REMARKS. 
the village of Lorette near Quebec, and at some 
other places in th§ lower province. 
It is well known, that before Europeans got 
any footing in North America, the increase of 
population amongst the Indian nations was very 
slow, as it is at this day amongst those who re¬ 
main still unconnected with the whites. Va¬ 
rious reasons have been assigned for this. It 
has been asserted, in the first place, that the 
Indian is of a much cooler temperament than 
the white man, has less ardour in pursuit of 
the female, and is furnished with less noble 
organs of generation. This assertion is per¬ 
haps true in part: they are chaste to a proverb 
when they come to Philadelphia, or any other 
of the large towns, though they have a predi¬ 
lection in general for white women, and might 
there readily indulge their inclination; and 
there has never been an instance that I can 
recollect, of their offering violence to a fefriale 
prisoner, though oftentimes they have carried 
off from the settlements very beautiful wo- 
men ; that, however, they should not have been 
gifted by the Creator with ample powers to 
propagate their species, would be contrary to 
every thing we see, either in the animal or the 
vegetable world; it seems to be with more jus¬ 
tice that their slow increase is ascribed to the 
conduct of the women. The dreadful practice 
amongst them, of prostituting themselves at a 
