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a worthy and brave warrior, and that no one fhould 
hereafter attempt to injure me. They then all three 
joined arm in arm ag^ in and went off, fhouting and 
proclaiming Puc-puggy was their friend, &c. Thus 
it feemed that the whole was a ludicrous farce to 
fatisfy their people and appeafe the manes* of the 
dead rattle fnake. 
The next day was employed by the Indians in 
preparations for their departure, fiich as taking up 
their goods from the trading houfe, collecting to- 
gether their horfes, making up their packs, &c. 
and the evening joyfully fpent in fongs and dances® 
The fucceeding morning after exhibiting the war 
farce they decamped, proceeding on their expedi- 
tion againd: their enemy. 
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* Thefe people never kill the rattle fnake or any other ferpent, faying if 
they do fo, the fpirit of the killed fnake will excite or influence his living 
Hundred or relatives to revenge the injury or violence done to him when alive. 
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