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with the Simlnoles : when unfortunately meeting 
with this little charmer, they were married in the 
Indian manner. He loves her fjncerely, as foe pof- 
feffes every perfebtion in her perfon to render a man 
happy. Her features are beautiful, and manners 
engaging. Innocence, modefty, and love, appear 
to a flranger in every abtion and movement , and 
thefe powerful graces fhe has fo artfully played upon 
her beguiled and vanquifhed lover, and unhappy 
flave, as to have already drained him of all his pof- 
fe/Tions, which fhe difooneflly difbributes amongft 
her favage relations. He is now poor, emaciated, 
and half diftrabted, often threatening to fhoot her, 
and afterwards put an end to his own life ; yet he has 
not refolution even to leave her ; but now endea- 
vours to drown and forget his forrows in deep 
draughts of brandy. Her father condemns her dif- 
honeft and cruel condubt. 
Thefe particulars were related to me by my old 
friend the trader, direbtly after a long conference 
which he had with the White Captain on the fub- 
jebt, his fon- in-law being prefent. The fcene was 
affecting ; they both foed tears plentifully. My 
.reafons for mentioning this affair, fo foreign to my 
bufinefs, was to exhibit an inflance of the power of 
beauty in a favage, and her art and fineffe in im- 
proving it to her private ends. It is, however, 
but doing juftice to the virtue and moral condubt of 
the Siminoles, and American aborigines in general, 
to obferve, that the charabter of this woman is 
condemned and detefted by her own people of both 
fexes ; and if her hufband fhould turn her away, 
according to the cuftoms and ufages of thefe people, 
foe would not get a hufband again, as a divorce 
feldom takes place but in confequence of a delibe- 
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