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Rh time of war; answering all the purposes of a citadel of considerable strength: It is also their arsenal and general depot for articles of value in times of—peace—I was about to add, but, alas! these times are rarely known in savage life where the population is considerable.

Tippeehee, the chieftain, has a well constructed dwelling on this island, and a large collection of spears, war mats, and other valuables.

A short distance from the residence of the chief is an edifice every way similar to a dove cote, standing upon a single post, and not larger than dove cotes usually are.

In this Tippeehee confined one of his daughters several years; we understood she had fallen in love with a person of inferior condition, and that these means were adopted to prevent her from bringing disgrace upon her family. The space allotted to the lady would neither allow of her standing up, or stretching at her length; she had a trough in which her food was deposited as often as