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 PRINTED BY T. EATON, COLLBGE-STKEET, 
 
 1822, 
 
TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. 
 
 A Canadian Sttyry, 
 
 "TV^HOSE were this arrow-head and 
 broken paddle, and why do you so care- 
 fully preserve them ?" said a youth to 
 an aged Indian Chief. — 
 
 The old man sighed ; and, after a con- 
 siderable pause, in which he motionfid 
 for the vouth to sit, thus commenced 
 the following narrative : — " Listen, then, 
 stranger, while I relate to thee events 
 which the corroding power of time can 
 never obliterate from my memory; all 
 else there is fading fast, and keeps an 
 even pace with the rapid progress of this 
 once vigorous body, to the grave — there 
 it would long since have been but for 
 the generous Samachet ! 'Ere I had at- 
 tained thine age, we had fought the 
 battles of our tribe, and bled together. 
 
TIMOE^ AND SAMACHET. 
 
 In one dreadful conflict with thePowta- 
 watimis,(0 [ was rash enough toquit our 
 ambush in my ardor to oppose the ene- 
 my. The valiant Samachet saw me 
 engaged with and nearly overpowered 
 by three of the Pous* Chiefs, and came 
 to my rescue; — with a never- vering shaft 
 he shot the fiercest through the head, — 
 the other two were vanquished in a short 
 but desperate combat. 
 
 From this time forth, in irafBck with 
 the stranger, in war and in the chase, we 
 were never separated. Would that it had 
 pleased dark Coughwaw(2) still to have 
 left us so ! — alas, the noble Samachet 
 hath long since passed the Western 
 MountainsO'^) to our fathers; vv^liile I, his 
 miserable friend, am left like a solitary 
 blasted pine!" 
 
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 The old man's voice faltered; but he 
 soon recovered and resumed: — "The 
 beautv and the valour of mv friend (ill 
 our tribe admired, save one, and him 
 
 * Abrcviation for Potowatamis. 
 
TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. d 
 
 they made an enemy; the cruel Onwaroo 
 loved the fair Timoee, but she disdained 
 him. Samachet was the hero of her 
 choice, he sought and obtained her hand. 
 Oh, what a pair! oft have I stood un- 
 seen to contemplate them; he, the mas- 
 ter-piece of Nature ! she, created but 
 for him ! 
 
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 Samachet was the bravest warrior and 
 the most expert of all our hunters, yet 
 as tender in his nature as the soft and 
 blooming Timoee : no wonder that her 
 beauty and her love were his reward I 
 After the seven-days' fe&st(4) I was the 
 last to take my leave, and saw her lean- 
 ing, with down-cast eye and crimson 
 cheek, upon his manly breast; while, 
 with a fond embrace, his graceful arms 
 incircled the lovliest daughter of our 
 tribe. 
 
 Twelve moons had waned, and Sama- 
 chet deemed her still fairer than before, 
 while she lived but in his presence. The 
 
 lamp of day seemed to withdraw his 
 
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 TIMOEB AND SAMACHET. 
 
 cheering light when he was absent; and, 
 as a drooping flower, she decUned till 
 Ms return. 
 
 My friend had been called to check an 
 incursion of the Hurons.(5) The well- 
 known war-whoop of the valiant band, 
 raised always on their return from suc- 
 cessful enterprise reached the fair Ti- 
 moee, while, pensively, she sat listening 
 to the white-bird,(6) whose soothing me- 
 lody accorded with the sadness of her 
 heart ; hke a fawn suddenly awakened 
 by the rustling blast, she started from her 
 seat, and flew in the direction whence 
 the welcome sound proceeded. 
 
 The warriors,just emerging from a deep 
 dark wood, presented a pleasing though 
 a dreadful aspect to the beholder ! Their 
 leader was in front ; a garb of skins 
 gracefully adjusted, unconsciously dis- 
 played the symmetry and vigour of his 
 form; a countenance of majesty and 
 kindness, elated with the pride of victo- 
 ry, was surmounted and adorned by a 
 
TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. / 
 
 cap of eagle's feathers mingled with the 
 heron's pUime, which nodded in cadenct^, 
 to their step and song. 
 
