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I but. kno'iv. the •Psxcr abovC' Jf'iih ea/e /.an fav} euh 01 j ft ■■f his I.cve') ' iCiie (li hts IVtll. txfrnJ^ fh b unlkfl Grdcc : I Nor h-fi by Ttme, rfnr (ir urnJ'c>ti>'J by ■Pl.ue. -\ Hippicr his Lor, iiho. ■>//.»»)>' /"rr^ws f^ll, J. njT^ inh'ri'-^ gains his nu.il Shore at hf}-,: 'fban ivho (00 jpprJy. b.ajics to cnJ his Lt-fo S} fome Steto Ruffian,——' Homer's Of yfT. EOS f N,m N'E.- Printed and .Sold by S, RNFtiANn and T. Grffn, in Qiieen*flrect, ^ over agaiuft the Prifon. Mdccxxxvi..; . . >. . > I : ) -• > s f r ■:a):k- /S^^^^^."!! f^^^f'^f^ mmpEi i 'rt/; Ic' ^.yond its Prop'iriion.' I have been likhuife advi/ed to gize a partkuLir Ac^ c unl cf my Father ^.ivhich J am):pt I'cry fend of ;■ having nj^Dfpcndance • on- the J''irtues or ILnonrs cf my Anc'efjrj^ t) rec mmend meto the Favour - . ' of GOD or Men : 'Kivertbe-lcfs, became VT mc think fhat ' it is a R efpftl r/'.e it tl'c Meifiory of my Parents.^ librfe Name,! icas obliged to r.o.tiin :n i the fdlrjjtn-g Story .,' and\a fatisfz^iion ivhicb their Polhrity h,:gl! y^^Ji-y cspeH from me ; Ifhaligive fo,ne Accj'cir, th/ as brief as p JJltle. . • ■•/-■"■; • ■ . '■ •' ' . . , I ■ ■ ::,\-7i>o fi.ririjhing State rf-}^r\vEsr,iAsr> (befirl^ tU' unhjpri E'^tern Hairs') dreiu my F'.::ber hither ^'7i:''':yfe tii--}- Settlement River at a Plac^^cal.'cd \]crxy-mc':':}\^ Bav ; -■'''■^' l^ears : 'till, on the Death of my GraAd Parents, Ik t!irn\dy\En^\:\rn.], t J fettle his 'Affairs. 7'his d. IT ■ ) i'as rn Kcur.chvck 1 J. e it I »-, ■eh f\r fjhie Cltl '7v sF \i;:i:ly re- He ca: 'lie :■ ver vjtth < '"^ J:M'r m I N T R O D U C*T'I OK /deft^fi to ha'ce refttrn\l to his Farm, hut on his //nival ^r, Boftofi, tie Ei'hrn In:li:ins b.iJ begirt tbtifH phties. lU.tl^crtfore IcgJti a Senlc-i ^ Dient on Long-IflinJ.- 'tis Air of fb.it Phce n t /: a:// irgrettng uifb his C HjJiTutton, an J tbt Indians bi'inir peacealle. It agSm f>-}TeJto re- fettle bis L.vids ///'Merry-HieetiHg- Bay ; but finding tlat Pljce Jt-ftrtcdy, and tb.1t PLvitatt ns -Jiere carried on at Ptn1mn<^uid ; It 'purcb.yedj'rjcrai ' 'fra'ls >j' Lvid f tie Inbabitants tbere. L'pn hs Hi^lnefs tie Duke f Y^nWi rffuming a Claim to, tb fe Parts ^ be :alfo took 'tit Pat'ents Up n tb.it Claim : Jnd a/'fwPtmm.-'quiil -xas fit ff'by tbe^avie -j tbe C utuy r/*t:ornwal \n tbe Pr.vincc Vf New-Yoik, le "li'is C rumi£l Hated Cbuj -.Ju^iice of tbejaiiii^ by G..vernour_ Dv\i \^ He 'las a firict Saibatizer, and met 'ii::tb'cOhfi leralle. Difficulties^ urtie Dt/cbarj^e cf his Office, frch, tbe i/niti rahties cf a Pe pie laba badJoij/kied La-jilc/'s lie la id. out rt i.fjc tifi.lcrA'.li Income iidjictj be bad arinifaU^ fr^m, England on tbe PLfcc • hni at IrJi I'Ji bis Life there, as hereafter relate^hs^ . 1 am n t infenfiljc (f tbe 'Truth of an Affertibn cf Sir K>qeer L'JLrtrangr that ''!• Bcoks and Dijbeshai'e this comm.ti Fate' -^ tbere\(ver was rf>> *' one if either cf thm^ that pleafcd all Palates, [^.-ind auhfullly ij hi Opini ;;, in this^^ " If is asjiffle to be "di'JJ.ed f r^^ i!s (.speCfeJs^ for a' ^* L'niverfal /ipplauje. is at.leaji fujo thinW.f a ScanLial. " \ ♦ ^0 conclude ijoith the Kniglt. " 1'b'j\ I made this Comp'fiti\princi^ ^^ pally for- my Family --- T(t, if ar.y Man bai a Mind tu tA^ pa\^, " 'ti'.itb 'meJ be has free leasee and ivelcvie. But let biui carry this Cn- '' f leratin al rg'jiith bihi., " That he is a \e\y ar naiinerls Gucfl-, *^ thit preHcs upon anc/tlier iMjin's Table, and cheii Quarrels wuli h *' Dinrier." 50c Gi'SS ^C:^QQQg CC~Do/.QQG cSq oOQGCwQCOO SGC ^OQ Z t^i^im^.'M?, ^m^.m^jmy^.^m^f^m:*:^/: mw:^^. ^^ '^ x V (■' ) mV/ m o. I R s ^ Of Odd Adventures and Signal Delivwrances in the Ciptivity of Job II Qy1cs^ Efq; ,T< i.' S-' A A jff'^fv S' 9> '? •?• ^ fll' ^9• ^ * -^^ •?• V?. T.->'7' >f.' *' * * * • C K A IV I. ■ V ' Containing the Occio-nnccs ofthcfiiU Tc\ 1«.»)C*.« •\ i^ U N. tlie ftj^conf! D.iy of //','•.;'?, .Y'-ViiJ Sici- T. C'!)'//?/ 16S9, in the Moiriiiig,my Oftlu-f-J i.i: honoured Father 5^-. ;-/ ri Gv/c-j,i'' '""^IV"^,* Llq^. went with lome Labourers,^,,. ^ my tvyo Elder Brotlicrs and my lelf, to one of liis Farms, M\liich lay on the River about threeMiles al/ove. F( >"/-C there "to "a- ^^-'■■'■'^S ,: ^>'*^ thcPin h^s'Englifh Harvftl, .a-nd;! — ' "^ laboured Iccufciy till Noon., iBiit'fe: afrer we had Dined, our Peop!^ went to theii Lahdur.Jonie ^^^^ in one Field to their Englifl^ Hay, the others to ano'thcr . I .Fort-G arid Itood on rfic Spnr %\ her,' /',>,•'<>'(. '">• F called JavjeiTcun, 1:1 honour ro 'the HiA-Cof 7>/f ; l!'<|iiiv Town uiti-.- in .i.(] rarter of a Mi;.c of the I ort*v/.is the Dwcili.ic; Houi'e of 'Z^^f'is G)ks,EC^l, from v\liiWi he went out tiut unh.ipp)Mo|||^;.g: k B Eifld ■*», \ ficldpf I'nglilh Corn, except my Father, the youngefl of my two Br( tl)€rs aod my lelf, who tarried near totheFarm- Houl'e in which we hail DintJ, till about pne of ihcCIocIc, wheli we hj^ard the Report of leveral Great Guns from the Fort. Ut>^n the bearing of them my Father I'aiM, that he hrp'd it/^as a Signal of good News, and thaiAe Great- Couiicil/llad lent bac|c the SoKliers, to cov^r tTie Inhabi- ; ' taijts i/for^n Rtport of the Revo'lution they had deleited : Balio our great Surptiiis about Thirty or Foity Indians dil*- thal^eil a Vc!ley rf ShQt at us,trom behind a rifmg Gfcon.l^ ■'- r^ear our B.un. * The ^'ellir.g of the Inibai.-SthcW'hiiliiiUr ' of their Shot, and the Voice cf mi Father, whcm. 1 hcarli cry out, What now ! \\ hat now I lb terrified me i thr^ he leem'd to be hntullins; a Gun, that I endeavoured /o make.my li.ic.ipe.