Their,prettytownwasbuiltwithinalowwoodfeockade,thehousesbuiltofbirchbarksetingardenswithvihpumpkinsonemandthecookingoftheirmeatsavtheair,asitwasaboutdiime.Theywerecookingwhattheycallsuccotash,agreatpotonanopenfireandanakedsavagesquattingbeforeit,calmasyouplease,fanningtheflameswithabirchbarkfaownwassurrouidyfieldsoftobadandarivernear.ButnokindofbeastdidIsee,nororhorsesnorchis,fortheykeepnone.Shetakesmetoherownlodge,whereshelivesbyherselfonatofherbusiness,andgivesmewatertowashinandabunchoffeatherstodrymyself,sothatIwasmuchrefreshed.

    IhadheardtheseIndiansweremortaldragons,acedtoeatthefleshofdeadmen,buttheprettylittlenakedchildrenplayingwiththeirdolliesi,oh!nevercouldsuchlittleducksberearedonibalmeat!AndmyIndian"mother",asIsooncalledher,assuredmethatthoughtheircousinstotheNorthroastedthethighsoftheircaptivesandceremoniouslypartookthereof,itwas,asyoumightsay,asacramentalmeal,tohonourthedepartedbydevhim;andIhaveoftendisputedwiththeMihispoint,thattheIroquoisdinnerisbuttheMassinastateofnature.AndtheMinisterwillsay,either:thatIlivedsolongwithSatanthatIgrewacedtohisways,or,thattheRomishMassisbuttheIroquoisfeastinbritches.

    Asforme,allIevereatamongtheIndianswasfish,gameorfowl,boiledorbroiled,besidescookedinvariousways,beans,squashinseasodthissuchahealthydietthatitisveryraretoseeasiongstthemandneverdidIseethereahershakingwithpalsyorsufferingtoothacheorwithsoreeyesorcrookedwithage.

    Theweatherbeingwarm,atfirstIblushedtoseethenakednessofthesavages,fortheme