joke & turn it to his own advantage, by silencing at one blow the envy & malice of his _all_ enemies, pretending to be a staunch friend of his. But he was not thus to be duped; yet he shewed a superiority of sentiment & generosity equal to his Powers & abilities by giving them (tho' _contemptuous_ if you please) pardon. So much for this _Part_.-- Thus did matters pass on for yet a few years. "The _indians_ began to _multiply_ & inha- bit the world: but the Hairy-breasts, a jealous, envious, and at best foolish people, could not well behold _their_ prosperity: they made _war_ upon them (the _indians_) by stealth & destroyed numbers: their affairs bore a most dismal aspect--no less than the total extinction of the whole race. At last Nayhanimis pitched off with his wife, _her_ father, & another one--there were four of them. He found found a Beaver lodge-- here some of the _Hairy-Breasts_ came up with him. Compliments at first, afterwards Sneers, taunts & revilings; but so ambiguously that no hold could be taken. "How nume- "rous: how many are there of ye" inquired the Hairy B. "We are twenty of us" replied Nayhanimis; "& so are we rejoined the others. Now, they here entered into an arrangement that whoever found _Beaver_ for the future it should be his own; but to avoid any wrangles, he who _found_ the Beaver should plant a stick or branch upon the lodge, as a mark. On their return (38) home each recounted to his family what he had met with in the course of the day. "Now said _Nay- "hanimis_, addressing his family, we must take 20 Beavers, one for each man of them (meaning the "hairy-breasts) & make a feast. If it turns out that we be able to eat these 20 Beaver, & they "not, then we shall be superior to them & have the upper hand." The Beaver were cooked accordingly:--he took his _rattler_ which he shook to the tunes of his Songs,--performed the usual ceremonies, & they eat the whole 20 B. with ease. Then addressing his family thus, said "These Hairy-Breasts are great boasters, but cowards--They are a people of no account--tomorrow will decide all." The Hairy Breasts on their return did the same as Nayhanimis & cooked also 20 B. thinking that his band did really con- sist of that number. They eat: but every one was already full & yet more than 3/4 of the feast remained--"Give me my rattler (said one of the oldest) that I sing &c. it may "happen that we find grace". He sang & shook his rattler, but it would not sound-- After frequent repeated trials to no effect he became vexed & threw it out of doors among the Dogs "This dog of a rattler will not sound in spite of all my endeavours: but "hold! hear how it rattles now that it is out--go for it one of ye, perhaps it was "owing to some fault in me." They bro't it to him: but still as before: he threw it out again in a rage; it was no sooner out than it sounded well as before: it was bro't in again: but as before again.