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All men, whether white or black, are equal in his 
sight; all are subject to his supreme will—he exacts 
from us all the same fidelity, the same good faith, 
under the pain of incurring punishments equally 
terrible and severe.” 
These imprecations were repeated three times by 
the orator, with such vehemence of gesture and 
utterance, that it made an impression on the cabar, 
which it would baffle the powers of language to 
describe. 
In this state of terror and agitation, John Harre 
and the rest of the chiefs, with a trembling hand, 
put about a spoonful of this disgusting liquor into a 
leaf of raven, and swallowed it with a thousand 
horrid grimaces and distortions of face and body. 
Their example was followed by most of those assisting 
at the ceremony on the part of the natives: but all 
that Bigorne could say, was insufficient to induce the 
French to taste it; and the most they would do, was 
to put it up to their mouths, and feign drinking it, 
though he represented to him that this ridiculous 
farce was essential to the stability of the treaty. 
Pabefin then slaughtered the rest of the victims, 
and the cabar terminated with a grand feast, accom¬ 
panied by dancing, music, games, and the most 
noisy and joyful mirth. 
Perhaps the reader is little prepared to hear of 
treachery in this orator—that while he was thus 
advocating the cause of his countrymen, he had 
actually sold himself, and the advantages that might 
