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of different daffes, as martial, bacchanalian and 
-amorous ; which laft, I muft confefs, are extrava- 
gantly libidinous; and they have moral fongs, which 
feem to be the moil efteemed and pradtifed, and 
an Twer the purpofe of religious ledtures. 
Some of their mod favourite fongs and dances, 
they have from their enemies, the Chadaws; for it 
feems thefe people are very eminent for poetry and 
muficj every town amongil them drives to excel 
each other in compofing new fongs for dances, 
and by a cudom amongd them, they mud have 
at lead one new fong, for exhibition, at every 
annual bulk. 
The young mudee, who came with me to the 
Mucclaffes from Mobile, having Chadtaw blood in 
his veins from his mother, was a fenfible young fel- 
low 7 , and by his father had been inftrudted in reading, 
writing and arithmetic, and could fpeak Englifh 
very well. He took it into his head to travel into 
the C haft aw country : his views were magnanimous, 
and his defigns in the higheft degree commendable, 
nothing lefs than to inform himfelf of every fpecies 
of arts and fciepces, that might be of life and advan- 
tage when introduced into his own country, but 
more particularly mufic and poetry. With thefe 
views he privately left the Nation, went to Mobile, 
and there entered into the fervice of the trading 
company to the Chadtaws, as a white man; his eafy, 
communicative, adtive and familiar difpoficion and 
manners, being agreeable to that people, pro- 
cured him accefs every where, and favoured his 
fubtilty and artifice : at length, however, the 
Chadtaws hearing of his lineage and confangui- 
nity with the Creeks, by the father’s fide, pro- 
nounced him a Creek, and confequently an ene- 
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