 In an instant Timoee was locked in 
 her hero's arms ; — the tears that fell on 
 her snowy and fast-heaving bosom to 
 which she closely pressed his hand, a- 
 lone could speak the transport of her 
 heart, — the welcome of his safe return ! 
 The spoils of a chief he had slain, a 
 number of silver plates connected by 
 slender threads of wampum, '') were 
 placed round her beauteous neck, whose 
 loveliness they served rather to conceal 
 than to adorn . 
 
 Never were there two beings more 
 blessed than Samachetand Timoee; but 
 their noon of joy was suddenly darkened. 
 A storm, long collecting in the bosom of 
 the revengeful Onwaroo, was soon to 
 burst upon their happiness in all its fury* 
 Oh, that I had known what the mon- 
 ster's gloomy silence had been brooding, 
 
 my knife had found a passage to that den 
 
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 TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. 
 
 of cruelty and drained it of its venom. 
 The evil god veiled the villain's purpose 
 by giving him a countenance of sulky 
 resignation. 
 
 Not long after the excursion against 
 the Hurons, we heard that an immense 
 red-bear (8) was prowling a few leagues 
 to the eastward of our habitation, and a 
 short distance from the mighty cataract. 
 The weather being exceedingly sultry 
 and the creature likely to be very fierce, 
 it was agreed that a party of our chiefs 
 should proceed in search of him ; and, 
 as the journey would be made during 
 the coolness of night, the females who 
 chose to endure the fatigues rather than 
 remain alone, were permitted to bear 
 their husbands company. Some debate 
 ensued in consequence of Onwaroo's 
 objecting to submit to the command of 
 Samachet, for general consent had made 
 him our leader; but this difficulty was 
 obviated by an immediate proposal of 
 the latter to divide our band, giving to 
 Onwaroo the choice of six warriors. 
 
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 The remaining six were led by Samachet. 
 At the close of the day of preparation, 
 our march commenced along the banks 
 of the Erie ; and long before dawn, the 
 increasing thunder of the Niagara an- 
 nounced its termination. We raised some 
 wigwams with the boughs of trees and 
 covered them with rushes ; and having 
 seen that the implements of the chase, 
 together with a canoe and some fishing 
 tackle '.ere safely deposited, lay down 
 and reposed till sun-rise. 
 
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 Samachet was up when I awoke, and 
 had walked with Timoee to take a near- 
 er view of the falls : — thither I followed 
 them. The astounding bellow with which 
 the river, (9) half a mile in width, fell 
 from a ledge twice the height of our tall- 
 est pines, and dashed with dreadful 
 force upon a bed of rocks beneath, 
 whence arose a pillar of foam often dis- 
 playing the most brilliant colours, at 
 once alarmed and gratified the tender 
 female, who instinctively grasped the 
 arm of Samachet as he approached the 
 
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 fearful precipice. While I advanced tc 
 tell him wc were ready for the chase, I 
 saw, or thought 1 saw, a sadness cloud 
 his admiration though he smiled; a tear 
 too was trickling down the cheek of Ti- 
 moee. What they had said to each other 
 I knew not, for the loud din of the roar- 
 ing Niagara was deafening ; but imagined 
 that she cautioned him to avoid the fu- 
 rious current in his next day's fishing, 
 for 1 obfijcrvcii that she addressed him 
 beseechingly. . 
 
 We hastened to rejoin our band, and on 
 arriving learnt that a scout had tracked a 
 bear to within a short distance of the wa- 
 ter; ana as the impressions left in the soil 
 by his huge paws were fresh, we deemed 
 him seeking shelter from the sun in a 
 swampy ground, not far off, much over- 
 grown with reedy grass and briars. 
 Thither we marched ; and, when arrived 
 lit the spot where the impressions ter- 
 minated, spread into a line and cautious- 
 ly advanced. The object of our search 
 soon met our notice, slowly stealing 
 
 
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TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. 
 
