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them, and to maintain the ancient cuftdms. Whilft 

 he was ft ill fpeaking, two deputies from the pa- 

 tient entered the affembly, and requefted on her 

 behalf, to have fent her two young boys and two 

 young girls, attired in robes and belts of Wam- 

 pum, with certain prefents, which fhe mentioned, 

 adding, that (he would make known her further in- 

 tentions to thefe four perfons. 



This was immediately put in execution, a fhort 

 while afterwards, the four young perfons returned, 

 empty handed, and almoft naked, the patient hav- 

 ing ftript them of all they had, even to their very 

 robes. In this condition they entered the council 

 which was ftill affembled, and fet forth the demands 

 of this woman, confiding of two and twenty arti- 

 cles, amongft which one was a blue covering, to 

 be furnifhed by the mifiionaries, and all of them to 

 be delivered within an hour. They tried all their 

 ihetoiick to obtain the covering, but this being pe- 

 remptorily refuied, they were obliged to go with- 

 out it. As foon as the fick perfon received the other 

 prefents, fhe entered the village, being carried, as 

 i have already faid, all the way. Towards even- 

 ing, a publick crier, by her order, made procla- 

 mation, to have fires lighted in every cabbin, me 

 being to vifit them all, which accordingly fhe did 

 as foon as the fun was fet, being iupported by two 

 men, and followed bv the whole village. She 

 palled through the middle of all the fires, her feet 

 and legs naked, without receiving any harm, whilft 

 her two fupporters, though they did their utmofl 

 e ideavours to keep clear of being fcorched fuffered 

 greatly, as they were obi ged to conduct her in this 

 manner acsofs upwards or three hundred fires : as 

 tor her pare, her conftant complaint was of the 



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