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and having at their difpofal fo fatal a 

 poifon, mould not fometimes exercife 

 it for the gratification of hatred, jea- 

 loufy, and revenge; but thefe paffions 

 are languid in a ftate of nature, where, 

 though there are fewer reftraints, there 

 are alfo fewer temptations to vice ; 

 and the different tribes are, doubtlefs* 

 fenfible, that the detriment which they 

 fhould mutually fuftain, from the ufe o( 

 poifoned arrows in their wars, would far 

 overbalance any advantage which could 

 refult therefrom. Much, however, is 

 to be attributed to that friendly and 

 hofpitable difpofition by which they are 

 happily diftinguimed from the more 

 Northern Indians, being intirely defti- 

 tute of that ferocity which chara&erifes 

 the Indians contiguous to our Conti- 

 nental American Colonies, and which 

 prompts them to commit fuch horrid 

 ravages on their interior defencelefs in- 

 habitants. 



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