( ^<^3 ) 

 fcorned to conceal from the reft ; but ge- 

 neroufly diftributed among us. 



A few days after,themyftery of the nail- 

 ing up of the hut, and what had been doing 

 by the Indians upon the illand in our ab- 

 fence, was partly explained to us ; for abou t 

 the ij'th day after our return, there 

 came a party of Indians to the ifland in 

 two canoes, who were not a little fur- 

 prifed to find us here again. Among 

 ihefe, was an Indian of the tribe of the 

 Chonos, who live in the neighbourhood of 

 Chiloe*. He talked the Spanifh lan- 

 guage ; but with that favage accent 

 which renders it almoft unintelligible to 

 any but thofe who are adepts in that 

 language. He was likewife a cacique, 

 or leading man of his tribe ; which au- 

 thority was confirmed to him by the Spa- 

 niards j for he carried the ufual badge 



* Chlloe is an ifland on the weftern coafl of Annerica, 

 r^bout the 43d deg. of S. latitude 5 ^ind the foutherninoft 

 iettkment under the Spanifh jurifdidion on th?.t coaft. 



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