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of his legs, he had not been taken ; but as he could 

 give no proofs for what he advanced, and had been 

 very near making his efcape, they did not chufe to 

 credit him on his word. In the midfl of his tor- 

 ments he made it appear, that bravery and the cou- 

 rage to endure pain, are two very different virtues, 

 and not always found in one and the fame perfon ; 

 for he fent forth lamentable fbrieks, which ferved 

 only to animate his tormentors : it is true, an old 

 Illinois woman, whofe fon had been formerly kil- 

 led by the Outagamies, did him all the mifchief 

 that fury infpired by revenge could invent ; at laft, 

 however, taking pity on his cries, they covered him 

 with ftraw, to which they fet fire, and as he v/as 

 ftill found to breathe after this was confumed," he 

 was pierced with arrows by the children : for the 

 mod part, when a victim does not die like a brave 

 man, he receives his death's wound from a woman 

 or from children ; he is unworthy ? fay they, to die 

 by the hands of men. 



In the mean time, Madam, I found myfelf very 

 much embarafled. On the one hand, my guides 

 did not imagine it prudent to advance any farther ; 

 and on the other it was very inconvenient for me to 

 winter at Pimiteouy. I mould even have been ob- 

 liged to follow the Indians to their winter encamp- 

 ment, by which means I mould have loft a whole 

 year. But at laft two of the four Canadians I found at 

 Pimiteouy, having offered to join our efcort, every 

 one took heart. I determined to fet out on the 

 morrow, being the 4th of October; but the rain 

 and fome other things that happened prevented me 

 all that day. 



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