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we had been at the Marootzee. He added, as he 
had the charge of us, he thought it proper to say- 
that he did not think it safe for us to visit that 
people. If we were determined to go on our 
return from the Marootzee, he would not go with 
us, but return to Mashow, and there wait our 
arrival. He then told us there was no end to 
nations in that direction, that they had nothing 
else to do but to kill one another, and therefore 
he thought they stood much in need of the word 
of God. He then expressed sorrow that his na- 
tion should be the first to hear the word of God 
in that land, and that he himself should neither 
have ears nor heart to understand it— and he 
was sorry that, though he assisted by this jour- 
ney to carry the gospel to other nations, he him- 
self remained without heart and ears to under- 
stand it. 
The Tammahas are said to have murdered 
two white men, many years ago, who had fled 
from the colony, and took refuge among them. 
During the evening it rained much, attended with 
loud thunder. 
The rain having lasted the whole night the space 
round the waggons was in a complete puddle 
in the morning, so that, merely in passing to and 
from the tent, it was necessary to wade above the 
ancles. 
