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gun, purfue them without fear, and fire at them 
wherever fhe found them. If fhe conceived her- 
felf aggrieved by any neighbouring horde, fhe 
v/ould treat it hke the Bolhmen. Accordingly, 
£he was dreaded by all the favages around. 
At prefent this undaunted heroine lived m 
the folitary hut in the valley, where flie kept 
the flocks and herds of her father, having no 
other furniture than a mat and her gun. I 
readily knew her, but was not fo eafily recog- 
nized in my turn, as my beard, fmce laft we 
2Tiet, had acquired fourteen months growth. 
After fpending a few minutes in her hut, 
I left her, and proceeded to her father's, where 
I was received with every demonflration of 
friendfhip. Seeing by my pale and languid 
countenance that I had been ill, they civilly 
invited me to fpend fome time with them, I 
accepted the invitation with the more pleafure, 
as, fince my illnefs, I had confined myfelf to a 
milk diet, and the udders of moft of my cows 
being dried up, I had lately had but a fcanty 
fupply. 
I now faw bread again for the firft time. 
A year had elapfed fince I tafted any, which 
fvas during my former refidence with the fame 
jfamilyo 
