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to the British government. To appease their 
resentment, the commanding officer of the gar¬ 
rison distributed presents amongst them to a 
large amount, and amongst other things they 
were allowed no small portion of rum and pro¬ 
visions, upon which the tribe feasted according 
to custom, the day before we reached the town; 
but the rum being all consumed, they seemed 
to feel severely for the loss of poor Wompaka- 
non. Fear of exciting the anger of the British 
government would prevent them from taking re¬ 
venge openly on this occasion; but I was in¬ 
formed by a gentleman in the Indian depart¬ 
ment, intimately acquainted with the disposi¬ 
tion of the Indians, that as nothing hut blood 
is deemed sufficient in their opinion to atone 
for the death of a favourite chief, they would 
certainly MU some white man, perhaps one per¬ 
fectly innocent, when a favourable and secret 
uppoct.um.ty. offered for so doing, though it 
should be twenty years afterwards. 
The Mississaguis keep the inhabitants efi 
Kingston, of Niagara, and of the different 
towns on the lake, well supplied with fish and 
game, the value of which is estimated by boh 
ties of mm and loves of bread, A gentleman, 
with whom we dined at Kingston, entertained 
us with a most excellent haunch of venison of 
a very large size, and a salmon weighing at 
least fifteen pounds, which he had purchased 
