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the Symbols under which every one reprefents his familiar Spk 

 rit. They put them into a Sack, painted of various Colours ; 

 and often, to do Honour to the Chief, they place this Sack in th« 

 fore Part of hir Canoe. If there are too mzny Manitous to be 

 contained in one Sack, they diftribute them into feveral, which 

 are entrufted to the Keeping of the Lieutenant and the Elders 

 of each Family : They put with thefe the Prefents which 

 have been made to have Prifoners, with the Tongues of all 

 the Animals they have killed during the Campaign, and of 

 which they muft make a Sacrifice to the Spirits at their Return. 



In their Marches by Land, the Chief carries his Sackhimfelf, 

 y/hich he calls his Mat ; but he may eafe himfelf of this Bur- 

 then, by giving it to any one he chufes ; and he need not fear 

 that any Perfon iliould refufe to relieve him, becaufe this carries 

 with it a Mark of Diilinélion. This is, as it were, a Right of 

 Reverfion to the Command, in Cafe the Chief and his Lieute- 

 nant fliould die during the Campaign. 



Butwhilfl I am writing to you, Madam, I am arrived in the 

 River of Niagara^ where I am going to find good Company, and 

 where I fhall ilay fome Days. I departed from the River of 6*^2- 

 the 21 fl, before Sun-rife ; but the Wind continuing againft 

 us, we were obliged at Ten o' Clock to enter the Bay of the 

 l^fcnncnthcuans. Half Way from the River of Sables to this Bay, 

 there is a little River, which I would not have failed to have vi- 

 ijted, if I had been fooner informed of its Singularity, and of 

 what I have jufl now learnt on my arriving here. 



They call this River Cafconchiagon : It is very narrow, and of 

 Of th Ri^ little Depth at its Entrance into the Lake. 

 f CafconcHa^^ ^ li^tl^ higher, it is one hundred and forty 

 ^ * " Yards wide, and they fay it is deep enough 



for the largefl VefTels. Two Leagues from 

 its Mouth, we are Hopped by a Fall which appears to be fixty 

 Feet high, and one hundred and forty Yards wide. A Mufket 

 Shot higher, we find a fécond of the fame Width, but not fo 

 high by two thirds. Half a League farther, a third, one hun- 

 dred Feet high, good Meafure, and tv»'0 hundred Yards v/ide. 

 After this, we meet with feveral Torrents ; and after having 

 failed fifty Leagues further, we perceive a fourth Fall, every 

 Way equàl to the third. The Courfe of this River is one hun- 

 dred Leagues; and when we have gone up it about fixty Leagues, 

 we have but ten to go by Land, taking to the Right, to arrive at 

 the Ohio, called La belle Riviere : The Place where we meet with 

 it, is called Ganos ; where an Dfiicer worthy of Credit (a)^ and 



(a) M. de Joncalre^ at prefent a Captain in the Troops of New France» 



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