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loaded at the river-fide, alledging it was unlucky to turn 
back upon a journey; he made them again take the bag- 
gage on their fhoulders, and carry it to the very place where 
our mules had halted, and there lay it down. On this they 
all flocked about him, begging that he would not report 
them to his mafter, as fearing fome fine, or heavy chattife- 
ment, would fall upon their villages. The guide looked 
very fulky, faid but very little, and that all in- praife of 
himfelf, of his known mildnefs and moderation; as an in- 
ftance of which he appealed (impudently enough) to his late 
behaviour towards them. If fuch a one, fays he, naming a 
man that they knew, had been in my place, what a fine 
reckoning he would have made with you; why, your punifh- 
ment would not have ended in feven years. They all acknow- 
ledged the truth of his obfervation, as well as his moder- 
ation, gave him great commendations, and, I believe, fome 
_ promifes when he pafled there on his return. 
Here I thought our affair happily ended to the fatisfac- 
tion of all parties. I mounted my horfe, and Woldo went to 
a large filk bag, or purfe, which I had given him full of 
tobacco, and he had his match and pipe in his hand, juft as 
if he was going to fill it before he fet out; he then unloofed 
the bag, felt it on the outfide, putting firft his three fingers, 
then his whole hand, pinching and {queezing it both within- 
fide and without; at laft he broke out in,a violent tran{port 
of rage, crying that dis gold was gone, and that they had 
robbed him of it. I had not tiJl this fpoke one word: I 
afked him what he meant by his gold. He faid he hadtwo 
ounces (value about 51.) in his tobacco purfe, and that fome 
perfon had laid hold of them when the baggage lay on the 
other fide of the water; that the Agows had done it, and 
2 . that 
