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who expr^fled their joy by fhouts and applaufes 
without end. 
Ye honeft hearts, who pemfe this account, 
behold what it coft me to reftore peace among 
a whole tribe, and to prevent them from de- 
ftroying each other! From this moment con-^ 
cord was re eftablifhed ; univerfal joy prevailed 
throughout the horde ; and they inftantly be- 
gan their dancings, vvrhich continued for three 
days and three nights without intermiffion* 
They killed for this feftival feveral fat (heep, 
and even two oxen ; an extraordinary and 
truly aftonilhing magnificence among a peo- 
ple, who, when they barter one of their daugh- 
ters for a cow, think ihey have made an ex- 
cellent bargain. 
If the Koraquas fet fuch a high value on 
their horned cattle, it is becaufe they are the 
principal part of their riches. They do not, 
however, make them an objed of trade Being 
too far diftant from the colonies to have any 
commercial intercourfe with them, either di- 
redly or indiredlly, they can traffic with their 
cattle only among themfelves or their neigh- 
bours. 
When I wiflied, therefore, to purchafe a 
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