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^ Spe£lator of it, with a Pipe in his Mouth : It is the famé 

 Thing commonly in all their Feafts of Preparation, that he 

 who gives them, touches nothing. The following Days, and 

 till the Departure of the Warriors, there pafTes many Things 

 which are not worth Notice, and which are not conftantly prac- 

 tifed. But Î muîl not forget a Cullom which is fingular enough, 

 and which the Iroquois never difpenfe with : It appears to have 

 been invented to difcover thofe who have Senfe, and know how 

 to be Mailers of themfelves ; for thefe People whom we treat 

 as Barbarians, cannot conceive that any Man can have true 

 Courage if he is not Mailer of his PaŒons, and if he cannot 

 bear the higheil Provocations : This is their Way of pro- 

 ceeding. 



The oldell of the Military Troop affront the young People 

 ^heTrial ^hich injurious Manner they can think 



Wartrs ^nemy : They throw hot Coals upon 



amors. their Heads, they make them the lharpefl: Re- 



proaches, they load them with the m.oft injurious Expreffions, and 

 carry this Game to the greateft Extremities. This muft be en- 

 dured with a perfect Infenfibility : To fhew on thefe Occafions the 

 leaft Sign of Impatience, would be enough to be judged unworthy 

 of bearing Arms for ever. But when it is pradifed by People of 

 the fame Age, as it often happens, the AggrefTor muft be well 

 allured that he has nothing to account for himfelf, otherwife 

 when the Game is done, he would be obliged to make Amends 

 for the Infult by a Prefent : I fay, when the Game is done ; for 

 all the Time it lails, they mull fuffer every Thing without being 

 angry, though the Joke is often carried fo far as to throw Fire- 

 brands at their Heads, and to give them great Blows with a 

 Çudgel. 



As the Hope of being cured of their Wounds, if they have the 

 _ . Misfortune to receive any, does not contri- 

 ^ i be Frecmtions ^^^^ ^ ^-^^l^ engage the braveft to expofe 

 for tœ -ujounaed, themfelves to the greateft Dangers, after 

 what I have related, they prepare Drugs, about which their 

 Jugglers are employed. I Ihail tell you another Time what Sort^ 

 of People thefe Jugglers are. All the Village being aiTembled^-*' 

 one of thefe Quacks declares that he is going to communi<^ate > 

 to the Roots and Plants, of which he bas made a good Pj'Ôvi- 

 fion, the Virtue of healing all Sorts of Wounds, andevenôf re- 

 floring Life to the dead. Immediately he begins to fin;g;, o- 

 ther Jugglers anfwer him ; and they fuppofe tliat during the 

 Concert, which you may imagine is not very hai-naonious,' and 

 which is accompanied with many Grimaces of the Aftors, the 

 healing Virtue is communieated to the Drugs. TThe principal 



* Juggler 



