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tJiat parliciilarly arrefted my noticcj I re- 
queileci he would ^ explain liimfeif.—." On 
this fpoi:,'' continued the favage^ " two of my 
countrymen a few years fince were employ- 
ed in a ttending, their cattle. At that tim.e 
we enjoyed a profound peace with the colo- 
niils, and harboured no fufpicion of their 
intending to injure us. In a moment, how- 
ever, our tw^o men were fired upon from 
yonder thicket. One fell dead on the fpot, 
the other being only wounded, was fo for- 
tunate as to make his efcape. The fettlers 
then took pofl'efllon of our cattle, and drove 
them home to their farms. Intellis:ence of 
this, murder and robbery v/as • foon conveyed 
throughout the hoordes, and occaiioned the 
laft v/ar between theC(9/^/2i/?j"andtheC^rm.'' 
The poor fellov\^ told this melancholy fto- 
ry with fo much feeling and fimplicity, that 
I could entertain no doubt of liis veracity. 
I then aiiied him if ail the colonijis were of 
this, abominable ditpofition ? He anfwered, 
/ hohenal and indeed, on this occanon, 
I conceive it would be unjuft in me to pub- 
liih any thing that might be miftaken for a 
general cenfure on the whole of the fettlers. 
There are exceptions, and I think it necef- 
iary this Ihould be underftood, as I have 
known many of them who hold the general 
conducl of their marauding neighbours in the 
Btmoft abhorrence, and wilh for nothing 
more fmcerely than their expulfion from 
the colonies. 
Our two guides iikewife explained the 
