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wonderful cures, by various means
and maneuvers. I then stated
that I had fully ascertained another
faith viz: that they believe in a
superior being called Baiamai
to whom they in their simple way at-
tribute the idea of an eternal exi-
stence of goodness and of great, if
not omnipotent person, with whom they
also suppose some superior beings
to reside, he being supposed to reside
towards the rising of the sun. I have
further intimated that the notion
of a future state is not quite foreign
to them whatever [written above: errors] absurdities they
may mix up with the same. These
ideas existing among them are to
my mind at least as I intimated a
confirmation of the argument used
in natural theologyfor the existence
of the Deity that every nation & tribe
however ignorant & degraded had
some impression left of a Supreme
Being.
I [word crossed out]then made various statements as
to their general character some of their

wonderful cures, by various means
and maneuvours. I then stated
that I had fully ascertained another
faith viz: that they believe in a
superior being called Baiamai
to whom they in their simple way at-
tribute the idea of an eternal exi-
stence of goodness and of great, if
not omnipotent person, with whom they
also suppose some superior beings
to reside, he being supposed to [indecipherable]
towards the [indecipherable] of the [indecipherable]. I have
further intimated that the [indecipherable]
of a fure state is not quite foreign
to them whatever [written above: errors] absurdities they
may mix up with the same. These
ideas existing among them are to
my mind at least as I intimated a
confirmed [indecipherable] of the argument used
in natural theologyfor the existence
of the Deity that every nation & tribe
however ignorant & degraded had
some impression left of a Supreme
Being.

I then made various statements as
to their general character some of their