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*' your enemies ; that great prince has already pre- 

 <c vented your wifhes, and has given fufficient or- 

 c< ders on that head to Ononthio *, who is of him- 

 <c felf difpofed to execute them with all the zeal 

 " and affection of a father f . This is what you 

 *« need make no doubt of, if you pay a proper 

 " regard to the good qualities of the commandanc 

 4t he has fent you. It is not pofllble you mould 

 " be ignorant, and you appear to, roe perfectly 

 * c well latisfied that amongft all the French Cap- 

 * 6 tains there are few equal to him in valour \ and 

 4t you will have caufe to love him ftijl better than 

 " you now do." This anfwer feemed to fati c fy 

 them, and they promifed much more than 1 fear 

 they will ever perform. Notwithftanding I took 

 their collar, which the miflionary flattered himfelf 

 would be productive of fome good effects. 



On the afternoon of the following day the two 

 nations entertained us, one after another, with the 

 dance of the Calumet, in a great efplanade facing 

 the commandant's apartment. There was fome 

 little difference in the manner in which they per- 

 formed this dance ; but this was very inconfiderable. 

 It only gave me to understand, that thefe feafU 

 vary confiderably : thus it is impoflible to give a 

 defcription which may agree to all of them. The 

 Otchagras diverfifled fomewhat mQre their enter- 

 tainment, and mewed extraordinary agility, being 

 better made as well as more graceful performers 

 than the Sakies. 



* This is the name which the Indians give to the governor- 

 general, it fignifies great mountain, and is derived from the Che- 

 valier Montgnagny, who was the fecond governor of Canada. 



f They always call the governors and the commandants their 

 Fathers, 



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