- My Brother ran one way and I aslo- ■ thcr ; ajid locking over my Shoulder, 1 law a rtout Fellow, pair.teil, j:urluing mc with a Gun , and a Curtlals entter- ing in his Hand, -which I expected every Mornent/in my Brains : I prelentlv fell- down, and the Indian took nie by the Le'i't Hand,> c,fFercd;me iift mc up, an.j^pointen to t life pbuie, jbut feized rriy Arms, he Frac^whcfc the pyopic were at \Vork about th^Hay \ ai|d lead wie, that vv/yv As we palled, we crdfTeri my Father, who look'^d vycry pale and bloody, ^nd syaiked very ^owly. *" When wycame to the Placc^ I faw two Nfen fliot down on the Flaits, and one or . two more knock' A() ti$e Head with Hatchets, crying out, ' O Lord, ^c !^ there the Indians brought two Captives, one* ' Alan, a^id myj^rothfr J^wfj, he that endeavoured toekape by runilsng from ^e Houfe, when I did f. " " After they had done what Mifchjef they could,- fat down, making us fit with them : and'afier fdme time aroii?, pointing to us to go Eaftward. They march"d about a quarter of a Mile and then made a,,^Halt, and brought my Father to us : and made Propolals p him by q^'^Mock.us^ who told him that ..•? T.'ic Indians have a Cuftom of uttering a.moit hor.Hd HovU, when fh'ry difchargc Cjun5,dcfigninq tlWcby to terrify thoCe \\ horn they tjL'hr ipaiiirf. He v\ as about lourtecn Ycarsxtf Age. The chkft Brother whole Name Mas Ti smiiiy V. onderfully efcapcd by Land ;o thci3.jri.ji-;ight. ■ ■' . J"^ ' ' they (3 ) ihey were rlrange Indians who fliot^him, ,anl tint t.v \ \, (forry lor it,: My l-athcr rtpIicJ, thithc w'^ i A J y i ; g \.l.Ti', arVl waijied MO'Favoiii- 6t' lisinii^ Lnt lo yfi;}/! w '!i^4j i ChiMreii , whicftjbci ig gtaiueJ, j)c rccomn/cnJcJ Uj cutnj^- Protcdion anil Blc^Tihi^ of G{^]^ AIiDiglityV tlicn, gni'v' iV _ the bcll'A^vice., arul/took hisl^ave for this IjIc, lv,p'»ig i.»\ GOD th.ic wc OloulJ nvcet in a better. He piitc I uicl) a choarful \\>icc, b(v;l h.'ni nfKlt'f-.! --r ihc.uJ.ihe Mows of *?K;. 1 1 itcf hue neither Shriek nor Groan ! [ I attp t w;art.!s h'tarvl th .; hi; h.\A five or l*V(in Sliot-holts, t'jto' hi/ -XVaibJC •■•^^s»>^' jackei-janJ that thelndians coveitj him sviili fonuliojj^iisNj • . / '.' .> ' ' . The Itulians leiJ us their C.^gt;vc?,on the I! -"re fulc cf-^/-^. - ^- ]j^ River, toward tlic Foi.t j arul uhcn we canvc within a Nriirof .\^.■\r■ -i • anJ half of tlie Foit and 'I'owd^ and cou'.J lit the rorr,,wc'''i ■•-:^"';-; faw i'lrir.i^ i^ Smoke on a!l fuics'^- Ihre we ni.vie a fiinit ."'•,', '"•"'». j^ltop, and then 'w^.nioveJ witliiucr h'.k the dulincfiT ci'^ three ouiftets of iit^Me from the Toit'/'liuo a thick Swamp. * There I law my l\Tothcr and my.two little Si4er5,aiid-Jnany ^'v/^ other Cap'ivcs talvc^'h frnu the Tov. n. Mv ^Mmlier r.flk'J "'"^ me of my r.ichcr, I t.-Id her', that he was Kili'dp ut c6U'ul il^fay no more for Giicd , fl^e butil int« Tear.':, and t!ic la!;- ans hiovcti me a little further o\\\ and leiz'd nie toa 'J>q,cS^ ^ The Indians came to \\vj-lIinlo:ir^ and font Sjjk- feveral Days to. ohi'ervc how -and '\\ here tlie-^jtecplc were /if. K?;ri. .i;iv;» ■ em nploycvl ^c. who foil rul th.it tihc ^^n u»ere ger.er.^liy -at l''oi: .j^. ;;. ,'bik at Noon, arid left ahouf'tlicir* hio'Jles o;ily \\''o;'nc:i ' •■^'' ^• id Clviidrcn : therefore. the I|iJiar.s divi.!ed- thcni:i.;\i ;' ; ■• fit 3 leveral l,\irtieA<_l"^ime'^Ani'pi3lh!ng the\Vay.bct_vvitiLiLc 'otc an 1 the ILTUies, a? I :ke wife-bet ween in^'m and iht; nfid Clviidrcn if I dill.ii^.t Fields v'^nd-fl^.^n alarminj* the f.(Tlheil utf fidl'thev ••/kiird*and took the Pcoplj, as they iio-vod toward theTowr;^ ./andForr, artheir Pheafure ; lb t!in-t. vc;v fc.v efcipe It. ■> • the Fort. Mr. Pjinjb.ill vjt.s t.ikcn, a!;i('' kiUM .as b«*i ,' v with his'Sloop rear the B.7)l u-.i?;. ' On the fiiit itir ar.c\; I the Fort my y^u.-ierell l>..-^t'-icr was at F!-. v fif'.;r *t!ie;l'n!ii , and ran in, an 1 lb i y.God'sGoodf.els w\ii pic.erved'. !i\suis with gieat Coui.ige vk Rcfoluiion Jeffiidcd ik WOa -/ 4) " (>W\ lort two D^ys, till that he was much Wounded and the licll of his Men Kill'd, and then beat up/ a Parley. And • ihe Conditions werr, / . / 1. 1 hat ihcy, the Indians ^lould givt him Mr.P^frJJjjl/s Sloop. 2 That ihcy fhould not moleft him in carrying off the few People that had got into the Fort, and ihice Captives , that they had taken. » 3 '1 hat the Englifli fhould carry off in theirHands what they could from the Fort. On thcle Con(iitions the FortwasSurrendred, andCapt. JVeems went off. And Toon arfter the Indians fet on Fire the * Fort & Houfcs : which made a terrible Blaft, ancre about twelve Houfes, but the rumour of War, difpofcd them to fccurc thcmfclvcs, by forfaking their Habitations. made! •made a Vifit to the JcfuifJand c^rrictijnc \\\\\\ liiin r. I Jaw the JcluiC (licw liiiu f/icccsoI GoK!, ami un>lcMln.nl aU itrward, that he tcinlcfq/ii ihcm foi iiic. 'liic J'Tuit gnvli me a Bibket^ which I pi^ i/itp my Focj;cr, ai.ili (I'rc hut ,eac i but k|uried ic^uinld- a-Log-, ica'ti'i g thi»t, I'.c.li.uJ *pirt * Inincthiug in it to iiMkjj/ mc Lovchim :• jor" J was very Yi»ung, aiivi hnd ljcar(/l much ot'tfie P.ipills toituriiig the Protellants &c. lb tha^fl jiatcd the figlu ot a [cjair. \\ hciv my Mother Jicard ihc^ talk of'my being Soid'to a'i^Jcfuic, the laid to me, Oh l/ftjy dear Child ! if it wpfi GOD's Will, I had.rathor tjbllo'w you to your Crave! or ncvg.i"c« youinorc in thisAV^rtd, than you flio.uld be SoiiUo ajeluit : ior ajcrmt will ruif^'yc^u lindy\Sc S^ul ! and it pVnlcV.GOI) to grawt her Requeil',t'olr (he ncvfr law nic ntbrc '.'