichau mussoy chaquor?" then said Nathan 

 answered thus: " Martau couetchawidde neconne sas- 

 samyste nehotie moche Squire Bunker "; which in the 

 English tongue is thus: " What do you think about 

 this great business? " then Nathan answered, " Maybe 

 you had better whip him first, then let him go to Squire 

 Bunker": and the old judge took Nathan's advice. 

 And so Nathan answered two purposes: the one was 

 to see the Indian whipped; the other was, he was sure 

 the Indian would not want to go to Esquire Bunker 

 for fear of another whipping.* 



I will say something more in recommendation of 

 some of our old Indian natives. They were very solid 

 and sober at their meetings of worship, and carried on 

 in the form of Presbyterians, but in one thing imitated 

 the Friends or Quakers, so called; which was to hold 

 meetings on the first and fifth days of the week, and 

 attended their meetings very precisely. I have been 

 at their meetings many times and seen their devotion ; 

 and it was remarkably solid, and I could understand 



* It is suggested that a little Kaclooda law would be very 

 efficacious nowadays for those who play " rogue tricks." 



