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of that great City, admired nothing in it, and would have pre- 

 ferred their Villages to the Capital of the moft flourifhing King- 

 dom of Europe^ if they had not feen the Street of la Huchette^ 

 where the Shops of the roafting Cooks, which they always found 

 furpifhed with all Kinds of Meat, charmed them greatly. 



We cannot even fay that they are fo highly delighted with 

 The Contemtf ^^^^^ \Wmg, only becaufe they are 



the haue for our acquainted with the Sweetnefs of our's. 



^ ^ good Number of the i^r^^^r;^ have lived 



ay oj fvtng. them, and have been fo well pleafed 



with it, that many Perfons could never prevail with them to re- 

 turn, though they might have been very much at their Eafe in 

 the Colony. On the contrary, it was never poffible for a lingie 

 Savage to conform to our Way of living. We have taken Chil- 

 dren from the Cradle, and brought them up with much Care^, 

 and omitted nothing to hinder their knowing any Thing of 

 what paded amongft their Parents. All thefe Precautions were 

 iifelefs : The Force of Blood prevailed over Education. As 

 loon as they found themfelves at Liberty, they have torn their 

 Garments to Pieces, and went through the Woods to feek their 

 Countrymen, whofe Way of Life appeared to them more pleafing 

 than that they led with us. 



An Iroquoisy named la Plaque^ lived many Years with the French % 

 the fame who, as I have told you, Madam, in faving his Father's 

 Life in an Engagement, thought he had fully fatisfied all the 

 Debt he owed him : He was alfo made a Lieutenant in our 

 Troops to fix him, becaufe he was a very brave Man ; but he 

 could not continue in our Way of living : He returned to his 

 Nation, only carrying from us our Vices, without correcfling any 

 of thofe he brought with him. He loved Women to Excefs : 

 He was well lhaped ; His Valour and his brave Aélions gave 

 liim a great Reputation : He had a great deal of Wit, and very 

 amiable Manners : He had many Intrigues with other Men's 

 Wives ; and his Diforders went fo far, that it was debated in the 

 Council of his Canton, whether they fhould not take him off. It 

 was however concluded, by the Majority of Votes, to fpare his 

 Life ; becaufe, as he was extremely courageous, he would people 

 the Country with good Warriors. 



The Care which the Mothers take of their Children, whilfl 

 çr-j p 7' J they are yet in the Cradle, is beyond all Ex- 

 ^e (^are w ic j ^xtiïion, and proves very clearly '^that we often 

 the Mothers ta.e . ^.^ ^^j^ ^^^^ exceed the Limits which 

 €f thetr Ckldren. ^^^^^^ taught us. They never leave 



them : They carry them every v.'here with them ; and when they 

 fcem ready to fink under the Burdens they load themfelves with, 

 the Cradle of their Child is reckoned as nothing. One would 

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