Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person.

McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017

till want spurs them to action. They are great thieves but trusty where property is left in their charge and they hold a liar in detestation. Their having no intercourse with Europeans prevents them from adopting any of their vices and their desire for spirituous Liquors is among the weakest of their passions. But they are libidinous and accused of Sodomy.

They believe in a Great Spirit who made the Earth and the Nascapees and in an inferior Deity who made the different kinds of wild animals and distributes them among the Indians in proportion to their merits and the fervency of their prayers. This God is therefore adored whenever the Belly feels concerned. He is not longer than their little finger is dressed in white and called Ka-wab-api-shit or the white Spirit. They believe also in an evil Spirit who is a busy meddling Body who is forever planning mischief to Counteract the good works of Ka-wab-api-shit on which account they always implore him to have mercy on them and since he has not the power any

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