2i6 TRAVELS IN 
On the 2 1 ft of November they all came 
to inform me rhat they were ready to depart. 
Upon this occafion they renewed their pro- 
tellations of gratitude and friendfhip, i pro- 
niifing that, wherever they paffed, their firft 
care w^ould be to tell \a hat they had feen; how 
much they were obliged to me; and in how 
affectionate and familiar a manner I had 
treated thern during rheir long refidence in 
my camp: and added, that the riches with 
which I hud loaded them would awaken the 
envy of more than one; and that all the 
hordes would wait for me with the greateft 
impatience, and lee me arrive amoiig them 
with pleafure. The defcription which they 
pron:iiied to give of my camp, my perfon, 
and above all of my beard, would, they faid, 
ferve thofe who did not know me as a mark 
by which to diilinguifli m.e, and make me 
be received in a very different manner from 
that in which they would receive a planter. 
They then all turned, as if by agreement, to- 
wards my tent, over which a flag was waving, 
.and ailied me if I would not bring it with 
me, in order that they miight be able to ob- 
ferve me at a diftance. On my anfwering in 
the affirmative, they immediaceiy (houted for 
