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An Iroquois who had ferved a long time in our 

 troops againft his own nation, and even in quality 

 of an officer, met his father in an engagement, and 

 was going to run him through, when he difcover- 

 ed who he was. He ftopt, and accofted him in this' 

 manner, " You have once given me life, and I 

 " have this day returned the obligation ; but: 

 <c have a care of meeting me another time, as I 

 " am now quit of that debt of nature which I 

 " owed you." Nothing can be a ftronger proof 

 of the neceffity of education, and that nature a- 

 lone is incapable of inftrucliing us efficiently in the 

 moil efTential duties of life : and what, if I am 

 not deceived, is a more evident demonftration of 

 the fuperior ianctity of the chriftian religion is, 

 that it has produced in the heart of thefe barba- 

 rians, in all thefe refpects, a change which is per- 

 fectly wonderful. 



But if the Indians are incapable of tailing the 

 fweets of friend (hip, they have at lead difcovered 

 the advantage of it. Every one has a friend nearly 

 the fame age with himfelf, to whom he attaches 

 himfelf by the mod indifloluble bonds. Two 

 perfons thus united by one common intereft, are 

 capable of undertaking and hazarding every thing 

 in order to aid and mutually fuccour each other : 

 death itfelf, according to their belief, can only fepa- 

 rate them for a time : they are well alTured of 

 meeting again in the other world never to part, 

 where they are perfuaded they will have occafiofy 

 for the fame fervices from one another* 



I have been told a (lory on this head, that an In- 

 dian who was a Chriftian, but who did not live ac- 

 cording to the maxims of the gofpel, and who being 



threatened 