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 from his lurking-place, and casting, as 
 he retreated, a sidelong glance at his 
 pursuers. An arrow from the bow of 
 Samachet, glancing along the back un- 
 der the tough skin, and coming out 
 above the shoulder, instantly changed 
 the monster's course ; he gave a furious 
 growl, which we answered with a shout, 
 and were rushing on him with our spears, 
 when another opponent interposed whom 
 we had not seen or expected. Roused by 
 the noise, a large male bear, till now 
 asleep, leaped on its feet erect, and stood 
 to receive our band, each of us striving 
 who should intlict a first and deadly 
 wound. Onwaroo's spear aimed at the 
 throat was turned aside ; in making a 
 second and more violent thrust, he over- 
 reached himself and, in falling, was 
 struck with such vigour by the animal's 
 paw, that we all thought him slain. 
 
 Onwaroo's chiefs quickly surrounded 
 the bear, war'^ing his blows and attempts 
 to grapple with their stout targets, and 
 striking with their tomahawks,(io) when- 
 
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 ever the animars position or their own 
 eagerness prevented the use of spears. 
 
 Saniachet, in the mean while, had at- 
 tacked the other. He threw his spear 
 with so good an aim that the beast's vi- 
 gilance was baffled, and she stood trans- 
 fixed foaming with pain and rage ; in an 
 instant the lance was snapt, and many 
 wounds were given and received in the 
 fierce struggle which ensued. Her long 
 sharp teeth and claws drew blood at 
 every stroke ; but our spears and toma- 
 hawks gave us ample vengeance. 
 
 Two of our chiefs had fallen and more 
 would have been disabled had not the 
 powerful Samachet stunned the wild 
 monster with his tomahav/k ; and, as it 
 fell, our lances fixed the savage to the 
 earth ! A war-whoop aiuionnced our 
 success; but we soon p^Tceivcd that vic- 
 tory was incomplete. Tlic male bear 
 had just struck a cliieflain to the ground, 
 and, in spite of wounds and weapons, 
 was forcing himself a passage to the 
 
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 river. Samachet, whose eae^lc glance 
 instantly perceived the animal's purpose, 
 darted hke an arrow from his own good 
 bow to intercept him, and reached the 
 bank just in time to place hiinself in a 
 firm attitude. We pursued, but did not 
 get there time enough to yield him any 
 aid. The bear, now more inflamed than 
 ever, rose on his hind legs appeared as 
 tall as a well-grown man, displaying his 
 long white teeth and claws, reeking with 
 blood and foam. 
 
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 Samachet with shield boldly opp ^sed, 
 waited with steady eye and firm hand 
 till the animal should come within his 
 reach, determined to slay the savage or 
 be slain. A blow from his heavv toma- 
 hawk now falls with resistless force, — 
 the monster's jaw is crushed, but the 
 weapen shivers to pieces in the warrior's 
 handl In an instant he grasps his long 
 knife, and pushing the target in the bear's 
 face, thrusts the gleamy iron several 
 times up to tne handle in its shaggy body. 
 A struggle of death ensued, in which 
 
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 TIMOEE AND SAMACHKT. 
 
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 both fell and rolled into the lake be- 
 neath ! When I came up, Samachet 
 was holding the bear's head nnder water, 
 where it vainly strained and splashed to 
 elude the hero's gripe. The animal's 
 speedy suffocation so7)n enabled him to 
 quit his prey, and to ascend the bank, 
 unhurt save from a few deep scratches ! 
 We now raised the huge carcases of the 
 bears and placing them on long poles 
 provided for the purpose, proceeded to 
 our habitations, mingling the praises of 
 brave Samachet with our songs of vic- 
 tory, and loud shouts of triumph. 
 
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 A feast ensued, and the night was far 
 spent in dance and song. The wounded, 
 and now still gloomier Onwaroo was 
 present ; in vain his former deeds in 
 chase and war were chaunted to raise 
 the warrior's fallen pride. He oft scowl- 
 ed at the successful Samachet, his rival 
 in love and arms, and (luaffcd the cup 
 in silence. 
 
 Timoee had retired earlv, and was 
 
TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. 
 
