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same Mess. A women in her menses lodges alone and never stirs from her lodge. When decamping she must walk behind and drop now and then branches of trees in the road, to advertise any one who might happen to fall upon the same road, in order to prevent the Stranger's having sore legs by avoiding this route. She pretends to be ten days in this State, and suffers not her Husband, unless upon particular good terms, to come near her. Her paramours, however, are permitted to approach her sooner. The male sex are pretty good economists, but the female sex are always losing something. The children bear the blame of this.

Although sometimes necessitated to eat rank and putrified provisions, yet they are very careful in cutting up an Animal, to cut away all obnoxious matter or Glands; and in Summer they renew their bark dishes often. In winter they make use of wooden Dishes. They prefer snow water to any other kind.

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