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day, h^d checked their inclination to attack 
me. 
What they were to the Kaboblquas, I was 
to them ; and this ftate of terror into which 
they were thrown gave me no Httle uneafi- 
nefs ; becaiife,. by keeping them at a diftance, 
it prevented me from having an opportunity 
bf knowing them. Wharever fuperlorlty the 
nature of my arms might give nrie, I had no 
intention of abufmg it ; every fpecies of in- 
fult being contrary to my principles. To exe- 
cute the plan of travels I had formed required 
many friends ; I had every where endeavour- 
ed fo to aft as to procure them ; and I was 
fully convinced that the Houzduanas, fo rnuch 
dreaded and fo much decried, would be 
equally 'among the number. 
My people, however, v/ere of a difFerent 
opinion. By my coriveffations with the chief, 
they learned my defigri ; for, as I was obliged 
to employ four different interpreters, it could 
be nd fecrdt. 
When it vi^s known through the camp, I 
obferved fymptonis of univerfal alarm ; the 
men and women talked to each other with 
iappafent uneafmefs ; and the different tribes 
I 3 affembled . 
