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Then the perfon who had thrown him the coat, 

 falling in his turn into a fury, cried out that he 

 would revenge the French, and that he would re- 

 duce the whole village to afhes : He began by 

 fetting fire to his own cabbin in which this fcene had 

 paffed, and every body having left it, he fhut him- 

 felf up in it. The fire which was kindled in fe- 

 veral places had not as yet broke our, when one of 

 the miffionaries appeared and was going to enter it, 

 when being told what had happened, and fearing 

 what might happen to his holt, he broke open the 

 door, laid hold on the Indian, turned him out, 

 extinguished the fire, and fhut himfelf up in the 

 cabbin. His hoft in the mean time ran through 

 the whole village, crying out that he would fet it 

 on fire : a dog was then thrown to him, in hopes 

 that he would fatiate his rage upon this animal, but 

 he faid, this was flill not lufficient to repair the 

 affront that hid been done him, by killing a French- 

 man in his cabbin \ upon which they threw him a 

 fecond which he cut in pieces, and hi> tranfport 

 immediately ceafed. 



This man had a brother, who had a mind to play 

 his part likewife. He drefled himfelf nearly in 

 the fame manner as the fatyrs are reprefented, being 

 covered all over from head to foot with the leaves 

 of maize : he can fed equip two women like me- 

 gseras, their faces 'being blacked, their hair diilit vel- 

 ed, a wolf's fkin over their body, and a flake in their 

 hands. Thus efcorted he went through all the 

 cabbins, crying out and howling with all his might; 

 he clambered up their roofs, where he played a 

 thou fa nd tricks, with as much dexterity as the mofl 

 experienced rope-dancer could have done, then he 

 fent .forth dreadful cries, as if fame great misfor- 

 tune had befallen him; afterwards he came down, 



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