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views of the Chipewa on this occasion, Ibeing an Englishman, and the Indians havingmade no treaty with the English. He thoughtthat there might be danger, the Indians havingprotested that they would not suffer anEnglishman to remain in their part of thecountry. This information was far from agreeable;but there was no resource, except infortitude and patience.At two o'clock in the afternoon the Chippewacame to my house, about sixty in number,and headed by Minavavana, their chief.They walked in single file, each with his tomahawkin one hand and scalping knife in theother. Their bodies were naked from the waistupward, except in a few examples whereblankets were thrown loosely over the shoulders.Their faces were painted with charcoal,worked up with grease; their bodies withwhite clay in patterns of various fancies.Some had feathers thrust through their noses,and their heads decorated with the same. Itis unnecessary to dwell on the sensations withwhich I beheld the approach of this uncouth,if not frightful assemblage.The chief entered first, and the rest followedwithout noise. On receiving a sign from theformer, the latter seated themselves on the floor.Minavavana 33 appeared to be about fiftyyears of age. He was six feet in height, and33This chief, who figures so prominently in Henry'sstory, has commonly been identified by historians as42