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spectable Indians who thought pimping no disgrace. Sodomy 

 is a crime not uncommonly committed ; many of the subjects 

 of it are publicly known, and do not appear to be despised, 

 or to excite disgust ; one of them was pointed out to us : he 

 had submitted himself to it, in consequence of a vow he had 

 made to his mystic medicine, which obliged him to change 

 his dress for that of a squaw, to do their work, and to permit 

 his hair to grow. The men carefull} pluck from their chins, 

 axilla of the arms, eye brows, and pubis, every hair of 

 beard that presents itself : this is done with a spiral wire, 

 which, when used, is placed with the side upon the part, 

 and the ends are pressed towards each other so as to close 

 the spires upon the hairs, which can then be readily drawn 

 out 5 this instrument we observed to be an article of dress of 

 the chiefs, who departed to attend the council at the Isle au 

 Vacho. 



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