The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . and an inferior one offered him. Hethen became very surly and we were obliged to conciliate himat the expense of the best musket, a yard of red cloth, severalbottles of sweet wine, shoes, ammunition, etc. And here itmay be well to observe that on this and every other occasionof visits from these people, while we were in the country, theirdemands were made in a most systematic manner; the inferiorchiefs play the jackal for their superior, who reciprocates thefavor in the same manner. We found them a set
The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . and an inferior one offered him. Hethen became very surly and we were obliged to conciliate himat the expense of the best musket, a yard of red cloth, severalbottles of sweet wine, shoes, ammunition, etc. And here itmay be well to observe that on this and every other occasionof visits from these people, while we were in the country, theirdemands were made in a most systematic manner; the inferiorchiefs play the jackal for their superior, who reciprocates thefavor in the same manner. We found them a set of sturdybeggars, never expressing any gratitude for the presents whichthey received or omitting any opportunity of taking every ad-vantage of us or stealing whatever lay in their way. Old Heo visited us on the following day, and invited us togo on shore to a feast, but as we were quite satisfied with ourregale on the preceeding day it was thought best to next morning a message came from the civil magistrate 436 ,, t:! /,Z, L /i*^r^t^ o ^a^i-t Jiot^^^^T^a ^/rvcyia ^ ^/S€Mi. 4i ,.„„(^)^U/-,^ g^^ ^t^^ /a
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