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two figures of men without heads, and fbme others 

 entire. The firft reprefented the dead, and the 

 fecond the captives. One of my guides informed 

 me upon this occafion, that when any French were 

 amongft either, they were reprefented with their 

 arms upon their haunches, in order to diftinguifh 

 them from the Indians, whofe arms were left 

 in a hanging pofture. This diftinclion is not 

 merely arbitrary, but proceeds from their ha- 

 ving obferved the French to make ufe of this 

 attitude frequently, which is never done amongft 

 them. 



Garcilaflb de la Vega mentions the Chicachas, 

 in his hiftory of the conqueft of Florida, and pla- 

 ces them nearly in the fame part of the country 

 where they are at prefent. He reckons them 

 amongft thofe nations of Florida who fubmitted 

 to the Spaniards but this pretended fubmiffion 

 lafted no longer than the Spaniards were in their 

 neighbourhood, and it is certain they fold the 

 vi&ory they gained over them very dear. They 

 are ftill accounted the braveft foldiers in Louifia- 

 na, and were much more numerous in the time 

 of Ferdinand de Soto, than at prefent : but as to 

 the riches which this hiftorian attributes to 

 them, I neither underftand whence they had 

 them, nor how the fource of them comes to 

 be dried up, for at prefent they are neither more 

 opulent nor better civilized than the reft of the 

 Indians. 



Our alliance with the Illinois has fet us at va- 

 riance with the Chicachas, and the Englifh of Ca- 

 rolina blow up the difTention. Our fettlement in 

 Louifiana is a great eye-fore to them : as it is a 

 barrier which we have placed between their power- 



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