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 soon followed by her adored and adoring 
 chief, who marked the, chaniung wo- 
 man's ahcred form witii transport. The 
 hope of a son like to her Samachet was 
 Timoce's only solace in her too frequent 
 hours of solitude; and now that hope 
 would, 'eie many moons, be gratified, — 
 his increasing tenderness greatly en- 
 hanced this object of her fondcct wish. 
 
 as 
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 One morning I came early to their 
 hut, and found Timoee alone employed 
 in making a cap of i)lumes, the one Sa- 
 machet had worn at the chase having 
 been lost by his fall into the lake. I 
 asked her for my friend, and learnt that 
 he was fishing on the borders of the 
 Niagara, and that he hatl promised her 
 that he would not venture his carioe in- 
 to the stream so near the falls. She of- 
 fered me some fruit and honey just 
 shaken from the cotton tree(*0 of which 
 I ate. in the conversation which en- 
 sued n)y friend was often mentioned. 
 I soon pro})osed that we should rise aud 
 seek him. She willingly complied; say- 
 
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 ing that he had pointed out the place 
 where he should deposit the fish, if he had 
 much success ; and where, also, he in- 
 tended to fasten the canoe to take repose 
 should the day prove sultry. Thither 
 we proceeded ; and well I remember 
 that never had I seen the tender Timoee 
 look lovelier or more happy ; — no, not 
 even when our king^s consent enabled 
 them to exchange the mutual token* 
 of each other's love !" The venerable 
 speaker paused, and, wiping his brow, 
 resumed. — "We reached the place of 
 which she spake, and found under some 
 rushes a large pile of fish of various 
 kinds, and among them a chaouravSon.(^2) 
 I thought so ! said I ; this scaly robber 
 of the flood and air, defies our spears 
 and daggers; but, look! the arrow of 
 my friend has passed quite through and 
 through. 
 
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 1 had just replaced the huge fish, and 
 looking up perceived a chief before me 
 in an attitude of the most intent obser- 
 
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TIMOEE AND SAMACHET. 
 
 17 
 
 vation; apparently watching some ob- 
 ject concealed from our view by the in- 
 tervening trees whose long branches 
 touched the water; — I was going to 
 speak, but the chiefs singular attitude 
 and eagerness rivetted us both to the 
 spot. His body was much inclined for- 
 wards ; — one hand raised, as if to aid his 
 sight — the other, stretched behind him, 
 held a Irnig knife. His position chang- 
 ed, but still he observed us not, and 
 seeming satisfied he hastily moved away 
 and with a light step gained the wood 
 ere we could see his face. I know not 
 how it was, but I felt agitated ; and my 
 hurried pace betrayed my feelings. Why 
 do you walk so fast ? said Timoee. To 
 meet my filend, 1 answered, and added, 
 was it not Onwaroo the chief we saw ? 
 The trees were now passed, and the first 
 object on the water that met our notice 
 was a small canoe ; he thong by which 
 it had been fastened to the bank had evi- 
 dently just been severed, A thought 
 combining Onwaroo with treachery in- 
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 canoe was gliding slowly; but now be- 
 gan to feel the current and increased its 
 motion. A figure was either dead or 
 sleeping there ; to shout therefore was 
 the immediate impulse Both strained 
 our voices in agony; but two bow-shots 
 further drift, and all efforts would be 
 vain ! Our shouts started the figure from 
 his dangerous sleep, — 'twas Samachet! — 
 Haste ! haste! my friend, ply with your 
 utmost speed ! In an instant he was 
 naked to the waist, — a paddle strongly 
 grasped, — and now the little bark impel- 
 led by his good arms began to check the 
 frightful current ! Timoee spake not, — 
 her hands clasped, — her eyes strained 
 as if they would start from their sock- 
 ets, — she held her breath with terror ! 
 Shouting, encouraging, 1 ran to and fro; 
 tempted at every turn to plunge into the 
 lake, and share the dreadful fate I thought 
 inevitable! For some time the canoe 
 neither gained on nor yielded to the tor- 
 rent ; but at length the determined spi- 
 rit and vigour of the chieftain triumphed 
 he now perceptibly advanced ! With 
 
