ORIGIN or T11F



nies in which he had sy
Hle stayed two or three df
ing him to give mne an a(
readily complied with ml
IowiLg effect:
  ;'I had lost my wife
her. When I undertook
rising, I set out from my
tion of all my relations.
our friends and neiahbou
among them, to inform
whence we all came, oi



themselves
came the ia
inform me,
country of
Wabash or
country of
however, t
which is in
in a village
quaintance



L
I



; they who w(



)ent several years of his lifet
tys with me, and on my desir-
,count of his travels, he very
y request and spoke to the fol-



and all! the children I ha(
my journey towards the
village contrary to the inc
I went first to the Chitas
rs. I continued several
myself whether they k
r at least whence they (
?re our elders, since from 1



nguage of the country. As
I proceeded on my journey.
[he Chasunous, and afterwari



I by
sun
lina-
awrs,
days
'new
.ame
them



thev could not
I reached the
Is went up the



Ohio, almost to its source, which is in the
the Iroquois or five nations. I left them,
owards the north, and during the winter,
[ that country very severe and long, I lived
of the Abenaquis, where I contracted an ac-
with a man somewhat older than myself,



who promised to conduct me the followinr spring to
the great water. Accordingly when the snows were
melted and the weather waQ, settled, we proceeded east-



ward, and after se
the great wLter, wl
mirfttion, that I cot
took tip our lodgi
water, which was
so great a noise th



,verat



day



hich filled ix
ild not speak
Ing on a hig]



sorel
lt I (



v



ebbing and flowing of tf
apprehension; but my co
assuring me that the w
.both in advancing and r
curiosity in viewing the
village of the Abenaquis,



vexei
uld n
he wa
3mpai
ater (
etiri.n,
great
whei



journey, I at length saw
ie with such joy and ad-
  Night drawing on,w w
h bank above the high
I by the wind, and made
lot sleep. Next day the
ter filled me with great
niiion quieted my fears by
)bserved certain bounds
g. Having satisfied our
water, we turned to the



I continued the follow-



ing wsinter;



and after the snows were melted, my comn



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