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down Ills load, and refused to go farther; but a 
few words from China-breast-plate induced him 
to resume it, and to go on. On coming up 
to the first Indian^ and seeing the sad state he 
was in, they shook their heads, and crying. 
No good Indian/' te No good Indian," en¬ 
deavoured by signs to inform us that it was 
he who had pillaged the cask, and drank all 
the brandy; but as it was another Indian who 
carried the cask, no doubt remained but that 
they must all have had a share of the plunder ; 
that the first fellow, however, had drank more 
than the rest was apparent; for in a few mi¬ 
nutes he dropped down speechless under his 
load; the others hastened to take it off from 
his back, and having divided it amongst them¬ 
selves, they drew him aside from the path, 
and threw him under some bushes, where he 
was left to sleep till he should come again to his 
senses. 
About noon we reached the Genesee River, 
at the opposite side of which was situated the 
village where we expected to procure horses. 
We crossed the river in canoes, and took up 
our quarters at a house at the uppermost end 
of the village, where we were very glad to 
find our Indian friends could get no accom¬ 
modation, for we knew well that the first use 
they would make of the money we were go¬ 
ing to give them w ould be to buy liquor, and 
