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and placed themselves in a large circle round us, after they had gat all prepared for their dance, they made us set down in a small circle, about 18 inches assunder and began their frolick, dancing round cut word and striking of us in the face with Inglish scalps, that caused the blood to issue from our mouths and noses, in a verey great and plentifull manner, and tangled their hands in our hair, and knocked our heads togather with all their strength and vehemence, and when they was tired of this exercise, they would take us by the hair and some by the ears, and standing behind us, ablige us to keep our necks strong so as to bear their weight , then raise themselves, their feet off the ground and their weight hanging by our hair & ears, in this manner, they thumped us cut word the back and sides, with their knees and feet, and twitchd our hair and ears to such