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of our people I was told that they had observd them ever since we have been here & that they begin to sing at about 1 or 2 in the morn & continue till sunrise after which they are silent all day like our nightingales
A small canoe came this morn from the Indian town as soon as they came along side Tupia began to enquire into the truth of what we had heard yesterday & was told over again the same story but where are the sculls sayd Tupia do you eat them bring them & we shall then be convinced that these are men whose bones we have seen "We do not eat the heads answerd the old man who had first come on board the ship but we do the brains & tomorrow I will bring one & shew you" much of this kind of conversation passd after which the old man went home
18. Among other things that the Indians told us yesterday one was that they expected their enimies to come & revenge the death of the 7 men and some of our people thought they said that they had intelligence that they were to come as today which made us observe the Indian
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