[liio' iT - ' and my two llttfe Sirteiis were, af^tcr l"evv;ral Ve"ntiCii,ptivit redccjn'd ;■ fhc died be'fore I rcturnc 1 : And my Btoth( ihe V ec who was taken with S^e, was alter liverai YcariCaptivity yniolV barbaroully loi.tared toO^atlvjby the" Indians], For V My Int-'iari Maftcr carried me up P€n:l;'c^tKr<\cr to a- , Village calleil Madat^ivikce''. which itnnCis on^a Point of La n\1, between the Mam River, an'l a'Braiich \\hidi heads to thd Eail of it At Home I had cvcp^eenSrrnngcrs trcat- Aed with the utmoll civility, and being a Stranger, I ex- pe!'s: ' wl;cfc'*'.ttl-- r.,\t £..ftcm Tiih^' li i-c * VCui. qy.iv; C.ip-; , ti^..vS, aiui of* * rdkciving tlicn; fi( iv'V bii'csacDjn- 7 The Indi:in that takes and will keep a Cnptive is accoimtcd his,,P>Inillf; and tlicCaptivchis Proptrry till he pive or fell him^to another. C ' '*■• ■ The The next Day vvc went up that EafterijBran.ch oiPenohf- cot Riycr many Leagues,--carried over Land to a large Fond, and from one Pond to another, till, in a few Days we went down a River |l, which vents it i'c\rmio St.Jcbn's ■River. But before we came to the Mouth of this River, we car?ied over a long Carrying- Place :^ to ^W^^^f-fe-F^rr, which ftands on a Ba»k of St. Johns Kroer. My Indian • Mafter went before, and left me with an old Indian and • two or three Squaws. The OldMan often faid, (which was all the Englifh that he could fpeak,) By ami by.- covie to a great J'c-Ji'H and F rt : fo that I comforted my felf in think- ing how'finely I ihouldi be refrefhed &c. when L came to this great Town. .. ' Sect? V. ' After fomc Miles travel we came in fight of a large Corn-: Of.myTrcar-.FicId, and foon after'of the Fort, to my great Surprize : i^'::n At my for j^vo or^ three Squaws met us,tookoffmy Pack, and lea 1 jl2ft.,ck^cn me to a large Hurt or WJgwam, where Thirty or Forty ^/Jeifl's/?/-' Indians were dancing and yelling round five or fix poor . '«■•'• Captives, who had been taken fome Months befoie from ^cbecbi^^ at the' fame time when Major IValdc'M r/as I moll batbaroufly butchered by them *. 1 was whirl'd in ' :- among li Mtdccktack River. ' ' - ' ' ' '. '/ :p A Carrying-Place is a Path or Track in which they: pafs from oneRi/er,, or parr of a River or Pond ro another : 'tis fo called, becaufc the Indian* are oblit^cd to carry their Baggage over them. V \ ' * Ma/or f'f'.jldein was taken in the beginning of y-^pril on the Jsight afr^or a Sabbath, T have heard the Indians fay at a Fcaft, that thero iieliig a Truce for fome Days, they contriv'd to fend in two "Scjuaws to take No- tice of this Numbers, Lodgings an'd other Circurriftances of the People in his Garrifon, and if thev could obtain leave to Lodge there, to open the Gates and Whiftlc, [ They faid the Gates had no Locks" but were f^ftncd with Pins, and that they kept no Watch, there ] The Scjaaws had a favourable Scafon to prolecjtc their I*rojc6tion, for ir was dull Weather when they came, and begg'd leave to Lojigc in the Garrifon : they told the Major that a great Number ot Indians were not f.ir from them, wirh confiderable Quantities of Beaver, who would Trade witli liim the next Day S^c Some of the People wcfc very much againft ' their Lodging in the Garrifon, but the Major faid. Let the poor Crea- tures Lodge by the Fire ! The S|uaws went into every Apartment, and obfcrved the Numbers iti each, and whcii the People were all ^Wccp, rofe xvi opetied the Gates, ar)d gave the Signal; and the other Indians .J ' ' ' ^^ ' . cjmc (•7} ^ . among them, anJ we look'd on each other With a Icrr^.v. f..l Countennncc : and prefently one of them was leizM l;y each Hand &. Foot, by fouif Indi.u,?, who fwuDg him up ' and let. his Back with Force fall on the hard Grouiui, VilJ they had danced (as they call it) round the whole Wfg- T warn, which was thirty or forty Feet in length. But ' • when th'ey torture a Boy, they take him up between two. ,T This is one of thek Cultoms of ^orturing Captives. Ano- ther is to take up 5 Perfon by the middle with his Henci .downwards, and jolt him round 'till one would thii.k liis Bowels would fhake out of his Moyth. vSometinies t'.cy will take a Captive by. the Hair of the Hea(] and I'.'^hin . forward, and Itrike him on.the Bark & Shoul^icr, 'till tiie Blood guOi out of his. .Mouth & Nofe. , Somdtimcs an old OK^vell'd Squ^aw will take up a Shovel of hoc Emhcis nncl throw -them into a C/aptive's Bofom ^ and if he cry out,tho other Indians willLaugh and Shour,nri I lay, W'hatabravi ; A<5tion our old Grandmother has^done ! Sbnietimcs they torture them withWhjps &:c. The Indians look'd on me uith a fierce Ccunrenir.co, fignifying that it woi|ld be my turn r.ext. They chajnpM. Corn-Stalks, and threw them in my Hat, which \vas in my Hind : I fmiled on them, tho' my Heart ak'd. I look'd" on one and another, but could not perceive that any. Eye pitied me : iPrefently came a Squaw and a little Girl, came to tlierii, and having recfivM an Account of. the S:..tc oi' iba-,-_::_- G.arrifon, they divided accordinj^ to the Number oi •People in cacii .\- partnienr, and toon took and kil/d them all. .TIic Major loilgcd \'.::!.ii. .