. Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres : giving an account of a voyage to Canada, and travels through that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, undertaken by order of the present king of France. Enemys Country:Of their Approaches and Attacks,156. Their Way of fighting:Their Inftinct to know the Mark of their CONTENTS. XIV their Enemies Steps, T57. Pre-cautions to fecure their Retreat,and to keep their Prifoners, the Marks they leave of theirVictory, 158. Triumph of theWarriors, 160. Wax, of the Myrtle Wax, 34a. Whale, its Fight with the Sword-Fifll,6. Of the Whale Fifh


. Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres : giving an account of a voyage to Canada, and travels through that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, undertaken by order of the present king of France. Enemys Country:Of their Approaches and Attacks,156. Their Way of fighting:Their Inftinct to know the Mark of their CONTENTS. XIV their Enemies Steps, T57. Pre-cautions to fecure their Retreat,and to keep their Prifoners, the Marks they leave of theirVictory, 158. Triumph of theWarriors, 160. Wax, of the Myrtle Wax, 34a. Whale, its Fight with the Sword-Fifll,6. Of the Whale Fifhery, 83. Wheat, why it has not fucceeded inLouijiana, 302. Widowhood, of Widowhood and fe-cond Marriages among the Savages, Cherry-Tree of Canada, , of Louifiana, of Canada, 92. Wolves, or wild Cats, of Canada, 70. Woman, Tradition, of the Sin of thefirft Woman, among the Savages,297. Woman Chief of the Nat-chez, 315. Women, their Power in fome SavageNations, 183. Advantages of theMothers over the Fathers, 199. Oftheir Lying-in, and its Confe-quences, 199. The Care they takeof their Children, 200. Tajous, a Savage Nation : River ofthe Tafous, 308. Fort of the Ta*feus, By the Tranflators being at a Diftance from the Prefs, thefollowing Errata have happened. Page 10 line 19 read Ray inftead of Race. Page 18 line 9 Breton inftead ofBritain. Page ao line 4 des inftead of de. Pare 24 Hne 41 Chaplain inftead ofJllmcner. Page 36 (the Note) A Li-vre is 10 d. Halfpenny inftead of A Li-ore isis. %d. Page 40 line 33 bread inftead of round. Page 60 line 19 Chaudiere in-ftead of Chandiere. Page 61 the laft line Plane inltead of Plain. Page 64laftline Sbamois inftead of Shamios. Page 6S line 4?. the Wind inftead ofivith the Wind. Page 70 line 31 after the Word Kind rend of. Page 74 laft lineread la before Flccke. Page 81 line 38 Bete for Beet. Page 85 line 28 turningfor burning. Page 95 line n Soleil for Soliel. Page 97 line 40 read m after theW


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