the hair, while their abufive languageconfiftsi in applying the name of
the ttioft offenfive animal to the objeft of their difpleafure, and adding
the term ugly, and chiay, or ftill-born.*
'■ 'Their arms and.dbmerftic apparatus, in addition to fthe articles procured
fröm Europeans, are fpears, bows, and arrows, ftfhing-nets, land-
lines made o f green deer-lkin thongs. They have alfo nets for taking
the beaver as he endeavours to efcape from-his lodge when it is. broken
open. It is let in a particular manner for the purpofe, and a man is
employed to watch the moment when he enters-^he fhare^sot he would
foon cut his way through it. He is then thrown upon whore
he remains as if he had no life in him.
The fnow-lhoes are of very fuperior workmanship. The inner part of
their frame is ftraight, the outer one is curved, and it is pointed at both
ends, with that in front turned up. They are alfo laced" with great_
neatnefs wkh thongs made of deer-fkin. The fledges are formed of thin
flips of board turned up alfo in front, and-are highly polifhod-with
crooked knives, in order to Aide along with faeility,r . Ctófe-grained
wood is, on that account, the heft; bat theirs are made of the red or
fwamp fpruce-fir tree.
The country, which thefe people claim as their land, h^s a .Very
fmall quantity óf earth, and produces ‘little or no wood or herbage.
* This naineis alfoapplicahle to the foetus., of an.animal, when;..kiUed, which, is cönfidered.. as one
o f thé' greatelï delicacies.
Its
Its chief vegetable fubflance is the mofs, on which the deer feed; and
a kind of rock mofs, which, in times of foareity,- prefer-VQs the lives of
the natives!’ When boiled in water, it difiolves into a clammy, glutinous,
flibflance, that affords,a very'fufficipnf nourifliment. But, notwithftand-
ing the harren flMe of itheip eountry, with proper care and economy,
fchefb peop|e might live in gfeat comfbrfcfer the lakes abound with fifli,
and the hills areioovesed wkfai%er. >> IphoughjsoT.all the Indian people
of this'continent. they.are^oriSdered as the moft provident, they fuffer
fevörèly;a t certain feafcmsp and particularly in the dead of winter, when
theymre, unde»,the: neeeflity.>of: ittirmg;4 0 : theirffcanty, ftinted woods.
To. the* Weft ward .of them the mulk-ox may be foun4 but they have
ncwdëpetïdtende ortdtpas‘am .article éfiluftènapGe. nï’Hi&'é.Are aHo large
hares; a few whife' vr'öbrèèp’peeulia* »to. the|* con»6ry,. :èawi#veral kinds
iiïd-'grqplpa®éridge8i:i&c»-'> Thé heaver and moofe,
dger 'they do not find till they come within, fio degrees North latitude;
and the buffalo istftill further South. That animal is known to; frequent
am; higher latitude to the Weftward tofrtWr oountiy.* Tbelfe people
bring pieces of beautiful?variegated(marble, which am found on the fur-
face/of the earth.w I t h a r d e n s
with time; it I endures heat, and is manufaHured into pipes or calumets,5
as they, are very 1 fond of fmoking tobacco.; ag luxury which the Europeans
cammunicafod;tQ:thern.
Their nmufements: or recreations are but few. Their mufic is fo
inharmonious,. and' their: dancing: fo .awkWard, .that they might be fup-
■ pofed ■ to. be afhamed o f both, as they very feldom praSife «either.
They alfo fhhot .at marks, and play at the games .common among them ;
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