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were always pleased to see him coming where they were. Whtn he would arrive at any place where word scratched out a number of them were assembled around their bottle, they would call out to him "My friend, my friend, lt us drink whiskey together."

      // Here the Indians gave a sort of joyous, but silent smile. //
      But at that time, he two words scratched out drank word scratched out only water; though he would, when this invited, always go & fetch a quart bottle of whiskey, and give it to his friends and then retire and let them drink it by themselves. He went on thus for a long while, but was at length tempted now & then to taste a little with his friends; __ and soon, a little more, until at last, he would often get tipsy with his friends, words scratched out whereupon his friends increased upon him so fast, that instead of a bottle, he would have to bring a three gallon keg for their supply, and he would make them all drink with him, until the keg was empty.
      "The Indians were greatly amused with this paragraph ___ //
     And on these occasions he would very good naturedly enter