They say that it doth keep them warm and in health: they never go without some of it about them.

We ourselves have tried the same smoke, and, having put it in our mouths, it seemed almost as hot as pepper.' In spite of the going and coming of the Indians, Cartier from first to last was doubtful of their intentions.

Almost every day in the autumn and early winter some of them appeared with eels and fish, glad to exchange them for little trinkets.

But the two interpreters endeavoured to make the Indians believe that the things given them by the French were of no value, and Donnacona did his best to get the Indian children out of the hands of the French.

Indeed, the eldest of the children, an Indian girl, escaped from the ships and rejoined her people, and it was only with difficulty that Cartier succeeded in getting her back again.
Meanwhile a visiting chief, from the country farther inland, gave the French captain to understand that Donnacona and his braves were waiting only an opportunity to overwhelm the ships' company.