CACHENONAGA INDIANS. 
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of the Indians that could distinguish the one 
race of men from the other. The dispositions 
of the two people also accord together in a very 
striking manner; both are averse to a settled 
life; and to regular habits of industry; both are 
fond of roving about; and procuring suste¬ 
nance by hunting rather than by cultivating 
the earth ; nature seems to have implanted in 
their hearts a reciprocal affection for each other; 
they associate together; and live on the most 
amicable terms; and to this one circumstance 
more than to any other cause is to be attri¬ 
buted that wonderful ascendancy which the 
French were ever known to have over the In¬ 
dians; whilst they had possession of Canada. It 
is very remarkable indeed; that in the upper 
country; notwithstanding that presents to such 
a very large amount are distributed amongst 
the Indians through the hands of the English 
inhabitants; and that their natural rights are as 
much respected by them as they possibly can 
be, yet an Indian; even at this day; will always 
go to the house of a poor French farmer in 
preference to that of an Englishman. 
The numbers of the Cachenonaga nation, in 
the village near La Chine; are estimated at one 
hundred and fifty persons. The other Indian 
villages; in the civilized parts of Lower Ca¬ 
nada; are one of the CanasadogaS; situated near 
the mouth of the Utawa$ River; one of the 
