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therefore they ufe their own. remedies , 
which is fvveating, &c. Their manner is 
when they have plague or fmall pox annongft 
them to cover thcit TFign>aws with Bark fo 
clofe that no Air can enter in, lining them 
X as Ifaid before ) within, and making a 
great fire they remain there with a ftewing 
heat till chey are in a top fweat, and then 
run out into the Sea or River, and prefent-* 
ly lifter they are come into their Uatis a* 
gain they either recover or give up the 
Ghoft 5 they dye patiently both men and 
women, not knowing of a Hell to fcare 
fhemj nor 51 Confcience to terrific them. 
In times of general Mortality they omit the 
Ceremonies of burying , txpoling their 
dead Carkifo to the Beafts of prey. But at 
other times they dig a Pit and fet the difca- 
fed therein upon his breech upright, and 
throwing in the earth , cover it with _ the 
fods and bind them down with fticks , 
drivirfg in two (lakes at ' ^ch end their 
; mournings are fomewhatiike the bowlings 
cf the Irijh^ fcldom at th^ grave but in the 
Wigwam^ where the parry dyed, blaming 
the Devjifor his hard heaitcdnefs, and con- 
cluding with rude prayers to hici) to afflid 
thcoiuo furdicr. 
They acknowledge a God.who they call 
Bqiiantam^ biu Wfj-ilhip him'' they^do nor^ 
