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Sakies, with whom his labours have been fuffici- 

 ently unfuccefsful. Both of them appear to be a 

 very good fort of people and efpecially the for- 

 mer, whofe greateft defect is, that they feem to 

 be a little addicted to thieving. Their language is 

 very different from that of all the reft, which 

 makes me believe, that it holds no refemblance 

 with any of thofe of Canada. Thus, they have 

 always had more commerce or intercourfe with the 

 weftern nations, than with thofe with which we are 

 acquainted. 



The Sakies, though few in number, are divided 

 into two factions, one of which is in the intereft of 

 the Outagamies, and the other in that of the Pou- 

 tewatamies. Thofe of them who are fettled in this 

 poft are moftly of the party of the latter, and con- 

 fequently are friends to us. They received the new 

 commandant with great demonftrations of joy : the 

 moment they were informed of his approach, they 

 drew up under arms on the more, and as foon as 

 he appeared, faluted him with a difcharge of their 

 mulkets, which they accompanied with great fhouts 

 of joy. Afterwards four of their chief men waded 

 into the river, till the water came up to their mid- 

 dle; advanced up to his canoe, and received him 

 on a large robe, compofed of feveral fkins of roe- 

 bucks well fowed together, whereof each of them 

 held a corner. In this manner they carried him to 

 his apartment, where they complimented him, and 

 faid a great many things extremely Mattering. 



Next day, the chiefs of the two nations paid me 

 a vifit and one of the Otchagras mewed me a 

 Catalonian piftol, a pair of t Spanifh fhoes, and I 

 do not know what drug, which appeared to me to 

 be a fort of ointment, All this they had received 



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