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share of that scanty supply which he had lately 

 been able to obtain in hunting. They pitched 

 their tents at a short distance below in the 

 woods, and the poor man came to me next 

 morning with the request that I would bleed 

 him for a violent pain which he complained of 

 in his side. This I refused to do, and gave 

 him a note to the medical gentleman of the 

 Colony, promising to call on him the next day. 

 When I saw him I found that he had not de- 

 livered the note, but had bled himself in the 

 foot with the flint from his gun, and spoke of 

 having experienced considerable relief. The 

 party were dreadfully distressed for provi- 

 sions, and had actually collected at their tents 

 the remains of a dog which had died, with part 

 of the head of a horse, that had been starved 

 to death in the severity of the winter, and 

 which was the only part of the animal that 

 was left by the wolves. The head of the dog 

 was boiling in the kettle, and that of the horse 

 was suspended over it, to receive the smoke of 

 the fire in the preparation for cooking ; while 

 the children were busily employed in break- 

 ing some bones which they had picked up, 

 with an axe, and which they were sucking in 

 their raw state for their moisture. This was 

 the suffering extremity not of lazy bad Indians, 



