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ACCOUNT OF HOONSEY. 
[1820. 
Peerees, (or Wolves,) in which they slew many 
Peerees, and drove away their cattle ; he slew 
one with his own hand. 
The Mooramussannas once made an incursion 
into the Mashow country, and carried off some 
cattle. A short time afterwards, many of the 
Mashows, when hunting a jackal,* accidentally 
fell in with a numerous party of the Mooramus- 
sannas, who were also hunting, when the Mashows 
attacked them, captured their pack-oxen, and 
killed many of the people ; Hoonsey killed one. 
The fifth commando in which he engaged 
was with the Matchappees against the Hohaws, 
from whom they captured many cattle. Not 
long after this the Mashows had a civil war ; in 
one of the combats he killed a Mashow man. 
When these contentions subsided they united to- 
gether and went against the Makobey nation to 
obtain cattle. They attacked their cattle-posts, 
but the Makobeys came out, fought desperately, 
and preserved their cattle. At that time he 
pierced a man with an assagai, but he did not 
ascertain whether the blow proved fatal. He 
himself received a severe wound on the loins with 
a stone. They afterwards attacked their principal 
* The jackal is hunted principally for its skin, of which their 
finest cloaks are made. 
