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that on© muft caft an infinity of Windings and Tur- 

 nings before he can crofs 'em. Bears and wild Beafis 

 are the ir only Inhabitants. 



The Mo&eemleck Nation is numerous and puiffani 

 The four Slaves of that Country inform'd me, that 

 at the diftance of 1 yo Leagues from the Place where 

 I then was, their principal River empties it felf into 

 a Salt Lake of three hundred Leagues in Circumfe- 

 rence, the mouth of which is* about two Leagues 

 broad: That the lower part of that River is adorn'd 

 with fix noble Cities, furrounded with Stone cemen- 

 ted with fat Earth : That the Houfes of thefe Cities 

 have no Roofs, but are open above like a Platform^ 

 as you fee *em drawn in the Map: That befides the 

 abovemention'd Cities, there were above an hundred 

 Towns, great and fmall, round that, fort of Sea, up- 

 on which they navigate with fuch Boats as you fee 

 drawn in the Map : That the People of that Country 

 made Stuffs, Copper Axes, and feveral other Manu- 

 factures, which the Outagamu and my other inter- 

 preters could not give me to underftand, as being al- 

 together unacquainted with fuch things: That their 

 Government was Defpotick, and lodg'd in the hands 

 of one great Head, to Whom the reft paid a trem- 

 bling Submiffion : That the People upon that Lake 

 call themfelves Tahuglauk, and are as numerous as 

 the Leaves of Trees, ( fuch is the Expreffion that the 

 Savages ufe for an Hyperbole : ) That the Mozeemlek 

 People fupply the Cities or Towns of the lahuglauk 

 with great numbers of little Calves, which they take 

 upon the abovemention'd Mountains: and, That 

 the Tahuglauk make ufe of thefe Calves for feveral 

 ends ; for, they not only eat their Flefh, but bring 

 'em up to Labour, and make Cloaths, Boots, &c. 

 of their Skins. They added, That 'twas their Mil- 

 fortune to be took Prifoners by the G?mc/itares in the 

 War which had lafted for eighteen Years ; but, that 

 they hoped a Peace would be fpeediiy concluded, 



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