^in inner Room, and when the Indians broke in upon him, lie c;iyl our. What now ! What now I jumpt oi:t ot .Hed in 'hi', Shirt, aiiii dra-.c ■ them out with his S.sordthro' two or tlirec Doors : and as he \'.:;s re- / turning to his Apartment, an Indian cmv.o bc-hind hiir, and knock'J. !i!;;'i on the Head with his H;uchct,ftun'd him, and hai'd him o:t, andAer him,.. upon a long Tabic in His HajT, and bid him. Judge I.idi.ns again. TJi:! ^thcy cat and ftab'd hi'm, anH he cr) 'd cur, O Lord ! O Lord ; - Ti;./ bid him ord^r his Bpiok ^^JVccom'pts to" be brought, rii.d crofs ' (;>.: it 'the*Indian l!)eb:s (fftr he'^a^ jtradcd muc!i'\\i:h the Ir.Ji.ir.s .,;."i ..l.f,. they had tortured ,. him, to Ueuth., they burr.cd the Garrilon and drev.Tif. / T^is-N.trratioii I heatdfiofiV their Aloutlv. ..t ; a d have Reason tplhink if tr\ic. And it fliould be a Warning, to allPeilc: s vho Iiavd theCSrc .6^,G.jifnrons : For tip j;reatcft L,olT:s wc 'm:ct v.i:i» are for want of cl'.]f:0,i';..tion and Circurr-ectioa/. ,. / , — // v.- , an-l / ■ ■ ( 8 .) . , ani iai^i'^own a B3-; of Corn in the R-nj j the little Gitl^ , i.>ok me by the HariJ, makiiig Signs tor'inc to go out of ,/ the Circle with them ^: but liot k. lowing their Cullom,vl ' lupp.v/ed that'thcy diifigned to kill ni(^._£Qiij'.o'jI.i iioi go out with them. Then a grave lodian came ani gave me a 0ioit Pipe, an.1 faid, in Er.glifh, Smoke it : theii tbok.me by ih.e Hand ariJ lead me out, but my Heart aked, think- ing my lelf near my Enii , but be carried, me to a Frciicli Hutt about a Mile. tVom the Indian Fort. 'I heFrenchnmr was not at Home ; but his Wife who \vas a, Squaw r).-\d feme Dilcouife with- my Iiuiian Fiien-i, whicii 1 ili.l not ut^Jirrliantl. We tarried al\hich was haid Living to me. • " ^'\ < T -VII, Vv'hen the Winter carne on, we wem lip the River till the T'o': f\:i\ Ice came dow/), nrul rliri thick in the Ri^cr^ and tlren,ac- Wrrci's cording to tlie Indian Cuflom, lai^l up pur Canoes tjli the •"^"^e; .Spring ; and then travcll'd fometim'es on the Ice, &C.i" n.c- times on the Land, till we came to a River that was open / •. and not Fordable, where Vve made a Rafr, and pafsM o\er TJig and Baggage*. I met with no Abufe from them in this Winter's Hunting, tho' I was put to great Hardfliias-^n rarrvjng Burdens, and for want of Footl : forihcy ur/der- wcnt the lame pifRcuity, and N^ould often encouiage :r.c, ^ ' ,r'rr:he Iridiaiis carry their. Houlb and Hojfhold StulT on -fui; .;..'.'.•■, r he Winter, and to thefe they add, in the Summer, ihcir Vjiids. .■■■ \ — BLxiuturc . Pro .iriQii!. &c . flying ( pi ' . : - ;.iy ing/Hi. broK-- filZr,;. j . Hi , /]>- />• -^f f^/ :7v.?/ i^/^; /':• But ;!-,( v coifld not auUrciju-iy QucAion ti'iat J a^kci the/i:. So rh.:;': kiVowinE ilipthnrf ci thcic Cuitoiiis a.-il way of Life; thd'- ^ 1 tho't it tcJioiJi'io be coiillajitly ij::ovit,ij frcin P!a c to - •'' . P.}acc,.yct It nvigiit Lt in ,1011) c rtlptwl; na .AJvantJge . foi it ranlli'M in my .>Mi/riil timt \j,c were tnvcllirig to rqrr.sSet- " ' . tlcinent'i anJ when my IJuiilcn ^\<^s o\ er ht-avv,- 3r»>.i ths In iiaiiS left ine bchinJ, anvl the iMl E\c linti caivj ciri > I fan-cicW,! 'couM Ic^ tHro the liuflui, anci hcaf the People Gf4bine prCvtt-Towxi • ^wjiith Hdpc niirhc be \oir.c l''Jnp^r: tome in th^; ISay, tho I joun.l not the Town at N.ghr 'J'hus \\c have been Huritiiif^ three hiiinlrCvl MileilVorTi the Sea and kfiew no Man within i\i:y ck f:xty MiUi rt" us." jjAV'c were eight or ten in Niifn!;cr, anJ had b'Jt.two Indian '*^' fklen with Guns, on wlioiii uc wholly dcpcnJed tor Tood l and if any diraller hadhap'ned, we mult all h|ave pcriflied. / And Jometimes we haii fj'o manner cf SuJVenarke tor three / or tour Days ' But CjOD wonderfully provides for all ' Creatures ' In one Of thole Tails GOD\>> ProviderKC was rcniatkable. Our two Indian Men, in Huntinrr^^- llaftcd a . 'Moofc ^, their being a Hiallow-. luftcd .'^now on tluG.rcund i bur ihc Moo!e dircovered thein, and ran with grdat force into a Swamp : The Indiai/s went round the Swamp, and fiijding no Tracf^, return'd at Night to the Wigwaiii, and! told, w hat had happened. The ncxtMorning they fcllowecf . him on the Track, and loon fcund theMooi'e lying on the Show ; ^ov crofl ,g the Roots of a large Tree, that'-haJ . been blown, up by the Root^ having }^c underneatl-i, the Moofe i^O his tunous Flight broke thro', and hitch'd one of his hirid Legs in among the Roots, fo fall: that by flcivi,ng > ^ AM, 00 ^." is a fine loft.v.Crcatar.»abour dghf F;,cr Iii,'h, unh a !on^;Hc.u? .1 ! Nr,lc Hkc J H.orn.' : *ii|> Hnrn-. very lirgc ajul-llronj; [.Son,? ot tl,.r.-. ar.- -ibo.cfif Feet, fidnr: lie Evirtrii'v <->'' nr.c Hr.-n ra that ot t'c ■ other Ifhapt.igiTii flic.t:cvcrv Y*^'''-''l<^' ''^^ '^'■■'' "■ '^-^r lilvv..il^ thci: Kv.i .■• ike Dc.i-Fcft '• Tii.ir ' ' i. :'■ -c long aad loi. Lc^vHio::! mrht !mi;;h ofr|u'rl.ars.|an(i fhbrtML'rsrif rhcir T.iil The' Female have tvo D .ijs -: liki a.Mjre, rho' thcv fomcrimcvhti;ig tlircc vo^ag Oncs^ .ir .> 1- • :• .thev fo4l .bu' oiifc a Year, and at ont.- S. .l" n, 'iz. When th. T'lv ,-;...■ ovif f.tnvcii, fo| tbcr. TJu'rc are a fort ol Mooft llut have .1 .^Lin ^^'^ — — ¥44^r\ ■ ■ ^"^ \ "- / — ^' ■' -: ' - ■ • : -.■ ^ - - ., -• " - , T^ - io- . / ■ ■ ■'- • ( 10); - 'to -get it put, 'he pIlIM the Thigh Bone out of the Socket at the Hip : Thus extraordinarily were \ve,|frovii1ed tor in oui great Strait. Sometimes they \\ou!^>ike a Bear, • which go into Dens in the Tall o( th<^ Year withcut any Irr: of Fooil, anti i;c there u ithout any fcxjr or five MontliS, ne- ver going cAJt till' the Sprirg c^' the Year : in which 'lime • thcv r.eichcr \c\c liOr cnin in r.eih ^ if thev %\ent into their "Dens Far., they wilT coir.e out^fo, or if they \\ cnt in Leari, they will ccme out. Lean. 1 have lern iVn'.e that have ccine ' out, with four \\ help?, anJ both Oi.i ^ Yvnmg very fat t, and then wc feniled : af.d an old Squaw, arul Captive,- if any prefcnt, mul\ Itan^l without the \Vig\yani, fhaking their Hands and Body as in a i>?.n-ce : and Tinging, \\ io.