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Show TRAVELS T IIROUGH UPPE CAN AD The I ndian dogs, in general, have {hort k~s, long barks, hrg~.; pric Lll up c;Hs, ann lon r- curly t·tils; they difr~r from the common Engli1h cur dog'> in no rcfpecl fu much as in their !Jarkinr- bnt Vl:ry feldom . They are e,'trcmcly GwaciOL1S, and [eem to undc1 ( and cv ·n wL. l t!H.:ir mailers Cay to them in a lo :v voi c.:, without makin,r; any ilgns, c'tl cr with the haml or hcaJ. WhiJ[l h fquirrcls were roa Li ll i)' on a forked ilick .fiiJck in the oround, and bent over th .... .fire one of the Jndi 1ns w..: 1t into tl1c wood·-, 0 and b 0 t~rht nt fcvcral Jm,tll boughs of a tree, a nl' U\ .. ntly of thv willow tr'lx:. lhvitw car nilly fcraped the 1 .trk ofF fr u thet\ he rna k a fort or fi·.tme \ ith th..: twi gs , in fhapc fumewhat lite a gridiron, and hc:.1ping upon it the fcrapcd bark, pl:tcctl it ov 'r the fire to dry. Wh n it \ '\aS tole rably crifj) hc rubbed it between his h.mdti, and put it up in his pouch for thc purpofc of fi.nokin-:5. The Lcli.1ns fmoke the bar!· of many dif l:rcnt tr 'C , and a great variety of he ·bs an•l 1c; v..:s bcfiJcs to Jacco. The mofi: · gtc.c le of any r the (uhfhnccs which they fmoke arc the lc:>.vcs of u.e fumach tree, Ilms-t xic0clcndron . This i a gmccful £1n·u 1 ), wl1'- 1 bears l··ave· fomcwhat iimil.tr to thofc of the a~. Toward the latter <'nd of au tumn they tnrn of a bright red colour, and whvt want d 10r fmoking ar' plucked off and dried in thc fun. Wldfl: burning they afford a very agreeable perfume. Thefc leaves arc very commonly ftnokcd, mixed w;th tobacco, by the whi c people f the country; the finokt; of them by th--n fdvcs alone is ttid to b..: prejudicial to tb ' lun Ps. The fumach trc<.: bc.us tu ftc tl t.nJnr..:hLS of criml( n flowe rs. One of tl cil: bunches dip1lcd lightly, for a kw times, iuto .1 bo vl [ punch, gives the lit}nor a. very agrcca!Jlc aciJ, and in the fo 1 hcrn llatt;S it is common to ufe then for that pur]1ofi..', but it is a <.hngcrou:> cullom, as the , cid, th0u!:,h c. ·u·cmdy agrc,•ablc to the pal.tt , is cl a puifonous quality, and never f:ti ls to produce a molt alarming cit-_,d n the bowels if ufed too frccly. J\ fh trp froit ft:t in t 1is night, and on the follo :ving morn ing, at daybreak, we recommenced our journey w·th croHing the river already mentioned up to our waifts in water, no very plcafi.ng taik. Both on this and JOURNEY THROUGH TilE 'WOOD . .<J.Jt and the fubfequent day we had to wade throu_;;h fc vcr,tl other confidcrablc {l:rcam s. A {i.;w fquirre ls were the only wild animals which we met with in our journey through the wood·, and the mofl: folernn fikncc im ag inable rcir;ned throun·hout, except whcre a wood pc.:c h.:r was hcard now and then tapping\ ·ith its bill a3,1infl: a hollow trc..:. The birds in gt'nc r.tl fll)cl· towards the il:ttlcments, and it is a very r.trc circumfbnc to mett with thcm in the depth of the fordt. The third ·venin~ we encamped as ufu.]. o foone r had we come to our rcfling pl. ce, than the Indians threw off th ·ir cloth<:s, and rolled thcmldvcs on thc rrrafs j 1Jfl: as horfcs · would do, to rcfrc.:lh thcnd"clv s, the day having prove l very hot, notwithflanding the frofl: the pn.:ccding night. vVc we re joitlc l this evening by another p.uty of the ''c.~tH. k :t Indian3, who were going to a village fitu.u ... d on the G..:ndce River, and in the morning we all fct out togethe r. Ktrly i 1 the tby "·c c.tnw to fcve ral pl •in fimil· .r t th [t; we h.1d bdurc met with, but not {( c.:xtenJ ·d, on t 1e horde ·s of one of which wc ft1v, for the firfi tim·, a. bark hu app:>rcntly inh tl ite !. On goino- up to it, our furpril:; was not a little to find tWLl men, whoi;.: app ·a;an ·e ~tlld m:1nncrs at one,. b fpoh: thcm not to b ·Americans. Aftcr fome conv,:rtttion "'~ diti..ov n.: I tlwm to be two Englifl men, who h:td formerly lived i.1 London :1s 'l' .. lds de ,,~,ilmf,, e, and havin<r fe r fh..d to6ethcr a littk mon y, Jul !ct out ft>r New r rk, v.:h .. re they C\:pech:d at OllCC to b.come rrn: .lt ll en; however tb 'Y foon found to their coil, that the C'\j)C.:I1Ct: oC livin6 in tlut city r,1s not fuit J to thcir poc .... ct ·, at tb y dt.!tcrmincd to go and [( ttlc in the hack country . ThLy wei·..: at no lof- to find perfons \\ho h td hnd to difpuf· of, and h1ppcning to f.lll in with a j b )LT who ow1H:d lome of thdc plains, and who painted to them in li ·ly colours thc aJvanta~<.: tlHy wo tld d~ 1ive from lcttling on good l.tnd alrc.tdy dcared to their hand, thcy immcdtately purd1. k d a confider.thk track of this b~ttTt:ll g round at a round price, and f(:t out to Ji thc.nfdvcs upon it. From th~ neigl1bonring icttlcmcnts, which w~.:re about ten miks oft: t 1.ey procured thc af1ilLwcc of two men, wh after hJving built for th ' 1".1 the bark hut in which we founJ th m, kft them with a prom.i~ of n:turn-mg |