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the old ones not suffering it; but telling them that if it is a former warrior, who died many years ago, & is now come to see if they work well, & to report their food conduct to the food spirit, to send them plenty of corn, & to make them good hunters & war-men. The old men sit around the image?, paying it the most profound respect, & maintaining unviolable silence.

They sit on benches or mats.The unclear of punishment for offences, is often left by their unclear to the nearest relation of the deceased, (2 Saml? Ch: XIV7. And, behold, the whole family is risen ast? thine handmaid, & they said, deliver him that smote? his brother?, that on? may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he flew; & we will destroy the heir also; and so they shall quench any coal which is left, & shall not lean to my husband neither name nor unclear upon the earth. - unclear Autig. 6.7. Ch 8. Se. 4. )

Who prosecute, with great rage & fury; but his revenge may be commuted for wampum, beads or tobacco.

When they live in the neigbourhood of a river they wash frequently every day. This custom prevailed