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are never doubted in that part of the world by any perfon in 
the lead converfant with Indians : but as it is difficult to trail- 
fport a matter of belief from one country to another diftant 
one, and as the authors who have maintained the contrary opi- 
nion are too refpeftable to be doubted upon light grounds, I 
by no means intend to reft the proofs upon what has been faicf r 
or upon my Angle affertion. 
I have provided myfelf with two authorities, which I ap- 
prehend may in this cafe be decifive. One is Colonel Butler, 
Deputy Superintendant of Indian Affairs, well known in the 
late American war, whofe great and extenfive influence amongfb 
the Six-Nations could not have been acquired by any thing lefs 
than his long and intimate knowledge of them and their lan- 
guage. Theother authority is that of Thayendanega, com- 
monly known by the name of Captain Joseph Brant, a Mo- 
hock Indian of great influence, and much fpoken of in the 
late war. He was in England in 1775, and writes and fpeaks 
the Englifh language with tolerable accuracy. I fhall there- 
fore only fubjoin their opinions upon this matter, the originals, * 
of which I have under their own fignatures. 
Colonel Butler’ S o 
THE men of the Six-Nation Indians have all beards natu- 
rally, as have all the other nations of North- America which I 
have had an opportunity of feeing. Several of the Mohocks 
fhave with razors, as do likewife many of- the Panees who are 
kept as flaves by the Europeans. But in general the Indians 
pluck out the beard by the roots from its earlieft appearance \ 
and as their faces are therefore fmooth, it has been fuppofed 
that they were deftitute of beards. Lam even of opinion, that 
