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number of individuals in each tribe that ex¬ 
pected to share the bounty of their great father. 
The sticks in these bundles were of different 
lengths,, the longest denoted the number of 
warriors in the tribe, the next in size the 
number of women* and the smallest the num¬ 
ber of children. Our friend on receiving 
them handed them Over to his clerks, who 
made a memorandum in their books of the 
contents of each bundle, and of the persons 
that gave them, in order to prepare the pre¬ 
sents accordingly-. The day fixed upon for the 
delivery of the presents was bright and fair, 
and being in every respect favourable for the 
purpose, the clerks began to make the neces¬ 
sary arrangements accordingly* 
A number of large stakes were first fixed 
down in different parts of the lawn, to each 
of which was attached a label, with the name 
of the tribe, and the number of persons in it* 
who were to be proyided for ; then were 
brought out from the stores several bales of 
thick blankets, of blue* scarlet, and brown 
cloth, and of coarse figured cottons, together 
with large rolls of tobacco, guns,, flints, pow¬ 
der, balls, shot, case-knives, ivory and horn 
combs, looking-glasses, pipe-tomahawks, hat¬ 
chets* scissars, needles, vermilion in bags* cop¬ 
per and iron pots and kettles, the whole valued 
at about 500/. sterling. The bales of goods 
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