"She came among the rest; but being displeased with the conjuror on account of some "sacrifice to other spirits, she seized & carried him off! Skeleton perceived it, & "being of the conjuror pursued Jealousy: finding herself nearly overtaken she prefered "her own safety to vengeance & let the _indian_ fall _in some place_ at a vast dis- "tance from where he had been taken--Skeleton took him up & bro't him back "to the great satisfaction of all parties"! "She frequently comes with the _others_ when they conjure, but on her appearance she is desired to be quiet "_Pay-ah-tick_" i.e. gently, quietly, peaceably &c." Master Skeleton also is as much dreaded as Folly, if-not more, because he shews himself at any time he pleases, it not being necessary to conjure to call him to. There _is_ an indian who before he married had his _Dress Shoes_ made by this Lady (Folly, or Jealousy)--She was of course extremely fond of him"--"The shoes "were beautifully garnished, far superior to anything of the kind done by _our_ women"! There are not (51) wanting Ladies living with the white who confer full share of their _favors_ on some of the in- dians; & from one of these I fancy it is he got these shoes; but to hide the business imput- ed them to Folly, which served him a double end. If I can see that Chap I shall be very particular in my inquiries of him--I know him well. This brings to my mind the _White Stag_ or Hind, _Sertorius_ had in his exile & during his wars with his country as mentioned by Plutarch. Indeed--to be candid, _I_ find a very great affinity between the ideas & notions of these people & those of the Greeks & Romans &c. &c. And by these, much, far much better, than by the incongruous hypothesis of the learned might be traced the _origin_ of these people; & I am far from taking the task to be difficult: would _we_ only divest ourselves of _our own_ prejudices & take the proper plan this great _Enigma_, if I may so explain myself, would be not perfectly cleared I allow, but a rational clew afforded to the unravelling of it. I have read many of these _hypo- thesis_ but they are so filled with inconsistencies that I could scarcely believe men could employ so much time in them ..... I could say something else instead of the conclusion of this last sentence. A Gentleman, & an Englishman too, but I forget his name, would wish to _insinuate_ that these people are from a different origin with ourselves i.e. Adam; & to prove his hypothesis he begins by an anatomising hogs! (See the Encyclopae- dia, not by Rees, but _Fitz-Patrick_ I believe) This puts me in mind of some of the _Newtonian Systems_ i.e. there is no such thing in nature a _Cold_--we must say an _absence_ of _Heat_! why cannot we as well say there is no such thing as _dark- ness_, but merely an _absence of light_, or reverse either, & either will be as reasonable --most strange reasoning is this indeed! Confession.