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ture upon coming to our tents, on the old 

 man's bare representation, we sent Augustus 

 and Junius back in the evening, to remain 

 with him until they came, that they might 

 fully detail our intentions. 



The countenance of Terregannceuck was 

 oval, with a sufficiently prominent nose, 

 and had nothing very different from an Eu- 

 ropean face, except in the smallness of his 

 eyes, and, perhaps, in the narrowness of his 

 forehead. His complexion was very fresh 

 and red, and he had a longer beard than I 

 had seen on any of the aboriginal inhabitants 

 of America. It was between two and three 

 inches long, and perfectly white. His face 

 was not tattooed. His dress consisted of a 

 shirt or jacket with a hood, wide breeches, 

 reaching only to the knee, and tight leggins 

 sewed to the shoes, all of deer skins. The 

 soles of the shoes were made of seal-skin, 

 and stuffed with feathers instead of socks. 

 He was bent with age, but appeared to be 

 about five feet ten inches high. His hands 

 and feet were small in proportion to his 

 height. Whenever Terregannceuck received 



