3 o The D iflrejfes and Adventures 



N o w it happened, that this Man's Wife, 

 an Indian Woman, was very ill and lame of 

 T30th her Legs, upon which Account her 

 Husband was in great Affliction, and asked, 

 if e'er a one of us had any Skill in Surgery j 

 we faid yes, and tho* we could not boaft of 

 much Knowledge that way, yet we judged 

 that the taking away fome Blood might be 

 of Service to her ; but then we were at a 

 great Lofs for want of a Lancet ; but the 

 Man got us a fharp Knife, with which Mr. 

 Banijter let her Blood in both her Legs, and 

 it pleafed God to crown this Undertaking 

 with fuch Succefs, that the next Day the 

 Woman could make fome Ufe of her Legs, 

 This fo much rejoiced her Husband, that he 

 killed a Cow for our better Entertainment 

 whilft we ftaid with him, and that we might 

 have Provifion when we departed, the bet- 

 ter to enable us to perform fome Part of 

 our Journey. We ftaid here four Days, 

 helping him to build a new Range. He 

 told us, we had four or five hundred Leagues 

 to travel before we could come to any Part 

 of the South-Seasy and that there were but 

 few Inhabitants by the Way ; he gave us 



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