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people are more sensible of an injury: a word 
in the slightest degree insulting will kindle a 
flame in their breasts, that can only be extin¬ 
guished by the blood of the offending party; 
and they will traverse forests for hundreds of 
miles, exposed to the inclemency of the se¬ 
verest weather, and to the pangs of hunger, to 
gratify their revenge ; they will not cease for 
years daily to visit, and silently to mourn over 
, the grave of a departed child; and they will 
risk their lives, and sacrifice every thing they 
possess, to assist a friend in distress; but at the 
same time, in their opinion, no man can be 
esteemed a good warrior or a dignified charac¬ 
ter that openly betrays any extravagant emo¬ 
tions of surprise, of joy, of sorrow, or of fear, 
on any occasion whatsoever. The excellence 
of appearing thus indifferent to what would 
excite the strongest emotions in the minds of 
any other people, is forcibly inculcated on 
them from their earliest youth; and such an 
astonishing command do they acquire over 
themselves, that even at the stake, when suf¬ 
fering the severest tortures that can be inflicted 
on the human body by the flames and the knife, 
they appear unmoved, and laugh, as it is well 
known, at their tormentors. 
This affected apathy on the part of the In- 
dians makes them appear uncommonly grave 
%nd reserved in the presence of strangers; iii. 
