turn. She fet down to her brother a plentiful Highland break faft. Prince Charles acted the fervant very well, fitting at a refpectful diftance, with his bounet off. Malcolm then faid to him, "Mr. Caw, you have as much need of this as I have; there is enough for us both you had better draw nearer, and hare with me."-Upon which he rofe, made a profound bow, fat down at table with his fuppofed mafter and eat very heartily. After this there came in an old woman, who, after the mode of ancient hof pitality, brought warm water, and wathed Malcolm's feet. He defired her to wash the feet of the poor man who attended him. She at firft feemed averfe to this, from pride, as thinking him beneath her; and in the periphraftick language of the Highlanders and the Irith, faid warmly, "Though I wath your father's fon's feet, why fhould I wah his father's fon's feet?"She was however perfuaded to do it. They then went to bed, and flept for fome time; and when Malcolm awaked, he was told that Mr. John M'Kinnon, his brother-in-law, was in fight. He fprang out to talk to him before he fhould fee Prince Charles. After faluting him, Mal colm, pointing to the fea, faid, What, John, if the prince should be a prifoner on board one of thofe tenders ?"-" GD forbid?" replied John." What if we had him here?" faid, Malcolm." I with we had, (anfwered John) we fhould take care of him."--" Well, John, (faid Malcolm) he is in your houfe."-John, in a tranfport of joy, wanted to run directly in, and pay his obedience; but Malcolm topped him, saying, Now is your 66 time to behave well, and do nothing that can difcover him."John compofed himself, and having fent away all his fervants upon diffent errands, he was introduced into the prefence of his guest, and was then defired to go and get ready a boat lying near his houfe, which, though but a fmall leaky one, they refolved to take, rather than go to the laird of M'Kinnon. John M'Kinnon however thought other wife; and upon his return told them, that his chief and lady M`Kinnon were coming in the laird's boat. Prince Charles faid to his trufty Malcolm, "I am forry for this, but must make the best of it."M'Kinnon then walked up from the fhore, and did homage to the Wanderer. His lady waited in a cave, to which they all repaired, and were entertained with cold meatand wine.-Mr. Malcolm McLeod M'Leöd being now fuperfeded by the laird of M'Kinnon, defired leave to return, which was granted him, and Prince Charles wrote a fhort note, which he fubfcribed James I hompson, informing his friends that he had got away from Sky, and thank ing them for their kindnets; and he de red this might be speedily conveyed to young Rafay and Dr. Macleod, that they might not wait longer in expectation of feeing him again. He bade a cordial adieu to Malcolm, and infitted on his accepting of a filver flock-buckle, and ten guineas from his purfe, though, as Malcolm told me, it did not appear to contain above forty. Malcolm at first begged to be excuted, faying, that he had a few gui neas at his fervice; but Prince Charles anfwered, “You will have need of money. I fhall get enough when I come upon the main land." The The laird of M Kinnon then conveyed him to the oppofite coaft of Knoidart. Old Ralay, to whom intelligence had been fent, was croffing at the fame time to Sky; but as they did not know of each other, and each had apprehenfions, the two boats kept aloof. Thefe are the particulars which I have collected concerning the extraordinary concealment and escapes of Prince Charles, in the Hebrides. He was often in imminent danger. The troops traced him from the Long Ifland, acrofs Sky, to Portree, but there loft him." Curious Remarks concerning the Savages of North America. By Dr. B. Franklin. TH HE Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counfellors; for all their government is by the counsel or advice of the fages; there is no force, there are no prifons, no officers to compel obedience, or inflict punishment. Hence they generally ftudy oratory; the beft fpeaker having the most influence. The Indian women till the ground, drefs the food, nurse, and bring up the children, and preferve and hand down to pofterity the memory of public tranfactions. Thefe employ ments of men and women are accounted natural and honourable. Having few artificial wants, they have abundance of leifure for improvement by converfation. Our laborous manner of life, compared with theirs, they efteem flavish and bafe; and the learning on which we value ourselves, they regard as frivolous and ufelefs. Having frequent occafions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men fit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmoft. The business of the women is to take exact notice of what paffes, imprint it in their memories, for they have no writing, and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preferve tradition of the ftipulations in treaties a hundred years back; which, when we compare with our writings, we always find exact. He that would fpeak, rifes. The reft obferve a profound filence. When he has finifhed, and fits down, they leave him five or fix minutes to recollect, that if he has omitted any thing he intended to fay, or has any thing to add, he may rife again, and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common converfation, is reckoned highly indecent. The politeness of the Savages in converfation, is, indeed, carried. to excefs; fince it does not permit them to contradi&t, or deny the truth of what is afferted in their prefence. By this means indeed they avoid difputes; but then it beconies difficult to know their minds, or what impreffion you make upon them. The miffionaries who have attempted to convert them to chriftianity, all complain of this as one of the great difficulties of their miffion. The Indians hear with patience the truths of the gospel explained to them, and give their ufual tokens of affent and approbation: you would think they were convinced-No fuch matter; it is mere civility. A Swedith minifter having affembled 1 fembled the chiefs of the Safquehanah Indians, made a fermon to them, acquainting them with the principal hiftorical facts on which our religion is founded; fuch as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple; the coming of Chrift to repair the mifchief; his miracles, and fuffering, &c.