fth his fuming indifference however i x uocs not proceed from anentire iup arciion of the natural affe&ions ; for rwtwitmanding they are efteemed fava ges i never faw among any other pea pie greater proofs of parental or fiiial ttiidtrnefs ond although the meet their.yives after a long abfence with the ftoicat indifference juit mentioned they a:e not in general void of conjugal affec tion i another peculiarity is obfervable in their manner of paying their vifits if an indian goes to vifit a particular pcr fon in a family he mentions to vrhom his vifit is intended and the reft of the company immediately retiring to thsr ether eni of the hut or tent are careful tot o interrupt them during the whole pf the conversation the fame method is piirfued if a man goes to pay his ref peftsto one of the orher fex ; but then he mull take care not to let love be the fub e-5t of hism»fcourfe whilft tiie day-light remains the indians difcover an amazing fa mily and acquire with the grea e!l readinefs any thing tha depends upoa the attention of the mind by experi ence and acute observation they attain many peifedtions to which eflwcpeans are ftrargers for inftance they will crofs a foreft or a plain which tstwo hundred jniles in bread h and reach with great exaclntfs the point at which they intend to arrive keeping during the whole of that fpace in a direct line without any matcril deviations ; and this they will da with the fame eafe whether the weather be fair or cloudy with equal acutenefs they will point to that part of the heavens the fun is in though it be intercepted by cloud or fogs befides this they are able to pur fue with incredible facility the traces of man or bead either on leaves or graft ; and a thisaccontit is with great dith ukj a flying enemy eicapes diiccver j they arc indebted for thefe talents not only to na'ure but to an extraordi nary command of the intelle&tul facul ties which can only be acquired ky an unremitted attention and by long ex perience they are in general very happy in a retentive memory they cm recapi.u late every paricu r that his been create 1 of in council and rememser the exact time whm hefe were held their belts of vtrstmpcun p:«ferve the fubitaace ot he treaties jhey have concluded with the neighbouring tribes for ages back to which they will appeal and refer with as much perfpicuity aid readlnefs as lu ropeons can to their wncten records every nation pays great reipeel to old age the advice of a father will feldom mest with an escraordin.iiy attention from the young indians probably they receive it nly with a bare affent but they will tremble before a grandfather andfubmit t his iajantt.ons with the ut mod alacrity the wards of the ancient part of the community are efteemed by the youn^as oracles if tjrey take during their hunting parties any game that is recic md by them uacommonly delicious if is iimie.'.iarrly prefented to the okle.i of ih:ir relariom they n~*er fuif r themfetves to be overhardened with care but live in a ftate of perfect tranquility and contentment iking na-irally indolent if provifion jn!t fqwfiotnr f>r their fubfiflence can be procured vith li rtle trouble and near at hand they wiilnot go far nor take any extraordina-v pains for it though by fo d n they migb obtain greater plenty and of a more eitimable kind having ranch leifnre thne,tfeey indulge this indolence to whkh they sre fa prone by eating drinking or ileeping and tarn lmg about in their towns or camps b-'it when neceinty obliges them to take th sell either to oppoie an enemy or to procure themfelves fooj they are alert and indefarijjable many inftan ces of their a-ftivity en thefe occa fions will be given v/hen i treat of their wars the infatuating fpirit of gaming is net f ii e north-carolina chronicle ; or fayetteville g azetk n 26 of vol ii monday marc h 7 1791 total no 7 l historts the greatsft blemifh in their character is that favage diipofition which impels them to treat their enemies with a ievs lity every other nation ifeuddcrs at but if they are thus barbarous to ihoi'e with whom thty are at war they are frendly liofpitable and humane to thole wiih whom they are at peace it may with truth be laid of them that they are the wont enemies and the beft friends cf any people in the whole world the iadians in general are grangers to the paflions of jraloufy and bran a man with lolly that is diilruftful ot hie wife among fome bands the very idea is not known as the meft abandoned of the yoapg men very rarely attempt the virtue of married wemen r.or do thefe put themfelvesin the way oi fohcita-inn ye the indian women are of an amoar ous temperature in geneial and btio.e they are married are not the ids cf teemed for the indulgence cf then i>af fions whilft i was among the naudoveftes tobferved that they paid uncnanjor n.l peft to ore of their women and found on enquiry that ftie was entitled to it on account of atrarfac"ritm that in europe woulh hare rendered her infanous they told ire that v>.her fr.e was a young roma for at the time f few her he was far advanced in life ihe had given what they had ternied a lice feaft ac cording to an anciert but alsnoft obfolete cufism which a hhmlct fays vculd have been more honoured in the breach than the observance ) ihe invited forty of the principal waniori toherunr wlicrc having fealted them with lice aad ve.j for ffae hy turns regaled eack of th.-.n vriih a pritate deferr jbehind a fcrtsn confined to europe the india»s alfo feel the bewitching impulfe and often loie their atms their apparel and every thing they arepolferied of in this cafe how ever they do not follow the example of more refined gametiers for they neither murmur nor repine ; not afretiul word efcapes them out they bear the frowns of fortune with a phiiofopnic compofure carve r.'s travels continued