so did the measles in 1810[.] The venereal disorder gains ground fast and fevers are common[.] The Deseases occasioned by their own nasty hardy mode of living are Colds, the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Consumption, Ulcers and a loathsome Disorder which swells them like bladders and causes nauceous eruptions to grow on the skin which makes them look scaly – and they seem as snugly lodged within this Coat of Mail as a Turtle within its shell.

The most of them speak or rather murder the french Language and read write & correspond in their own. They form their letters after print make their Pens of wood and their Ink of the Bark of the Willow boiled to a gluy consistence with a black freestone found along the Shore. They excel in singing Hymns and such as sung in church understand the Notes which enable them to sing correctly. The Priests have translated no other Books into their Language than the Catechism and the Common Prayer Book which contain all the learning of these half formed men.

Their Tents snow shoes, sledges and

Canoes

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