\cu Gh nelo v.-oii f which if Englifned would be, F,it is ;■:)•' F,.firf. This :s to Hgnify theii'r thankfulnefs in fcalling Times! and, when th:s..\vasa{i5nt, we failed till further Succtfls. ■ ~'' . , The way of their prcferving Meat is by flrip»ping off the Flcfii from (the Bcncs, and drying them over a Snu ke ; by whirh 'tis kept found Months or Yeais, without Salt. We moved llill further up theCountry alter Moolc when our Store was out ; lb that by the Spring we had got to the Northward of the LnJy I^Ionntaitts. And when the Spring came on and the Rivers broke up, jkve moved back to the Head oi St. Johns Rizcr ; and thwe madcvCanoes of Moofe- Hides fewjng three or four together, and pitch- ing the Seams with Charcoal beaten and m:Nt with Baifcm.- Then we went down the River to a Place call'd M'tJjzie/* ' cok i there an Old Man lived and kept a Ibrt of Trading- Houfe : where we tarried Icveral Days, and went farther down, the Pviver till We came to the greatelt Falls in th.cle Parts, called Cbecanekeperi : where we carried a little way- over the Land, and putting off our Canoes, we went down Stream dill ; And as wc pafs'd down bylhe Mouth of any large Branches, we faw Indians : but when any Dance ; Guitlirr: i) liis Heraldry rr.ciuions it as tlic Oinr.ion ot ibn-.o Xutur.iiil!v, tliar they bring forth an UnformM Embryo," .ind lick their Lic:ci into Sh3pe : -- a grofs Milbke ' I have feen their loctus otali Si/.vs, taken • out of the Matrix, by the Indians, and they arc as rv.ich, and .'S well ^hap^d a s the Y oung of any Aiuma]. ' ... was • . ( >' ) f was propofcJ^I was bought off. At len^-th we nrrivej nt .the Placc-.whcrc we left cur Birch Canats io tlie 1m1' aiid putnucBa-gage into them, aiid.vyeiit in them down to ■■ » . ' ■ ■ < !rhe;e we planted Corn ; and after Pl.intinV, went' a r;n^:ig, and t3 Ino^ tor.acd dig-Roots ; tiil thlV Orn ua's' ht. to W c/cd :• awd-lfter \\'ceding • took', a XtcowA To-.ir o the Tame Eriarul,*iiftvf.,rctu«'n'd to Ijill our Com ; an 1 .1*- ter Hilhng, we went ionjc" .hilancc from Jthc Toit ,^: 1 i^'d- up the River, to take Sa!m;;^n, 'ajill other riih,"and drv them tor. Food till Corn was fiilM with tlic .Mj;k : Som'c ot which we tlried then, the other as it ripened.. And when w-e haJ gathered our Crrn ar.d .^ricd it , we put! Tome i; t.-> •Indian Barnsf, i. e.. in Holes in the Gr.ound lin'd ^- JoveiM with Bark, a'nd then with Diit. 'J'lie reit we -cai-ricd up ■ the R..iver upon our iVcxt \\ ir.rer-l l.i.^uing Thus COD worKlcrfully favoured me and carried nic through the iiitl Yeacj'of'mv Captivitv. ^ . r ? «^ » A^ ^ .^ Vi/ S^ , C K A p. II 5* . ^ V .'i:>i'"': . Oftbc.ahkji-'c and Ihnharous Trtxnnhiit ^rhicbhivral C:*!ptiics rnctivitb from the IndLins d^rr, ',: T^]..Hcrt\nny great Number of Indians, meet,,, or when ,y \ nny\aptivcs have been lately- taken, c\ when anv Captives defer t\Kid are re'taken, the Invhans have a pance'; an'l at thefc Daii^s torture the unlnppv People wivvfiM into .their Hands. My unfortunate Brother Wh> v. as r.-k'. n with me, after about three Years Captivitv, ikfei'c.l wi'di c > / .. i '^ ffti t!-,.,' K.i'r^ rill i[.< prc;ty h..; J, '.ii\l ::k ;i ;.;'v.- 1;' -.:,,; '.":',', Cobb uith Ll.im-vShfli.'.'ar.i ilry it cii iv.;!^ ' 1 t!c S..:i ; ;•.; tluo'iy I'.rycd, a Kernel >s no bii:^!.:- M.in -i i\M, .ind would .iiui boil'd again it iwdh .is lar£c,\i:.d t..lL'y inco:rip.ir.ib'y othci: Corn. :n. n ;.ri - 1 -> ) ♦ \ J ^ an Engliriinian \vlio was taken' from C.»\?T^''?y,nn')a ^v/^... '^■^'■j^^'^h leveral Intlians to the'Fort i in order to plantCorn. T', Hiy. 'J his uai oc- cafioned by two Families of C^/ic »5>^/6; India^r,";, who having Jolt Tome Friends by a number 6i Englifh Fifherincn, came ibme hundred of Miles to revenge themftlvcs on the poor Captives ! Thev foon came to me, & tolTed me about tili I was almoft breathlefs,' S: then threw me into the Ring to tny fellow Captive : and took him out again, -and repeated their Barbarities to him. And tl>en 1 was hal'd ouc again l)y ' three Indians, by the Hair of my Head, and helil down by it, till one beat me on the Bark &. ShoultieiS'lb long that my ^ Breath was almoll beat out ipt my Body. And then others put a Tomhake into my Hand,^and ordered me get up and dance and fifg Indian : W'hirh I ppr(j^rm'd with the great- c/t rel.uiftance, a^id in tiie A(5^ fcem'ti refofure to purrhafc - _____niyDcat|i,by killing twopr three of tholVMonllers.of Cruelty; ~' ' iilliikiiig ( - J 1 ifiiii!ori!>it'ilr,p"o(Ti';lv: to rjr\:vc their \,\obi\)^ Trcat:r,:r.r li'it ic was inipiclVil o(i inyMiiuJ, i'7/i fir4 id fuiti-Pc I'sf lo take aiuay yur Life ': lb liltfillcd, 'J l.-.a tbr.fc Cr^oSj.- ' !c Indians. came to nic ngain l:kc Ikais l),;.rca\-c.l ct Jicir Whclpi, 'I'lying, Slill it:c .a.!'^ Ijd":ej"it Relations t-yt'i, iihs-^ ^■J'\ i''Jfit- :^f; i'''t'ilij>j Vu'.co t'jic lci^rJhui:f:ji us f'r, ■ '] hJ,i th( \ I LMt n'c pf'iiij with thc_\\c : 'i hen I f^p n i I tiia'. 1 h ul liot lent iv.frrr three ofrheni out ot tiia \\ or.M l;e- lo!C nif, tor I tho'c tiMt 1 li-'J inut h rafhc:.(.l>:i: tli.in luiTcr any 1 \')gcr. 