CHAPTER X.
Continue our journey* Embark on a river. Come to a weir. Dexterity
o f the natives in faffing it. Arrive at a,village. Alarm occasioned
among the natives. Thefwbfequerrf, favourable- reception,, accompanied
idth a banquet o f ceremony, Circumjiances o f it. Dtfcription o f a
village, its koufes, and places ffi devotion. Account <f .the* axioms, mode
o f living, andfuperjtitxm o f the inhabitants. Defcriftwn o f the chiefs
canoe. Leave the place, and proceed oh our voyage^.
-AlT one in the afternoon we embarked, with our fmall baggage, in
two canoes, accompanied by feven of the natives. The ftream w,as rapid,
and ran upwards of..fijs miles an hour. We came icra jyeir, fuc|Las'’|l
have already defcribed, where the natives landed us, and, ftipt p|/er it
without taking a drop of water. They then received us onboard again,
and we continued our voyage, pafftng many canoes on the river, fpme
with people in them, and others empty. -We proceeded aj, a very great
fate for about *two hours and an half, when we were informed that we
muft land, as the village was only at a fhort difiance. I*had imagined
that the Canadians who accompanied me were the mod expert canoe-
men in the world, but they are very inferior to thefe people,-as they
themfelves acknowledged, in conducing thofe veflels.
Some
Some of the IddiaKs^Mh‘before us/tb announce bur-approach, when
we took our bunches’ and foifóWidv' Wë^hÜd'walked klórii? a5 well-beaten
path, through ahind of cèppree^When 'we'%éré' informed of the arrival
of our dbtfriers at the 'hiShfë$P fey 'thé lóüd and 'dbhfóïed'talking of the
inhabitants, w^ts'wë approafcKeM fh^léd^ëidf the woÖd) aüd Héte almofl!
in fight of the 'htfufèsi®tftfe Indians Whb’Weré befórfe’nife made figns for
rrtfe to take^the'l'ead/ 'tkat^fe^wó-uldToll'd wr^ The' ftoif& arid cbttfufión^
öf the- Mtfvesf^Ébw- 'féé'MedhwThiTèla’fêf rand!'wbeh1 \te cdhie in
fight öf^thel-'-tlMéaLge)'w%t-ffaw’ the"h4^füMxtig-’<ffö^iI5h6tifeMb h&ufe/dbme
armed with’berths and arrows/’ötHersflWithfpeaTs,kand'rh^fy with' me^! as
If "in a'ffete of gtéat ^alathi. Thh’ -v^^fipbafknt^hd' Phëxpb^ëd^bir-
cu mftón cè'/T attributed1 to'bur faddfen arrival? and the " tfefy fti oft' ndWce
of it whichfiiacfBelh gifteri them. At all fe Vents,* 1 had^B'ut br$2 pile or
condiafet'to purfue, Which'’wa's tb’ Walk* feTólütely up-w_'tnëlm, wfthóim,
manifefting any o f apptëhenfrón'aü their horaffe appearance. ‘ This
refólutirin produced' the'den m« effect, fër'-as wè approached the hmifes,
thé ^reatèr part of thfephopfe-kict down 'theifwM'pOT^ ana came forward
td^mëb? ui. T'wjk!, ffoWvef, fóón obliged to pop from tne number of
them that Turrótinuèd me. I fhóök hands, "as'ufual With 3lica as fWëre
uie^eareffto me)'whh'h an efdefly tóanhrc^e trough* the dröwa', and
fgoll m® in mf anW; anmMrxheh’came/who turned him away without
the leaft cerfemcinyfarid paid me the fame compliment. The latter was
followed by a young man, Whom 1 underftood to he his' Tori. Thefe
embraces,' Which at firfi rather furpfifed ïnè, I föón found to be marks
01 regard and friendfhip. The crowd prened' with fo much viSlence
and contention to get a view of us*) that wè coula not mote in any
direftion. Ah opening*‘was at length made co allów a perfori to
approach
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