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ORIGIN OF TitH



trary authority as a Roman dictator. It is not, however,
for the sake of tribute they malke xvar, but from nlotions
of g,'1ory, which they have ever most stronvgly imiprinted
on their minds; and the further they go to seek an ene-
my, the areater glory is gained. T1'he F4'ive Natiolls in
their love of liberty and of their country, in their bravery
in battle, and their constancy in enduring labour and
torments, equal the fortitude of the mnost renowned Ro-
mans.



  ", I shall finishi
Monsiear D-30a
Ca, savs of tdemn
Nations, they ar



ltheir character by what their enemv,
Potherie in his history of North Arneri-
; ' vhen we speak in France of t he Five
. thnniaht. hv a common mistake. to be



mele barbarians', alwavs thirstingr aftei
but their true chLaracter is very different.
deed the fiercesit and most formidable p
America, and at tde sarme time are as r
cious as can well be conceived ; and ti



r hunan
  They
eople in
)O  itiC  Leli
'uis appen



blood



;



are In-
North
d judi-
rs from



tile nn1a.1o'r0-ne!Dnt of all the affairs which they transact,
not only with the 1F'rench :liend Enclish, but likewise with
almost, all the Indian nations of this vast continent.'
   rpley strictly form a Rom-nan maxim-;I, to increase



their streitili bv cncon r a-inc other nations to ilcorpo-
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rate. with them, and acdopt mnciy ca iptives tlaen 111 Lia
who safterwards lhave  becomne sachems and clpta
I'Ihe crue.lty th1e Indiains us  iii war, is deservedly I
ii aIbhorrence; but Who ever has retid the history of
far fatmed heroes of G niece and B1orne, xviii find thcn-
tie, if at all Letter, exen il-J this resrect.  UCeS the



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IIns.
eId
the
lit-
Le-



haviour



of



savate t
virtues; n
is dipped i1
ians, and I
and in ltatt



outstrippiln
impious! Y,
  ' Previo



* Achilles to Elector's dead body
liut Achjilles had a Homer to blt2
ot so with the unle-ittered Indian
n Mill ngainst hirm. Witness the
' licenicianis ofeirila their children
er days behold men professing 4
a all true or fabled cruelty, Wlasp
under the idea of honou ring Got
us to settinlg out on any warlike



appeatr less
zon forih his
; every pen
CarthI iacin-
in sacrifice,
CO-hristiil uity,
rlemously or
I.
e xpedition,



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