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 regular and rapid strokes he plunged the 
 paddle in the boiling tide which foamed 
 above the prow ! — Every nerve and si- 
 new on the stretch while the hero's 
 visage shewed those nerves unwearied 
 and unshaken ! Still faster now he stem- 
 med the opposing stream, his strength 
 increasing with the mighty exercise, till 
 the whole body glou^d with warmth 
 and light ! Our hearts beat audibly, — 
 a smile of hope now dawned in the looks 
 of Timoee, — in ten strokes more and he 
 is safe! — O death! the paddle bieaks ; — 
 a fiendish laugh burst on my ear! — 
 Samachet is on his feet, — his bow bent, 
 an arrow drawn to the head,— ;;it sped ! 
 I hear him shout ! — Another paddle lay 
 on the bank, I threw it to him, he at- 
 tempts to reach it with his bow but 
 fails ! — Timoee shrieked aloud, — and 
 both ran in the direction of the canoe, 
 now hurrying down the stream. Sick- 
 ening with horror, she sank upon her 
 knees and grasped the earth ; still watch- 
 ing with a swimming, tearless eye, her 
 
 noble Samachet. He still remained e- 
 
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 rect, and gazed on both, but last on Aer 
 with tenderness; and with a placid 
 smile, one hand placed upon his gallant 
 heart, the other pointing to the western 
 sky, 1 can no more!" 
 
 The old man now seemed choaked 
 with grief, the tears streamed through 
 bis fingers, while he strove to subdue 
 and hide these tokens of affliction. Af- 
 ter a long silence he thus continued his 
 melancholy story : — 
 
 " In the wildness and the weakness of 
 my unavailing sorrow and despair I clasp- 
 ed an elm! The dire Niagara seemed 
 still ! I neither saw nor felt ! It was dark 
 when I came to myself, excepting when 
 the moon shot a faint glimmer through 
 the murky clouds. My limbs were stiff, 
 and with difficulty I groped my way to 
 something white upon the ground — poor 
 Timoec, — thou wert as I am now, alone 
 in this drear world ! I brought her to 
 the cabin, where her senses gradually 
 returned. She raised herself slowly and 
 
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 looked full in my face, but knew me 
 not. The unfinished cap of plumes 
 caught her eye — oh, what a dreadful 
 shriek! For some days I sat watch- 
 ing the body, which soon grew cold and 
 stiff, scarcely less inanimate myself, till 
 aroused by maddening thirst and hun- 
 ger. Timoee — the faithful Timoee ! — 
 I laid her gently in the earth, nor re- 
 moved a single ornament ; — as she last 
 plaited her flowing hair and mingled it 
 with beads — as the noble warrior, (now 
 no more) placed the necklace of silver 
 on her milk-white bosom — so she slept, 
 inclosed in the shaggy trophy of his late 
 brave triumph ! — 
 
 Peace to thee — peace! — O Timoee, 
 farewell ! — From the cold earth now wet 
 with drops of sorrow, shall spring flow- 
 ers as frail, but not so fair as thee ! 
 They shall grow and wither — but thou 
 wilt bloom once more, and then for 
 ever I — 
 
 I wandered forth to pay the last sad 
 
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 tribute to my friend. On retracing the 
 path \ trod so lately, each object awak- 
 ened th2 most heart rending grief —each 
 spot where we had paused was now ob- 
 scured by scalding tears — ! dared not 
 look upon the fatal stream ! An eagle 
 rose so near me that it dispelled for an 
 instant my trance of misery, and on ap- 
 proaching the place discovered the body 
 of the fiend-like Onwarool — An arrow 
 had pierced it till the point came through 
 on the opposite side — 'twas he that gave 
 the horrid laugh ! this was his recom- 
 pense — but oh, too merciful. — The barbed 
 head of the shaft was broken off; but 
 on examining the carcase nearer I dis- 
 covered it stiiBy grasped in the still 
 bloody hand — with difficulty I disengag- 
 ed the avenging weapon — thei2 it is! — 
 With disgust [ turned from the vile corse 
 and left its burial to the wolves and 
 ravens. 
 
 My search was vain for the loved 
 Samachet. This broken paddle, in my 
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 Note 1, page 4, line 2. The Potowatamis 
 are a powerful tribe on the borders of the lake 
 Erie. 
 
 Note 2, page 4, line 14. Coughawaw, is a 
 nairie given by the North Americans to the 
 being they considered the author of human 
 calamities. xhey frequently endeavour to 
 conciliate this deity by the torture and death of 
 one of their tribe. 
 
