C H A P T E R IV.
The new guidé makes his leflape. ' Compel another to Supply hi? place.
■ Land a t an encampment of another tribe of. Indians. Account of their
■ •• manners» irefst;:ècoèap^tsr IFtqffic with them, DefcripHon'iqf&a
beautifulfl/h. Engage anotherguide.ïiffls curious behaviour:.: Kill, a
fox and ground-hog. Land at anvencampment of a trihe^lUJ. tfce
'\Ikgulkee Denees, or JQuarellers, Sawflax growing mid. The varying
charaMer of the river and its banks. , Diftant, mountains, ferpleifify
from the numerous channelicf the river. Determined to proceed. Land
where there had been an encampment qftlkEfqmmiux.Sawylarge
■ flocks of ' xmld fowl., View of thé fm a t midnight, ■ Defcription of a
place lately deferted fy thé Indians. Houfes jtf Me jkfftiwpdtfdfibeiL
Frequent fhowers. ■ Saw. a black fox. , The difcontents of our hunters renewed,
and pacified. Face of theJcomtryi LmcfataJfiBdateiyfmboeà
lited. Peculiar drcumflances of it.' Arrivé;ah thé:?^4nm4fJhedgàâ.
Proceed to an ifland. Some account of, it.
»789,
July- r p
TWckygf HUNDER and rain prevailed during the night, and, in the courfe
o f it, our guide deferted; we therefore compelled another of thefe
people, very much againft his will, to fupply the place of his fugitive
countryman. We alfo took away the paddles of one of them who
remained
remained' behind,?, that he, mights .not follow us o ih any fc heme of promoting
the efcape of his companion, who . was not eafily .pacified.: At
length, However,- we fucceeded in the a6t of^CQaciliatiöm and at half
paft three quitted our ftation. In a:fhort;time we.faw a fmoke on the
Eaft fliore; and directed ouB courfe towards it; > Our new guide began
immediately'to call - tot'the people' that-belonged to it in a .particular)
manner, which we did not: comprehend. He informed, us that, they
vvefé not of his tribe, but were a very wicked, malignant ^people,* who
would beat’us cruelly, pull our hair with great violence from our heads,
and mal-treat us in various other ways. ï *
The men waited our arrival, but the wpmen and children took tp the
woods. There were but four of thefe people, and previous, to our landing,'
they all harangued'us at the fame moment, and apparently with
violent anger and refentment. Gur hunters did npt underftapd them,
but no fooner had our guide addrefled them, than they were appeafed.
I preferred them with beads, awls, See. and when the women and children
returned from the woods, they were, gratified, with fimjlar articles.
There were fifteen of them-; and of a more pleating, appearance than
any which we had hitherto feen, as they were^he^hy,, full of flefh,
and clean in their pérfons. Their language was fomewhat different,
but I , believe chiefly in th,e-accept, for they and our guide ronverfed
intelligibly with each other £ and the Englifh chief cleanly comprehended
one of diem, though he was npt himfelf underftoocL
• Their armsand utenfils differ but little from thofe which have been;
deferibed in a former chapter. The only iron, they have is in fmall pieces;
which