'I'hcy Icir inc the icco.'ul tic.c, arJ clie (uhei. Lfilians put the Tonihakc || into my Hniul ^gain, ntidc'om- p-41'ci.l mc to fmg : ami then 1 TeemM Miortj iclVhr.c than \\ iHnu: *o (krhoy ibn'.c of tl;c;n ; but a luan7,c r-n.' ll-nnnr linpiihc that I flir'ukl rcium to my own Place ix People, ',ap- prcr:, t1 it as often as fuch a motion role in my lircalt. Not. one of the Imlinns flicw'd the Icaft CompafTion : hut 1 law the 'J'-cais riiii down plentifully on the Chccl'^ oi a l":ench- nian tliti: fat behind ; whicli I'id net alleviate th.cTorturcs thn po«r J. '.Hit's and I were fotccd to endure frr the moll pait of til!') t:diou> Day i for th.cy were cc?ntiniied ti!! the JLvening : and wcie the hiolV fcvcrc that cvci- 1 n^ct with in the whole fix Years that l.\Vas Cr.pti'vc with the Intiu-^ns. ^-- Alter they had thusitiliii nanely abufed iTs, two IndvT:'. took' us up and threw us out ot ih:\V:c^wam.a;Ti' v. e crav. icd nway on our Hands 6c I'cct, & were icarcc able to \v.i'!:,c>:c. i'or levcral IXiys, Some tinie after they, ^.. in ronrli'.'lcd on a merry Dance, when I was at fome Vlutance from, the Wigwam drcfTlng Leather, and an Indiari vvas lb kJiid-jfTri tell me th.1t -they ha(i got Jcuncs W/t\.'//^i£ji,,,--a-fTTrvcre in .learrh forme. My Indi-ati Ata(icf---aTurhis Squaw bicl mc run as for my Life into OjSvrtfmp and hide, and not to' dil- covcr my fi:]{ lujIeiVttfey both. came to mc, for then I mirdit be alTilrrfdnTc Dance was over. I wasiiow mailer of their Language, an \ a W'ordbr a \Vi:ik was enough to excite me to tike care of O ae. l- ran to the Swamp, and hid in t!-.;; ihickCit place that 1 could {\nd. I heii(l hollowing ap..^ whSoping all around me ^ loinetimes they palVd vcr\.' nc:>r, i'h : Tn^viivikc i'M V\^rli' :• Im'i.ii;_Cln'J •, •. \\[ ^-;«tl) by onkred.to fetch part of it. We fct out in the .Mori-ii.g when the Weather was promifing, but it prov.ed a \cfy * Cold, Cloudy Day; It was late in the Evening wc arrived at the Place where the Mopfe lay : fo that we had no time to provide Materials for Pire orShelter. At the lame time a Storm came on very thifk of 'Snow, and continued till , ■ the next Morning. We made a fmall Fire with what iittle Rultbifh we could find around us, which with the heat of our Bodies melted the Snow upon us as tail as it fell, ami ' fiU'd our Cloaths with Water. Xevertl>elels, eaily in the Morning, we took our Loads of Mooie-Flelh, and fct our, in order to return to our Wigwams : W^e had not travelled * far before my Moofc-Skin Coat ^(which was the only Gar- ment that I had on my Back, and the Hair was in mofl Places worn off) was froze ftiiVroundmyKnces like aHoop, as. likewife my Snow-{hoes& Shoe-clouts to my Feet ! Thus I march'd the whole Day without Fire or Food ! , at fi'ft 1 was in great Pain,then my Flefh numb'd,and I felt at times extrcam Sick, and tho't jVpuId not travel one fo^ further j, but wonderfully reviv'd again. AfterlongtraveHingIfe.lt very drowfy, & Ijad thoughts of fetting down ; which had I done, without doubt I had falTn on my final Sleep ; a,s my dear Companion, £*y4«J, had done before ; for my In- dian Companion, being better Cloath'd, had left me long before : but again rily Spirits reviv'd as much as if I h^d rcceiv'd the richcft Cordial ! ^ Some Hours after Sun-fet I V recovered the Wigwam, and crawl'd in with my Snow-fhncs on. The Indians cry'd our, ^te Captiie is froze to Death ! They took off my Pack, and where that lay againft my; Ba<^ was the only Place that was not frozen. Thelndiars c/t off my Shoes, and ftript the Clouts from myFeet, which were as void of feeling as any frozen Flefh could be : but I had not fat long by u-e Fire, before the Blood began to cir- / culate. ( ': > culatf, an;l nn- Feet to my Ar.k'cs turriM.K^i k, ic i.vt,,: i with blordy Blillrrf, ar.dv.cre incxprcjlV.ily pi;;!-i)'. 'j J-o Indians laid one t-) another, ///j ha: ::7./ r. ;, :;;.i (?-«■,:/ ./..f, Ncvcrthelcrs, I ilcpt v/ell nt X;ghr. Sncn a::cr t!ic Skri .came rft'n-.y feet trc^rfi n^y Ar.k cs v.!:-!e like a Sh?f, ^n^ Ic'tt;;7V Toes nakc.i wirhnut a Nai), .ir.J tl;c cruis f>F ry grfit'/rre- Bones bare, vhich in a little tin c firnM 1 i'a:k, To thnt I was ol'ilged to cut the firll Joint rti'with myAnite. The Ir. dims give n:cRf!gs tob-n ! up n;y Vc:\ b:adv:>'j n;'c t:> .ipp'yrir-b.i!rom,'"UC withil laiJ, that they btlievM "t wis n-t worth while to uf^ means, f^r I Hi^ujd. certainly die. But by the uic-rfniy ,I-;bo\ys and a ^t.:]: in eajh Ha:,d, I ilvrv'd my Icir on my B-'trom, over tlic Sriou .tVonv r neTrce TO another, till I got fomc Fir-f ri.':on\ i\:cu ! "jrn'd it in a C!am-flie!l til! it wns of a confiilcr^ce like SJk»v.,in.3 app'y'-l ir to my Teet antl /uiklcSj.and by, the divine B!c;T!rr; within aWcf k 1 cou'!(] gn about up<^n myHce!s with irySta.^' And' tlirn" god's goc(!nfrs,wc had i'toyifion enough^, Tnthat we c!i ' not rcmo\e under ten or fiirccn Djvs, aud then thcln- r!'ins mndc two litrlc Hor.ps lomcth p': in Ycir, nsa 5n')w- {)^■^.c. n-'.d Ic'/t'ii thtnvto my Feet. : and I to.li^w'd. them in , th'eir Track en mv Hee's f'om Place to Place ; irmttimcs rhalt Leg deep jn Snow Sc Water, wlvch rn\c i: c the n^Mt acjtQ Pain ;n].iginab!e, lut I whs tVrced to wa'k or (^:e. ' Bjt, within a Year ny Feet wcc iiitirel^ijiell, ik. rh(.X;i''(s r;?ne on rrly great Toe's : fo that a very critical Fve,roj'd )rarrc perceive anv put mifll^gjOr that.they h^id been I'rcze or ->!] I . ' ' In^Timeof great fcarcity of Provinope^tlielndians'chas'd ^\ a large Moofe irto the River and kilTd him ; and brought . t!ie Flefh to the Village,,, and laid itch a ScafFcldin a large Wigwam, in»order to make a Feall. I was very officious in fuppX ing them with Wood iic Water, which pleaied thf m To well, that they now 6c