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Thefe Indians are indeed unlettered 

 and ignorant, as are all thofe whofe 

 wants are few ; the progrefs of arts and 

 fciences having ever kept pace with 

 luxury. Mankind feldom attend to ob- 

 jects, which are not connected with 

 either their pleafures or neceffities ; and 

 where curiofity is thus unexcited, reafon 

 will never undergo the trouble of inve- 

 ftigating the properties and caufes of ob- 

 jects, which, when difcovered, could af- 

 ford no entertainment : Where, there- 

 fore, the wants and defires of mankind 

 are few, their enquiries, and confe- 

 quently their knowlege, will be confined. 

 This ignorance, however, is a vehicle of 

 happinefs to thefe Indians, as it would 

 certainly rendei them mifcrable to be 

 endowed with fentiments and defires 

 above their capacity of enjoyment and 

 happy will it be, if they never emerge 

 from their prefent Rate. 



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