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We reached the town about fun-let, equally 
pleafed with our having improved the oppor- 
tunity lb well by feeing Ontario lake, and 
that we were returned fafe to the interpreter 
and Indian Chiefs ; thole two laft days had 
been pretty warm : our Indian guide was a 
fullen , illnatured, and I believe, a luperftitious 
fellow. Every now arid then as we paddled 
up the river, he would with a compofed coun- 
tenance utter loiiiewhat pretty loud for about 
the ipaCe of two minutes at a time, whether it 
was a magical incantation, ora prayer, I can’t 
tell ; I am latislied it was no long, nor any 
fpeech directed to us, or the Indian with him, 
for he feemed intirely unmoved all the time. 
28 thj This was a rainy thundering warm 
day, and two deputies arrived from the Onei- 
does. News came that the worms had de- 
ftroyed abundance of corn and grals in Canada. 
This night we were troubled with fleas, and 
what was worfe, our men exceeding drunk and 
noify • our grievances iri the day were more 
tolerable, being only women infefting us with 
their company and bawling, in great good 
humour, indeed I perceived to no quarrel 
while among them. 
2 pth, Several more deputies arrived from 
the Tnjcaroroes , we went to vifit a poor ema- 
ciated Indian , who they laid was bewitched, 
he lived about a mile from the Council-Hoitfc. 
This 
