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hunting, yet that it never roused a moose by 

 its cries, being always particularly still at 

 those times. Our informant* added, that he 

 had often seen this Indian in his old age, 

 and that his left breast, even then, retained 

 the unusual size it had acquired in his oc- 

 cupation of nurse." 



We had proof of their sensibility towards 

 their relations, in their declining to pitch 

 their tents where they had been accustomed 

 for many years, alleging a fear of being re- 

 minded of the happy hours they had for- 

 merly spent there, in the society of the 

 affectionate relatives whom the sickness 

 had recently carried off. The change of 

 situation, however, had not the effect of 

 relieving them from sorrowful impressions, 

 and they occasionally indulged in very loud 

 lamentations, as they sat in groups, within 

 and without their tents. Unfortunately, 

 the spreading of a severe dysentery amongst 

 them, at this time, gave occasion for the 

 renewal of their grief. The medicinal 



* Mr. Wentzel. 



