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$>ly'd in iMmfe, that they fhould be very welcoriie as 

 foon as the Sun appear'd in the Horizon. Neverthe- 

 lefs, the Outagamis refented the former Affront fh 

 much/ that they importuned me all night long to fee 

 fire to the Village, and put all the fcoundrel Inhabi- 

 tants to the Sword. I made anfwer to ? em, that 

 /Was our bufinefs to be wifer than they, and to bend 

 our Thoughts, not upon a fruitlefs Revenge, but 

 upon the Difcovery that we were then iii queft of. 

 At the break of Day the two Adventurers of the 

 Night came up to us, and after putting Interrogato- 

 ries to us for the fpace of two hours, invited us to 

 come up to their Village. The Qutagamk reply 'd,> 

 that the Head or Governour of their Nation ought 

 to have faluted us fooner : and this obliged em to gd 

 back to give him notice. After that we faw no bo- 

 dy for three hours : but at laft, when our Impatience 

 was juft beginning to boil, we perceiv'd the Gover- 

 nour, who aceofted us in a trembling Pofture. He 

 was accompany'd with feme of his own Men, whd 

 were loaded with broil'd or dry'd Meat, Sacks of Tur- 

 key of Indian Corn, dry'd Raiifins, and fome fpeckled 

 or particolour'd Buck skins. In confederation of this 

 Prefent, i made 'em another of lefs confequence- 

 Then I brought on a Conference between the Outa* 

 gamis of my Company and the two Night Meflen- 

 gers, in order to make fome difcovery of the Naturd 

 of the Country j but they ftill ftop'd our Mouths 

 with this Anfwer, that they knew nothing of the 

 Matter, but that the other Nations that liv'd higher 

 tip were able to inform us. Had I been of the fame 

 ftiind with the Out agami$> we had done noble Ex- 

 ploits in this Place: but i confider'd that 'twas mf 

 bufinefs to purchafe the Knowledge of feveral things, 

 which I could not obtain by burning the Village. 

 To be ftiort 3 we re embark'd that lame day,aboiit two 1 

 I clock in the Afternooii, ind row ? d about font. 

 Leagues up the Mv®t$ whsrft we made the River of 



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