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Scarce had the chief left me, when going abroad 

 myfelf, in order to vifit the neighbourhood about 

 the village, I perceived two Indians going about 

 from cabbin to cabbin, and making lamentations 

 nearly in the fame manner with the woman of the 

 rock, whom I have already mentioned to you. The 

 one had loft his friend in the lad expedition, and 

 the other was the father of the deceafed. They 

 walked at a great rate, laying both their hands on 

 the heads of all they met, probably to invite them 

 to partake in their grief. Thofe who have fought 

 for refemblances between the Hebrews and Ameri- 

 cans, undoubtedly would nor have failed to take 

 notice of this manner of weeping, which from fome 

 exprefiions in the fcriptures, th-. fe hunters after con- 

 jectures might have had room to to imagine had 

 been in ufe amongft the people of God. 



Towards evening the chief fent me an invitation 

 to meet him at a houfe where one of the miffiona- 

 ries had lodged fome years before, where probably 

 they ufed to hold their councils I went thither and 

 found him with two or three of the elders. He be- 

 gan with telling me that he wanted to inform me of 

 the greatnefs of the danger to which I mould ex- 

 pofe myfelf by continuing my journey ; and that 

 after having well confidered every thing, he advifed 

 me to fufpend my departure till the feafon ot the 

 year fhould be a little farther advanced, in the hories 

 that the parties of the enemy might in the mean- 

 time withdraw and leave the way open. Sufpect- 

 ihg t iat he might have his view T 3 in detaining me 

 at Pimiteouy, I gave him to underftand that his 

 reafons had no great weight with me, and added 

 that I had it ill more cogent ones to haften my de- 

 parture. My anfwer feemed to give him pain, and 



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