In the quaint words of one of the Catholic fathers, "If
the old proverb is true that every man has a grain of madness in his
composition, it must be confessed that this is a people where each has at
least half an ounce" (De Quen, _Rel. de la Nouv. France_, 1656, p. 27).
For the instance in the text see _Rel. de la Nouv. France_, An 1639, pp.
88-94.
[277-1] Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes_, v. p. 423.
[277-2] J. M. Stanley, in the _Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions_,
ii. p. 38.
[278-1] D'Orbigny, _L'Homme Americain_, ii. p. 81.
[279-1] See Balboa, _Hist. du Perou_, pp. 28-30.
[281-1] D'Orbigny, _L'Homme Americain_, ii. p. 235.
[281-2] Schoolcraft, _Ind. Tribes_, v. p. 652.
[281-3] Dr. Mac Gowan, in the _Amer. Hist. Mag._, x. p. 139; Whipple,
_Rep. on the Ind. Tribes_, p. 35.
[283-1] _Hist. des Incas_, lib. iii. ch. 22.
[283-2] _Travels in the Carolinas_, p. 504.
[284-1] _Hist. du Perou_, p. 128; _Voiages aux Indes Occidentales_, ii.
p. 97.
[284-2] Beverly, _Hist.
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