1^8 An Hîjîorical Journal of 



fome Chiefs who take fome Care of thefe Wretches, and do not 

 fuffer them to be too much abufed. But nothing is equal to the 

 Care they take to keep them, by Day they are tied by the Neck, 

 and by the Arms to one of the Bars of the Canoe. When they 

 go by Land there is always one that holds them ; and at Night 

 they are ftretched upon the Earth quite naked ; fome Cords 

 fattened to Piquets, fixed in the Ground, keep their Legs, Arms, 

 and Necks fo confined that they cannot ftir, and fome long Cords 

 alfo confine their Hands and Feet, in fuch a Manner that they 

 cannot make the leaft Motion without waking the Savages, who - 

 îye upon thefe Cords. 



If among the Prifoners there are found any, who by their 

 Wounds are not in a Condition of being carried away, they 

 burn them direélly ; and as this is done m the firft Heat, and 

 when they are often in Halle to retreat, they are for the moft 

 Part quit at an eafier Rate than the others, who are referved for 

 a flower Puniiliment. 



The Caflom among fome Nations is, that the Chief of the 

 Of the Marks ^'^'^"^^^^^^^^ Party leaves on the Field of Battle 

 ; ; ''^ '-^^ • his Fighting Club, on which he had taken 

 ihey îea^e oj tueir ^^^j, ^.^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^ 



cf his Family, and his Portrait; that is to 

 fay y an Oval, with all the Figures he had in his Face. Others 

 paint all thefe Marks on the Trunk of a Tree, or on a Piece of 

 Bark, with Charcoal pounded and rubbed, mixed with fome 

 Colours. They add fome Flisroglyphic Charaélers, by Means 

 of which thofe v^ho pafs by may know even the minuteft Cir- 

 cumflances, not only of the Action, but alfo of the v/hole Tranf- 

 aftions of the Campaign. They knov\^ the Chief of the Party 

 by all the Marks I have mentioned : The Number of his Ex- 

 ploits by fo many Mats, that of his Soldiers by Lines ; that of 

 the Prifoners carried away by little Marmofets placed on a Stick, 

 or on a Chichiccué ; that of the dead by human Figures without 

 Heads, with Differences to diftinguifh the Men, the Women, 

 and the Children. But thefe Marks are not always fet up near 

 the Place where the Aélion happened, for when a Party is pur- 

 fued, they place them out of their Route, on Purpofe to deceive 

 • their Purfuers. 



When the Warriors are arrived at a certain Diftance from the 

 ^ r Village from whence they came, they halt, 



Ho^w theyjro^ and the Chief fends one to give Notice of 

 daim their / uiory ^ Approach. Among fome Nations, as foon 

 in the tillages. Mefîènger is within hearing, he makes 



various Cries, which give a general Idea of the principal Ad- 

 i^entures and Succefs of the Campaign : He marks the Number 

 af Men they have loft by fo many Cries of Death. Immédiate-» 



