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^ xiit ^' whole fkiiis ; but it fliould feem as if the chief wanted me 



^- — — ■* to pay for the entertainment he had given us, as well as 



Auguft. his furs J for I could not purchafe a good fkin for lefs than 



on ay 20. ^ Jight-horfeman's cap, two yards of inferior broad-cloth, 



a pair of buckles, two handfuls of fmall beads, and two 



fifb-hooks. The articles we bartered with were light- 



horfemen's caps, fi:riped woollen blankets, tov/es, eighteen 



or twenty inches long, buckles, buttons, and beads of all 



forts, but particularly fmall tranfparent ones, either green, 



blue, or yellow. However, I could not procure even a 



piece of a fkin with any of the latter articles ; they only 



were given by way of concluding a bargain, as were tin 



kettles, brafs pans, and pewter bafons ; but hatchets, 



adzes, and howels, they would fcarcely take for any thing 



whatever. 



My vifiter was equally tedious in trading as he had 

 been in his entertainment ; fo that I could not get every 

 thing he had to difpofe of during the whole day, and 

 about eight o'clock in the evening, our traffic for the day 

 being over, he fent his boat on fliore, and remained on 

 board with one of his people for the night ; and as he re- 

 quired an hoftage, I fent Jofeph Woodcock on fhore with 

 his party. 



Woodcock having frequently been on fhore as an hom- 

 age, was well known to the natives, and they feemed 

 very fond of his company. On one of thefe occafions he 

 remained among the Indians for three days ; during which 

 time he had a good opportunity of feeing their cuftoms 

 and mode of living ; and his account perfedlly agreed with 

 my own obfervations when on fhore. Their filth and 



naftinefs 



