CHAP. XXVL 
LIVES OF SOME OF THE INHABITANTS OF MASHOW. 
Before we quit Mashow it may be proper to 
insert the following history of some of its inhabi- 
tants. The information thus obtained from their 
own lips, will not, it is presumed, prove unin- 
teresting. 
ACCOUNT OF HOONSEY, 
A Mashow Captain, who acted as our Guide from 
Mashow to Kurreechane. 
HE was born at Seekaholey, about twelve 
miles to the N. E. of the city of Mashow ; his 
father's name was Shoopee, his mother's Mas- 
sinyee. His father died of the measles; his 
mother still lives at Mashow, and is sister to 
Munameets. 
When he was a young man the Mashows had 
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