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einn be little doubt but that some portion
ofthat persevering energy, of mind, which
has compassed moir sublime designs,
might be found to have actuated the early
settler in his solitary and unprotected avo-
cations in the early history of this Not
many years past, numerous tribes of hos-
tile Indians often left their recesses in the
woods for the purpose of plunder. This
they often tecomplished ; and if resistance
were offered, notunfrequently committed
the most sanguinary murders. The habi-
tatioes of these, people have never been
tried. Their dispositptionare peculiarly
fertloiti, and they are always armed with
bows andarrows of urious workmanship:
the latter are generally thought to li
poisoned:' They/are without loathing of
any kind, and wander over an 'immense
extent of' country but little known. The
Spaniaxrds have given to these people the
general appellation of Braews.
The lndians, however, of this part of