-When he had finifhed, an Indian orator stood up to thank him., "What you have told "u," fays be, "is al very good. "It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cyder. We are much obliged by "your kindnefs in coming fo far," "to tell us thofe things which you "have heard from your mothers. "In return, I will tell you fome "of thofe we have heard from "In the beginning, our fathers "had only the flesh of animal to "fubfift on; and if their hunting "was unfuccefsful, they were ftarying. Two of our young hunters having killed a deer, made a fire "in the woods to broil fome parts "of it. When they were about to fatisfy hunger, they beheld a beau"tiful young woman defcend from "the clouds, and feat herself on that hill which you fee yonder "among the Blue Mountains. They "faid to each other, it is a fpirit "that perhaps has imelt our broil 66 46 : ing venifon, and withes to eat of "it let us offer fome to her. They 67 prefented her with the tongue: "The was pleafed with the tafte of "it, and faid, your kindnefs thall "berewarded. Come to this place "after thirteen moons, and you "will find fomething that will be "of great benefit in nourishing you "and your children to the lateft "generations. They did fo, and to "their furprife, found plants they The Indian offended, replied, "My brother, it feems your friends have not done you "justice in your education; they "have not well inftructed you in "the rules of common civility, you faw that we, who understand "and practise those rules, believed "all your ftories, why do you re"fufe to believe ours?" When any of them come into our towns, our people are apt to croud round them, gaze upon them, and incommode them where they defire to be private; this they esteem great rudeness, and the effect of the want of inftruction in the rules of civility and good-manners. "We have," fay they, as much curiofity as you, "and when you come into our "towns, we with for opportunities "of looking at you; but for this purpose we hide ourselves behind buthes where you are to pass, and "never intrude ourselves into your company." 66 66 Their manner of entering one another's villages has likewife its rules. It is reckoned uncivil is travelling ftrangers to enter a village abruptly, without giving notice of their approach. Therefore, as foon as they arrive within hearing, they ftop 66 and when the difcourfe began to flag, the Indian, to continue it, faid, Conrad, you have lived long a"mong the white people, and know fomething of their customs; I "have been fometimes at Albany, " and have obferved, that once in "feven days they fhut up their fhops, and affemble all in the great houfe; tell me what it is "for? What do they do there?" They meet there," fays Conrad, to hear and learn good things."— "I do not doubt," fays the Indian, "that they tell you fo; they have "told me the fame; but I doubt "the truth of what they fay, and I "will tell you my reafons. I went lately to Albany to fell my fkins, "and buy blankets, knives, pow 66 ftop and hollow, remaining there The fame hofpitality, efteemed among them as a principal virtue, is practifed by private perfons s; of which Conrad Weifer, our interpreter, gave me the following inftance. He had been naturalized among the Six Nations, and fpoke well the Mohock language. In going through the Indian country, to carry a meffage from our governor to the council at Onondaga, he called at the habitation of Canaffetego," an old acquaintance, who embraced him, fpread furs for him to fit on, placed before him fome boiled beans and venifon, and mixed fome rum and water for his drink. When he was well refreshed, and had lit his pipe, Canaffetego began to converfe with him; afked how he had fared the many years fince they had feen each other, whence he then came, what had occafioned the journey, &c. Conrad answered all his questions ; der, rum, &c. You know I ge"nerally ufed to deal with Hans "Hanfon; but I was a little incli"ned this time to try fome other merchants. However, I called "firft upon Hans, and afked him "what he would give for beaver. "He faid he could not give more "than four fhillings a pound; but, fays he, I cannot talk on business now; this is the day when we "meet together to learn good things, "and I am going to the meeting. "So I thought to myfelf, fince I "cannot do any bufinefs to day, I .. may as well go to the meeting "too; and I went with him."There ftood up a man in black, "and began to talk to the people very angrily. I did not under"stand what he faid; but perceiving that he looked much at me " and at Hanfon, I imagined he was angry at feeing me there; fo I "went out, fat down near the "houfe, ftruck fire, and lit my pipe, waiting till the meeting "Thould break up. I thought too, 13 66 "that and that whatever they pretended "of meeting to learn good things, the real purpofe was, to confult how "to cheat Indians in the price of "beaver. Confider but a little, "Conrad, and you must be of my opinion. If met fo often to "learn good thingy, they certainly "would have learned fome before this time. But they are fill ignorant. You know our practice. "If a white man, in travelling through our country, enters one "of our cabins, we all treat him as "I treat you; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, "and give him meat and drink, "that he may allay his thirst and hunger; and we spread foft furs for him to reft and fleep on; we "demand nothing in return. But "if I go into a white man's houfe "at Albany, and afk for victuals and drink, they fay, Where is your money? And if I have none, they fay, Get out, you Indian dog. "You fee they have not yet learn"ed thofe little good things, that we "need no meeting to be inftru&ted ་་ ་་ NE as I was cafual lyftrolling Thro the streets of St. Petertburgh, near the marketplace, I obferved a vaft crowd of people flocking to one particular fpot. Upon enquiring of my Ruffian fervant the caufe of this concourfe, he informed me, that the multitude was affembled in order to fee a felon, who had been convicted of murder, receive the knoot. Although I naturally fhuddered at the very idea of being a fpectator of the agonies of a fellow creature, yet my curiofity overcame my feelings. With the affiftance of my fervant, I penetrated through the crowd, and afcended the roof of a wooden house of one ftory, from whence I had a diftinct view of the dreadful operation, which was already begun. The executioner held in his hand a knoot *; this inftrument is a thong, The following are the exact dimenfions and weight of a knoot, which I procured in Russia, and which is now in my poffeffion. Length |