 Note 3, page 4, line 1 7. The Indians on the 
 borders of the lakes believed in the existence 
 of a Paradise situated beyond their Western 
 Mountains, 'i'hither the body resorted on its 
 decease and resumed the pleasures and pursuits 
 to \vhich it liad been attached during life. 
 Consistently with this persuasion, implements 
 of the chase and war together with articles of 
 household furniture and dress were usually in- 
 tombed with the dead. 
 
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 NOTIiS. 
 
 Note 4, page 5, line 14. Marriage, among 
 the North Americans, was deemed particularly 
 honourable, and always contracted at an early 
 period. Tiie j)arties desirinj^ to be united pre- 
 sented themselves l)et«iri} the head ot their 
 tribe whose sanction could oidy be obtained !)y 
 the assurance of the sincerity oi' their mutual 
 attachment. The youn<^ couple were then 
 permittcil to live three dnys together, and, if 
 still satisfied with each other, at the expiration 
 of this period the nuptials were consummated 
 by an txchanj^e of belts composed of wampum. 
 Seven days feastinj;'- followed ; the j]juests th^n 
 departed, each prescniinj^ the happy couple with 
 a gift in aid of their domestic establishment. 
 
 Note T), page C, line r>. 'j'he Ilurons, situa- 
 ted on the borders of the lake Huron 'J'bey 
 were one of the tribes composing the ** Five 
 Nations," — their territr.ry had behir.ged to them 
 by concpiest and possession, tor the space of 
 150 years. 
 
 Note G, page G^ line 10. The White-bird is 
 peculiar to Canada, and remarkable for the 
 brightness of its plumage and sweetness of its 
 note, especially at the approach of spring. — 
 "''.- Whllc-liid h a kind of ortolan. 
 
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 Note 7, page 7, line 12. Wampum is form- 
 ed by threads of cotton strung with beads, 
 pebbles, shells, &c, 
 
 Note 8, page 8, line 7. There are two kinds 
 of bears in North America, — the brown and 
 the red The latter is considered th« most 
 fierce 'I'he Indian who slays more thuii one 
 bear in a day is held in such estimation that 
 his acquaintance is more desired than that of 
 the m )st renowned warrior. The bear, from 
 its supplying the natives with food and rai- 
 ment, is ot great value ; this circumstance is a 
 justification of the distinction conferred on the 
 skilful hunter. 
 
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 Note 9, page 9, line 1 7. The magnitude 
 of the falls of the river Niagara, which con- 
 nects the lakes Erie and Ontario, renders them 
 truly worthy of admiration They are divided 
 into two large cataracts by an island j the 
 largest of them is three hundred and fifty yards 
 wide, and one hundred and sixty feet deep ! 
 Such is the violence of the stream, that Indians 
 endeavouring to cross it in their canoes, are fre- 
 quently precipitated into the terrible abyss be- 
 neath. Of course this results only from care- 
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 of birds of prey hover in the neighbourhood of 
 the falls in search of the carcases of the animals 
 that have perished in their vain attempts to 
 reach the opposite shore. 
 
 Note 10, page 1 1 , bottom line. A Toma- 
 hawk is a kind of hatchet with the addition of 
 a hook on the side opposed to the edge,. The 
 Indians use them with great dtxterity, and 
 throw them with considerable force and pre- 
 cision. This instrument generally serves to 
 give the coup de grace after the horrid opera- 
 tion of scalping an enemy. 
 
 Note 1 1 , page 15, line 2 1 . The Cotton-tree 
 produces on its summit a bunch of flowers 
 which when shaken early in the morning, 
 yields honey which can be boiled into sugar. 
 
 Note 1 2, page.l 6, line 1 6. The Chaourason 
 is a fish of prey, armed with scales of great 
 hardness, and a long horny weapon. It de- 
 stroys birds by concealing itself among reeds and 
 allowing this weapon to rise above the water j 
 birds perching upon it, as it has the appearance 
 of a withered reed, are by a sudden jerk in- 
 stantly devoured. This fish is five feet long 
 and about eighteen inches in circumference. 
 
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 It is worthy of observation here, that the In- 
 dians were many of them such good archers, 
 that they could kill Bsh in motion, animals at 
 their speed, and birds on the wing. 
 
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