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They are juft, honeft, liberal and hofpitable to 
Grangers ; confiderate, loving and affectionate to 
their wives and relations ; fond of their children ; 
induftrious, frugal, temperate and perfevering ; 
charitable and forbearing. I have been weeks 
and months amongft them and in their towns, 
and never obferved the leaft fign of contention or 
wrangling: never faw an inftance of an Indian 
beating his wife, or even reproving her in anger. 
In this cafe they Hand as examples of reproof to 
the moil civilized nations, as not being defective 
in juftice, gratitude, and a good underftanding; 
for indeed their wives merit their efteem and the 
moft gentle treatment, they being induftrious, 
frugal, careful, loving and affectionate. 
The Mufcogulges are more volatile, fprightly 
and talkative than their Northern neighbours, the 
Cherokees ; and, though far more diftant from 
the white fetdements than any nation Eaft of the 
Miffiflipi or Ohio, appear evidently to have made 
greater advances towards the refinements of true 
civilization, which cannot, in the leaft degree, 
be attributed to the good examples of the white 
Their internal police and family economy at 
once engage the notice of European travellers, 
and incontrovertibly place thefe people in an il- 
luftrious point of view: their liberality, intimacy, 
and friendly intercourfe one with another, without 
any reftraint cf ceremonious formality, as if they 
v/ere even infenfible of the ufe or neceftity of af- 
fociating the paffions or affeCtions of avarice, am- 
bition or covetoufnefs. 
A man goes forth on his bufinefs or avoca- 
tions - 9 he calls in at another town $ if he wants 
victuals, 