then gave me a piece of Fltfl-. h ilf boil'd or roafted, which 1 did cat with cagerneis : and- 1 doubt M m OT TT. r:i r-y, without great Thankfulnefs to the divine Bx-ing... whorVo' extraordinarily fed me ! ---At length the Scaffold brrkc, and one large Piece fell and knock'*-' me on the Head [the Indians faid.that; I laydlun'd a confidcrable time] the fi:il. "^ ' F . I ( »^ ) ^ I Nvaslcnfibl* of was a murmuring Noiic in my Ears, then my Sight gradually rcturnM, with an cxtrcam Pain in my Head, which was very much Lruircd,and it was long before 1 recovered, th© Weather being very yot. Sfct Iir^ ^ ^^'^* once with an Indian fiflVing for Sturgeon, thclndian cfom drow- dar.tingonc, his Feet flipt and turn'd the Canoe bottom up- ni:i:; bv rhc wards,with mc under it j holding fall the Crofs-bar (for I * o'.Mil-ttin^'of j-Qyijj not Swim) with my Face to t-he bottom of theCanoc. aCiaoj. jj^^ J ^^j^j^'^^ p^y j'j.]f J,, J J i^q\ ,„y Breall to bear on the CrolVbar : cypcclirig every Minute, that the Indian wouM have tow'd me to the B^iiik : But he h.id ctler FiJIj to Fry ! Thus I continued a quarter of an Hour without want of Breath, founding for Bottom, till the Current drove mc on a Rocky Point, where 1 ^.o'ul.l rcnchBottom i there I llopM and lurn'd up my Canoe. I lookM for the Indian, and he /was half a Mile diftant up the River. 1 went to him, and" ask'd, Why he did not tow mc totheBank, feeing he knew tjiat 1 could not Swim ? He faid he knew that 1 was un- der the Canpe, for there were no Bubbles any where to be leen, & that I fhould drive on thePoint : therefoie he toi^k rare of his fine Sturgeon, which was eight or, ten Feet long. Sfct. IV. — -Fifhing for Salmon at the Fall of about fifteen Feet of Anorhcr Jn- Water, there being a deep Hole at the foot of the Fall j the aiticc ofprc- Indians went into the Water to wafli themfelves, & asked i'roin drown- ^^ ^° 6° '" ^^^^ them. I told them that lcoi>Id notSwim. "^"g- They bid me ftrip [which Nvas done] and dive acrofs the deepcft Place, and if 1 fell fhort of the other fide^they faiil they wpuld hftlp mc. But inftcad of diving acrols the nar- roweft, I was crawling on the bottom into the deepellPlace : but not feeing me rife, and knowing where-abouts I was, by thebubling of the Water ; a young Girl, dove into the Water, and feizing me by the Hair of my Head, drew me out : otherwifc I had perifhed in the Water f. I Tho' both Male and Female may be in the Water at a Time, they have each of them more or Icfs of ihcif Cloaths oii; and behave with the ut- , •'^oft Charity and Modcfty. V While ( 'S) "V \ \V*hiIc at the IndianVillagCjI haJ Lcen cuttir.gWoo.?,,ir»A S.. i. \ . nasbinc)if)g it up with nn Indian- Hope in onki to catr*)' it *" "".V *!"' ' to the\Vi^wam,whcn a llout, ill-narui\l ynungTclIow nloui !;J,*..'[ i',';, g. /^ 20 Years of Age, threw inc backward, laron m)Drcail,ntul M .:''.'iv.l../ pulling out his Rnife, laid that he would kill nic, fdr he h.il ' y"^ never yet kili'd an ILrygiifh Perl'on. I told hlni that he ^ I might go to Wap^ ami that would be more Manly, th.i'uto ' * * kill a poor Captive who was doing iheirDruJgcry Ibrthcni. Notwithilanding all that I could lay, he began to cut ik llal> me on myBreaft. 1 Itiz'd him by theHair,ik tumbled him fronl off me on his B.uk, & tollow'd him with mv Tilt af;.l Knee lb, that he prclcntly laid he had enough i 'bu*. " when 1 law the Blood ryn Si tcit the Smart, I at hima'g.iiu and bid him get up and not lie there like a D.'>p:,---to!d him of his former Abul'es offered tome iic o:hcr p^mr Captives, ai.d that if ever he offered the like to me again, luoulJpay him double. I lent him before mr, took up my Burden of I •Wooi),?^ came to thclndians and told them thd wholcTruth'i and they commended me : Anil 1 don't rememl)cr that ever he oftered mc the Icalt Abufc afterward ; tho' he was Ug enough to have difpatchcd two of me. ' I pray GOD ! 1 may never be forgetful of his wonderlulGoodncrs! and that; iheie Inrtances may excite others in their AdvctTjtics to . , make their Addrefles to the Almighty ; and puttheitCon- fidence in Him in the ufe of propcr*^'AIeans^ OO^^^C&OCSOC^C^g DOC QQC ^'^^m/Z^Q yQi? . J I , C H A p. IV. / of rc/}iarkab!e Events of Providence id the Deatls if- feveral barbaroiis^Indkns. •' ... . ♦ THE Prieft of tl-fis River,, Avas of* the order St.Fratich^ Srcv. T. a Gentleman of a humane, generous Dilpofition : it) TIh- DL-.irhs his Sermons he moft feverely reijuchcnded the Indians for-^'* V"r, "'' their Barbarities to the Captives : he would often tell them,' ^^..v. iiui'i.my tnat, excepting their Errors in Religion, the EngliOi were n^cnionoi. (-a fetter People than themfelves ; and that God v.-ojld re- Cli.II.Sc'ftn. ^atkably punifh fuch cruel Wietches, and had begun to . • •.■'.. -^ executor ^, 10) V' Sect "<,n a b.ito'. s S]aavv. < % A execute his \ criscnncc upon luclij He gave .in Account oi the Retaliations of Providence to thole inunlcrousC;/^^-- ^Sab/chuhAns above mcntioncil. One of whom r^n n Sphn- ter into his Toot, v.hii b fcftciM nn.1 rotted hs Flcfh till it kiii'd him. Another rah a rifli-borc into hcrHand orArm, and flie rotted toDcath,lnot\viihltaiuV:ng allMcans that were ulVd. In Ionic fuch manner they all died, To that not one ^of chofe two Fanrilics lived to return home. Were it not for this Remark of the Ptieftj I fl^.ould not, perhaps, have madd^the Oblprvation. ' " \ "'■' ' - T/herc wnsan old St^^w who ever endeavoured to out- IT. do all othtfjTS in Cruelty SiCnptivcs. Where-evcr flie came H.ir-into a Wigwan), where a-ny poor naked llarvcd Ciptivcs (JlvT ^vgfc fittirig near the Fite j if they were grown Perf.MV, fiic would privately take up a Shovel of hotCoals, Rethrow them into their Bofom ; or Young Onc«, flie wouKl take \y the Har/id or Leg, and drag them thro' the Fire &c. 