their loss[.] I came for my wife and my children whom your Young men have carried away captives[.] If they are Your Slaves – make me also your Slave[.] If they are not among you – and are no more – let me go with them to the land of Spirits[.] Here Enasas dispatch me! I cannot live! I am Your enemy!"

Moved with compassion the Enasas received the unfortunate Stranger with open arms – conducted him to the Village and treated him with kindness – returned him his Wife and Children – presented him with horses, and other presents – and invited him to remain in the Village as long as he pleased[.] He declined Staying for any time – but he assured his benefactors that the desire of his speedy return arose entirely from a sincere wish for testifying to his friends, the happiness he enjoyed – and to make them as sensible as himself, of the high value that ought to be placed upon the friendship of the Enasas whose generosity on the present occasion would certainly be the means of paving the way to an amicable intercourse[.] After these protestatons of everlasting friend-

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