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winter, when this animal is very fat, the greale 
that fwims on the broth becomes a perfect oil, 
which the Indians frequently drink untill 
they burft — — - As loon as the bear is 
killed, the hunter places the Imall end of 
his pipe in its mouth, and by blowing in 
the bowls, fills the mouth and throat full of 
fimoak, then he conjures the departed Spirit 
not to refent the injury done his body, nor to 
thwart his future Iport in hunting, but as he 
receives no anfvver to this, in order to know 
if his prayers have prevailed, he cuts the liga- 
ment under the bear’s tongue, if thele ligaments 
contract and lhrivel up, being call into the 
fire, which is done with great folemnity and 
abundance of invocations : then it is efleemed a 
certain mark (as it rarely fails) that the manes 
are appealed. It was now time to return to 
our fire where we laid us down to reft. 
The 13//?, in the morning, the Indians re- 
paid our vifit, and entertained us with a fa- 
miliar converfation for half an hour at the fire. 
We then let out up the creek, where I oblerved 
three noble white pine trees, with many large 
green cones hanging on the top and fide branches 
over the creek, which was three rods broad and 
pretty deep, had thefe been ripe I know not 
how we Ihould have got at them, as they 
were at the extremity of large branches, that 
hung over the Water, on which part of the 
branch they generally grow. Soon after we 
E came 
