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men, who lay at the point of death, at their vil- 

 lage ; and, merely to please them, I went, without 

 expecting to render her any service, especially 

 with the medicines which we have here. I found 

 her so far gone that I thought it would not be 

 proper to give her any thing. I told the Indians, 

 moreover, that if she should die, shortly after 

 taking our medicines, they would say, as they ever 

 do in such cases, that I was the cause of her death. 

 They assured me however, to the contrary ; and 

 I gave her a simple medicine, which I supposed 

 could do her neither good nor harm, with which 

 they were satisfied. 



I understood that her relations had said, that 

 a certain Indian, by his magic, had caused her ill- 

 ness, and that he would finally take her life. I, 

 therefore, took this opportunity of repeating again, 

 what I had often told them before, that God, the 

 infinitely powerful being, who made every thing, 

 had alone the power of causing their dissolution, 

 whenever he thought proper. Upon this, one of 

 the chiefs, who thought himself more knowing 

 than the others, observed, that it was the God of 

 the salmon, who remained at the sea, who was 

 taking the girl's life. I replied, that God is in 

 heaven above ; but that, so searching are his eyes, 

 he can easily see what takes place on the face of 

 the whole earth. They said, it might be so ; but 



