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Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
ger have a practice of girding their bodies tight with a belt which thev continue to tighten in proportion as their fast ° is prolonged y resolved to nuifZ ^ ' " | ished sitaation , my master prudently w , ° « L ? 5 , T and move as far hack as the place where 1 was first taken , and where we could obtain a sufficiency of fish and sometimes venison . On our journey thither we halted at the Indian burying ground , before mentioned ; and while my mistress and I Sre 8 3 U master went out and had the
kffl VC * v J my good fortune to wi L " f ° f WhlC } We aU partook most heartily . Wl , en our repast was over , I was ordered to put the kettle on the fire , immediately—a circumstance which surprised me a little , as we general ^ ww l ll to mheJ unusVafl lTf " * ^ VentU ™ t 0 ask the ^ a ^ ng of ! h _ Aaf I s Si ftf ^ V ™* understand by looks and gestures , rnlV , 1 . informed of the mystery the next morning My master then cut some ofthe choicest bits of the bear and pu them iSLmtivS ; : lch beins p ] aced over a sl - ** * " SuTLS
Next morning by break of day we were called up , and in a solemn Sa ' mTfirr " ' ! ^ V 6 ™ ° -7 ^ asteA son , ° n ™ withachsh " inni 7 hn made - HaVlng S 6 ated 0 UrSelves round this ea <* witn a dish m his hand , my master rose and made a long oration during which he often pointed towards me and to the ^ gravfaKteTy all the party joining at every pause in a sort of chorus or ™ nen ' bv U . ° nsent 0 r a PP roral of the speech . ' ' * 1 ' ¦ harran he divided the broth and
among ul ^ fJf ^ ** ^ meat o ™ the fat of th A T" ! 3 / eW rrds 0 ver the ^ > he P P ^ ce The obiect of tm « ^ ° ^ ^ cUreCtin S each of ™ to do the sam e . hi = ! wf , Sj I' *& " &*¦ to me , was , to appease the spirit of stead fnf T' ° g ht be offended at my being adopted hi stead-for such was now the intention of my master . He told me from henceforward to consider myself his son , L much as if I haLucked those breasts-pomtmg to those of his wife ; and that I was to kok upon his boys as my brothers , and that mv name . Z , TV ° ' °° .
Bil * $ * ™> , but Addick , which signifies a white elk . rT ™ n / S hlS l ?\ designation I was generally called by the had threernrT ' M hlCh - * ? 7 - I ™ 7 hereVention that I had three brothers—Magonee , Quido , and Quidalin . JK ? 8 ^ ° J rather my fa * er , after this took me frequently out tM ? i _? ^ " ' u amusement of which I was very fond . Though sitT of £ kt "f ? aSOn f ° r kJllin S deerwe the"f
ce ' ™™ *>** emepare Ihetr cirat £° SUPP , ly the . future ™* of the famil y , and toTe camp Th fL y Sm 0 l ? " ° rder t 0 tetam " ** / store the warrioT ' TO S 6 t ° again 0 n our J ™* rejoin tha ^^ Thttle ^ M 0581 ^ ^ ^ t 0 Wow P ^ tty hard , so much so fSeSihfr ? d n / ° ^ * " &* goin S » *« ° tto ™ with
^ Tw , . Z ^ , u I d aI 1 hls famil y- To appease the evil spirit of the hem intone % " ^ f *^ ° tobaco ° ^ 0 small pieced throwing thLsneUorL ' f ^ . J ^ S lon S ati ° n- Whether owing to this speh or not , certain it is that we escaped from shipwreck all land mg safely upon terra firma . Our shirts and bCketeXchhad been " unninSCt , T I " / , n ? T' hung , ° n the branches of ^ l l " running about naked till they were read y to put on . The above charm
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
ger have a practice of girding their bodies tight with a belt which thev continue to tighten in proportion as their fast ° is prolonged y resolved to nuifZ ^ ' " | ished sitaation , my master prudently w , ° « L ? 5 , T and move as far hack as the place where 1 was first taken , and where we could obtain a sufficiency of fish and sometimes venison . On our journey thither we halted at the Indian burying ground , before mentioned ; and while my mistress and I Sre 8 3 U master went out and had the
kffl VC * v J my good fortune to wi L " f ° f WhlC } We aU partook most heartily . Wl , en our repast was over , I was ordered to put the kettle on the fire , immediately—a circumstance which surprised me a little , as we general ^ ww l ll to mheJ unusVafl lTf " * ^ VentU ™ t 0 ask the ^ a ^ ng of ! h _ Aaf I s Si ftf ^ V ™* understand by looks and gestures , rnlV , 1 . informed of the mystery the next morning My master then cut some ofthe choicest bits of the bear and pu them iSLmtivS ; : lch beins p ] aced over a sl - ** * " SuTLS
Next morning by break of day we were called up , and in a solemn Sa ' mTfirr " ' ! ^ V 6 ™ ° -7 ^ asteA son , ° n ™ withachsh " inni 7 hn made - HaVlng S 6 ated 0 UrSelves round this ea <* witn a dish m his hand , my master rose and made a long oration during which he often pointed towards me and to the ^ gravfaKteTy all the party joining at every pause in a sort of chorus or ™ nen ' bv U . ° nsent 0 r a PP roral of the speech . ' ' * 1 ' ¦ harran he divided the broth and
among ul ^ fJf ^ ** ^ meat o ™ the fat of th A T" ! 3 / eW rrds 0 ver the ^ > he P P ^ ce The obiect of tm « ^ ° ^ ^ cUreCtin S each of ™ to do the sam e . hi = ! wf , Sj I' *& " &*¦ to me , was , to appease the spirit of stead fnf T' ° g ht be offended at my being adopted hi stead-for such was now the intention of my master . He told me from henceforward to consider myself his son , L much as if I haLucked those breasts-pomtmg to those of his wife ; and that I was to kok upon his boys as my brothers , and that mv name . Z , TV ° ' °° .
Bil * $ * ™> , but Addick , which signifies a white elk . rT ™ n / S hlS l ?\ designation I was generally called by the had threernrT ' M hlCh - * ? 7 - I ™ 7 hereVention that I had three brothers—Magonee , Quido , and Quidalin . JK ? 8 ^ ° J rather my fa * er , after this took me frequently out tM ? i _? ^ " ' u amusement of which I was very fond . Though sitT of £ kt "f ? aSOn f ° r kJllin S deerwe the"f
ce ' ™™ *>** emepare Ihetr cirat £° SUPP , ly the . future ™* of the famil y , and toTe camp Th fL y Sm 0 l ? " ° rder t 0 tetam " ** / store the warrioT ' TO S 6 t ° again 0 n our J ™* rejoin tha ^^ Thttle ^ M 0581 ^ ^ ^ t 0 Wow P ^ tty hard , so much so fSeSihfr ? d n / ° ^ * " &* goin S » *« ° tto ™ with
^ Tw , . Z ^ , u I d aI 1 hls famil y- To appease the evil spirit of the hem intone % " ^ f *^ ° tobaco ° ^ 0 small pieced throwing thLsneUorL ' f ^ . J ^ S lon S ati ° n- Whether owing to this speh or not , certain it is that we escaped from shipwreck all land mg safely upon terra firma . Our shirts and bCketeXchhad been " unninSCt , T I " / , n ? T' hung , ° n the branches of ^ l l " running about naked till they were read y to put on . The above charm