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Show 114 is describ:!d by Laudonnierc as "perfect in beautie." Satou· l'icwa preso:ontC'J Lauduuuierc with a "wedge of silver11--one of tlJOsc gift:> which by no means l"ss~ned the importance of tho giver, or of his country, in the eyes of our voyager. 11is natural inr1ui:·y w:lS wh('nec the silver came. "Then he showed me by evident signes that all of it came from a place more within the river, by certain days j ourneyes from this place, nud declared unto us that all that whic!J they had thereof, they gat it. by force of nrrnes of the inh:tbitants of tl1is plnec1 named by them 'l'ltimogoa, their most ancient and natural enemies, as hce lnrgcly declared. Whereupon, when I SHV with wh:1t aff<.Jction and p:1ssion hcc spake when hec pronounced Tltimogoa, I understood what he would say ; and to bring myself more into his favour, I promised him to accompany !Jim with all my force, if hec would fight ag::linst them : wllich t.hing ple:lllcd him in such sorte, that, fJ·om thenceforth , hee promised l1im~clfe the \>ictoric of them, and nssurcd moe that hce would make n voyage thither within a short spnce, and wouhl commaund his men to make ready their howes nml fumish themselves with such store of arrows, tlw.t nothing should bee wanting W give battaile to Thimogoa. In fine, he prayed me very earnestly not to f1tile of my promise, and, in so doing, he hoped W procure me golde and silver, in such good quaulitic, tha~ mine affaires should tako effect according to mine owne nnd his desire." I I ere tl1cn we sec cupidity beginning to plant in place of religion. Our Huguenot ttlls us of no prayers which he made, of no religious services which he ordered, in presence of the savages, for their benefit and his own. Du~ hi.ii sole curiosity is to know where the gold grows, and W 1)rompt the evil p!l.SSions of the red· SECOND F.Xr£OITION. 115 men to \•iolcncc and stl"ifc with one nnothcr, in order that he may procure the object of his avarice. With ni3ht, the parties separated, the French retiring to their ship~ and the Indians to the CO\'Cr of their f01·csts. But Laudonnicro had something more to learn. The nrxt d.ty, 11 being allured with tl1is good ent<Jrtainm(mt," the vi,;it wns renewed. "\Vc found ],im, (the l\tracou~sy) under shado" of an arbor, accompanii!J with four-Fcoro Indians :~t tho ltlltst, and apparelled, at thnt time, after the Indian fashion; to wit, with a great hart'!! skin drcS9C\d like ch:unois, and paint:":d with di,•cr3 colours, but of so lively a portraiture, and rcprcs~nting antiquity, with rulus so ju3tly compas.s~d, that tlwrc is no p:tinttlr so exquisite tlmt couh.lc findc faul~ therewith. The n:t.tu ral disposition of this strange people is so perfect and well guide 1, that, without any :~yJ and fa\'OUr of artcs, they arc able, by th~ help of n'lture on ely, to conkmt the f'yc of nrt;z ms; yea., even of those which, by their industry, are able to n.spire unto thin;s m~st absolute." \\'hat Laudonnicre means by the paintin:;s of th3 Indians, " representing antiquity," i.i not so cb.'l.r. Byt it m.'l.y b~ well, in this place, to mention that \ve do not rely h':lrc on tbl:l opinions of a ml:lre sailor or soldier. In thi3 expedition, Coligny h.'l.d sent out :~ pnintJr of considerublc merit, named .lames Le l\foyne, otherwise de ll.forg11ts1 who was comuJis:;ionJd to execute colored drw.dugs of all tho objects which might ba suppiJ~ed likely to interest the European eye. To this painter arc we indebted for numct·ous pictures of the people and tho region, their modes of life, costume anrl cxcrci3es, which arc llOIV invaltmble. The Hu;uenots bft their ln·lian f<i~ tds with rcluct:mce. As tlH~ ships coastCJd along the shores, pursuin~ th::!ir way up tho river, the word" ami," one of the few Frencb w:::~rds which tho |