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hands. It was also urged, that it was our duty touse endeavours to promote, and pray for this, in pre-ference to effecting their extermination. For which purpose, many dark and diabolical machinations are proposed; one of these I had recently heard of, viz. To take a large quantity of liquor, of which they are extremely fond, and infuse the strongest poison therein: take it into an army which should make feint shows, until the body of them should be col-lected, then make a sham battle, and retreat with precipitation, leaving the liquor behind. The sub-ject was closely combated, and I thought, ended in favor of the cause of injured humanity. After our interview closed, three of us walked out to speak to the Chiapas, lately arrived. We met five or six of them; but they could not understand us, neither we them, only this much, Chemochte-man, Bostone. I offered my hand to them repeat-edly, as also did John Parrish, which they as often refused. They had come down the lakes four hun-dred miles; which shows how wide and deep the prejudice against our citizens has extended. 27th. Were visited at our lodgings by Dr. Wright, Capt. Munsey, Broadhead, Crawford, and several other officers, who continue very respectful to us. From this place, many hundreds of bushels of hominy, go yearly to McInoi, from whence it is forwarded to the Grand Portage; there it is parceled out at one bushel to a man — who is more prudent than to use one grain in his north-western route of about eighteen hundred, or as some say, two thou-sand miles from the Grand Portage, as it is to be his main support in case of sickness, accidents, &;c. one whole year. But while health remains, they substi-