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Rh Hi this man feemed to aft, gave us to undorfland, t the cWl who now vifited us, was the great Ononnijloy, and his intelligence was almofl; im- mediately confirmed by Kanaut, (the melFenger before mentioned) who arrived in a fmaller canoe, and was received by the tribe in other canoes with fimilar ceremonies, bi;t in a manner not quite fo fierce and hollile.

Ononnijloy did not obferve the dillant Ibrmalitics (hewn bv the chiefs of the other party, but accepted with great cheerfylnefs fuch prefents as I confidercd it proper to make on this occalion. Thcfe iecmed to afford him much fatisfaftion^ and to gain tlic approbation and ap- plaufe of ail his party. The chiefs of the other tribe came on board at the fame time ; to thefe alfo Ibme articles were given, which they now received with much pleafure, and appeared to be in very good humour, not only with us, but with Ononnijloy and ail his attendants.

Towards the ciofe of the day this great chief, with two or three of his fuite, lamented that they had no habitation on fhore, and requeiled for that reafon permiffion to fleep on board. This was granted, and when it was darli fome fire-woriis were exhibited for their amufement ; but, excepting the water rocliets, tiiey were viewed with little attention.

From our previous acquaintance with Kanaut, I was not at a iofs to know in what manner to provide fome refreftiment for Ononnijloy ; bread and molaffes, with rum and wine, were fet before him, to which was added fome of their own dried fi(h ; on which he and his whole par- ty feemed to regale very heartily, and then retired to reft with as much compofure, I believe, as if they had been in their own habitations.

Early the next morning, Ononnijloy with his friends joined the par- ty on fhore, where they were very bufily employed in adorning their perfons in tiie manner already defcribed ; which being accomplilhed by breakfaft time, he, attended by ail the oilier chiefs, came off in his large canoe, and, according to their cuffom, fang while they paddled round the veffcls. Tliis ceremony bt:ing ended, they came alongfide the Difcovery, and exhibited a kind of entertainment that I had not before witueffed. It confiflcd of finging, and of a difpiay of