In the account which Mr. Bossu has given of some Indians who inhabit the banks of the Akanza, a river of North America, which rises in New Mexico, and falls into the Mississippi, he relates the following incident: “The Akanzas,” says he, “have adopted me, and as a mark of my privilege, have imprinted the figure of a roe-buck upon my thigh, which was done in this manner: an Indian having burnt some straw, diluted the ashes with water, and with this mixture, drew the figure upon my skin; he then retraced it, by pricking the lines with needles, so as at every puncture just to draw the blood, and the blood mixing with the ashes of the straw, forms a figure which can never be effaced.” See Travels through Louisiana, vol. i. p. 107. Transcriber’s Note This book uses inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, which were retained in the ebook version. Some corrections have been made to the text, including such as normalizing punctuation. Further corrections are noted below: p. 2. preceeding -> preceding p. 15. league and and a half -> league and a half p. 15. on each side the entrance -> on each side of the entrance p. 32. depth o water -> depth of water p. 65. land in in my route -> land in my route p. 69. latitute 370° -> latitude 37° p. 100. of this this head -> of this head p. 101. judging that their was -> judging that there was p. 108. reported at his retnrn -> reported at his return p. 119. one more remakable than the next -> one more remarkable than the next p. 127. Chap. II. -> Chap. III. p. 128. horrors of our stiuation -> horrors of our situation p. 145. Indian kalc -> Indian Kale p. 155. it it was indeed -> it was indeed p. 172. course grass -> coarse grass p. 187. ninteen fathom -> nineteen fathom p. 210. their being a perfect uniformity -> there being a perfect uniformity p. 212. tied roud the waist -> tied round the waist p. 250. who where white men -> who were white men p. 259. cellery -> celery p. 268. continual cheiwng -> continual chewing p. 279 delivered up as a courtsey -> delivered up as a courtesy p. 303 possiby this account -> possibly this account p. 325 their feast are plentiful -> their feasts are plentiful End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. II. Being t, by James Cook and Joseph Banks and Dr. Hawkesworth