inferior creatures. New conjurations, councils &c. take place; the poor Indian being in a state of diespondency the most wretched; and looks upon his Wife to be the cause of all:– again he goes to hunting and should he be fortunate, he immediately believes that his Juggle and sacrifices have had the desired effect; but if to the contrary – miserable will be the fate of the poor woman even from her own reproaches, so miserably superstitious are they[.] The men are are great adepts in dissimulation & from what we read they might vie with the most polite Courtier, so much eloquence do they possess in their way. They exert themselves most when they wish to procure Goods on credit altho; they have no inclination to pay them from their great penetration of observing the vanity and passions of the of Europeans, they always choose the most prominent failing in those whom they address, to dwell upon; they begin first to depricate those for Whom they know we have no partiality and then by inderect flattery they endeavour to soften your heart and lastly when they observe by your countenance that you have been giving attention to what they have been saying, they then disclose their minds and aks the things they would wish to have; which, if granted they promise to pay with so much seeming gratitude and and sincerity by their professions of honest

N.B. They form plans & complots to obtain Goods
individually; a Chief speaks for all by consent.

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