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They appeared on the fcaffolds dreffed in their 

 richer! habits, each having a large fhell in his right- 

 hand. Their neareft relation flood on the lame 

 hand, having a battle ax in his left, and the cord 

 which is to do the execution under his left-arm. 

 From time to time he fmgs the death- cry, at which 

 the fourteen victims come down from the fcaffolds, 

 and dance all together in the fquare before the 

 temple, and the cabbin of the woman-chief. This 

 and the following days great refpecl is paid 

 them, each has five domeflics to attend him, and 

 their faces are painted red. Some add, that 

 during the eight days preceeding their death, they 

 wear a red ribband on their leg, and that all that 

 time every one is follicitous to regale them. Be 

 this as it will, at the time I am now fpeaking of, 

 the fathers and mothers of the ftrangled chil- 

 dren took them in their arms, and difpofed them- 

 felves on each fide of the cabbin, the fourteen def- 

 tined to die, placed themfelves in the fame man- 

 ner, and were followed by the friends and relations 

 of the deceafed, who had all their hair cut off, 

 which is their way of mourning : all this time they 

 made the air refound with fuch frightful cries, that 

 one would have thought all the devils in hell 

 had broke loofe, in order to come to howl in 

 this place; this was followed with dances arfd 

 fongs thofe who were to die danced, and the rela- 

 tions of the woman-chief fung. 



At laft the procefiion began. The fathers and 

 mothers carrying their dead children appeared firft, 

 walking two and two, and went immediately before 

 the litter, in which was the corpfe of the woman- 

 chief, carried on the moulders of four men. The 

 reft followed in the fame order. At every ten 

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