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ftones; and I propofed ic to his countrymen: 
but they afked my permifiion to take it with 
them. They were afraid that the robbers, 
when they returned to fearch for their ar- 
rows, w^ould difcover the body, and lay upon 
it fome fatal fpell. Such, faid they, is the cuf- 
toai of the Boflimen ; and in this way do thofe 
barbarians frequently caufe a whole family, 
and fometimes even a whole nation, to perifh. 
Thefe remarks betrayed grois ignorance and 
fuperftiticn. But, as I had no hopes of en- 
lightening them, I confented to their requeft. 
The body of the dead Kaminouqua was accord- 
ingly wrapped up in his krofs, and placed 
upon the back of an ox ; and we departed. 
I continued to puriue nearly the lame courfe, 
keeping at fome diftance, however, from the 
trees on the fide of the river, that we might nei- 
ther be furrounded nor furprifed. After four 
hours march, I thought proper to halt to take 
fome refrefhment. We had now been fafting 
four-and-twenty hours, without having been 
able to fleep, or fwallow fo much as a m.orfel of 
food. 
While we were taking our repafl, three fa- 
vages of the Gheyffiqua nation palled us; a 
nation 