'Jhe Indians accordins: to their Cullom left their Villasie in the , i Fall of the Year and difperfed themfelves fpr Hunting, and " after the firrt or fecond removal, they all {trnngelv torgat that old Squaw and her Grand^n about Twelve Years .of ' '* Age. They were found dead in the Place where'they were Jefr, fome iMonths afterward, and no furthcrmotice taken " of them. .This was very mwi obrcrvcd by thePrieft ; ^nd 'Fecm'd rtrange to all that heard it^ for the Indians were ge- ' nerally very careful not to leave their Old or Youngi Ip the latter part of Summer, or beginning of Autumn, SrcT. 111. the Indians were frequently frighted by ^he Apprearance of Of a P-aguefjranse Indians pafline up & down this River inCanoes.and ° about that Time the next Year Qied more than One Hun- dred Perfons of Old & Youqg : ^11 or mdft of thole that faw thofe ftrange Indians ! The' Prieft faii^, that it was a lort of Plague. A Perfon feeming in perfec^Health, would . bleed at the Mouth & Nofe, turn blue in Spots, and die in two or three Hours [It was very tedious to me who was forced to move from Place to Place this cold Seafon. The Indiatis applied red Oker to my Sores, which by GOD's Bleffing cured me.] The Indians all fcattered, it being at , / '*'-. the wf ilVnsWintcr cr.mc on j .-vn n the IjI.mv wns hi grcnt that tiic IiKlKins iliilr.o.r Settle oi ri.iiu at ihc Vjll.igt; u ;jiic Twas on theRivcr,an(l 1 know not whether they have toiliisDay ! Bcir.rf tlity thus Jeicrtcd the Village, whciyt^iey came in ficni Hunting, they >Y-oulil be drnjik ^ind fight for Jeve- ral i>a\s an.i Ki;;lu.> together, -till tlicy liaJ Ipciit moll cf their ."-k. '.MS in \\ ir.c ^ lirandy, \\h:Lh was brou^ic to the \'i!lagc by a I'lenc h Man,caii\l MoriTicur Sje/JU'/u-'cr. M^ •'■. tl - ■' •* '^' •"■• yf'- '^•' "T •'J' \?- '^ >t' " * f *' •^ •'?^ •^ >»r lb .-^ ^ .f. ' C li A P. V. i THE Indians arc \ icy often rurpr'.^Ci] with thcAppea- , ranc^"t>ivGhoits 6c Demons ; 'iuul I'ometimcs encoil- .^.'^ ra^cij by the D^fil, \or they go to iiim lorSucccl's inHunt- ^^;i ic.^ &*' I w;as once Hujitiiig with Ir.iiiai.s wha were not . btought over to the Romifli I'aith : aiul niter J'cvcral Da'ys Hunting they propoled to inquiie^.ncconiing to thc^rCuitom, what SucceJs th\'y fliould have. , '|hey ■according'lv picpa- reii many Hot-Stones, and laid thc/n in an heap, v?«: made - a Iniall Hutt coverc'd with Skins &c .Matts, and then in the dark Night fttoof the Powaus went into tliis Hot-Houfc with a largcT cfl'cl of Water, which atTimes they p:-)urcd oix thole hot Roc ks, which ra'lld a thick Steam, To that a thi d. Indian was oblig d to (land wlthour, and lite up a Matt, to ' g've it vent when they were alinoilVuftVcittd. 'l"hcrc\\^s an oldSc^uaw who. wa3 kind to Captives, and never i.>in\i with them in their Powawine.to whom I manifelled an car- rcll ilefne to lee their jManagement : She told me, that it" they knew of my being there, they would kH me, and that when file was a Girl, (\\e had knf>vvn Young Perrons' to I e tnken away by an hairy Man : and therefore ftic would not advifc me to gn,1e(t the-l^a^i^tyATin fliould carry me away. I 'told her that I was not afraid of that hairy Man, nor could he hurt me if flie would not dilcover me to the Powa'ws, At length flfe pro'mifed that flie would not, but charge/: >vc to be cjieful of my felf. — I went within three or four lect of the Hot.-Houfe, for it was very dai)N', and heard iVfangc ^ /G .. . Noiies'-- cr. I. tlicir Po- t ( i^ ) \ Noifes & Y^llings, fuch as I never heard before. AiTimcs tie Iiuiia^j -who teddcii without would lift up the Malt, ami a Steam rife up, which look'il like Fire in the dark. 1 lay • theie two or three Hoiws, but law none of their hairy ^^cn or Demons : And when 1 found that they hail finifiied their Ceremony, I went to ihcWigwam, and told thcSquaw what had palVd; who was glad that 1 return'd without hurt j and never difcover'd what I had done. Alter fonie time, inquiry wjs made, what Succefs we were like to have in our Hunt- ing ? The Powaws faid, that they had very likely Signs of * Succefs, but no real, vifible AppVarance as at other 'limes. A few Days after, we moved up"the River, and had pret- ty good SuccelV. * One Afternoon as I was in a Canoe with one of the Po- waws, the Dog baik'J, afid prefently a Moofe pafs'd byy,...^^^^ within a ^t^^ Rods of us, fothatihe Waves which he made by wading rpH'd our Canoe ; the Indian fhot at him, but the, Moofe took very little notice of ir, and went into the Woods to the Southward : the Fellow faid, Vll try jj I can't ; ■! fct-cb you back^ for all yciir bajle. The Evening following, ' we built our two. Wigwams on a Sandy Point on the /upper • End of an Ifland in theRi ver,Northwert of the Place w here the Moofe went into the Woods : and the Indian powaw'd the greatcft part of the Night following, and in th^Morn- ing we had the fair track of a Moofe, round our Wigwams, tho'^^we did not fee or tafte of it. — - lam of Opinion,that: the Devil was permitted to humour thofe unhappy Wret- ches fometimes, in feme things. X Sect. II. \ An Indian being fome Miles from his Wigwam, andthe An Inftance Weather being warm, he fuppofcd the Hedgg- Hogs would of the Devil's come out of their Den, he way-laid, the MoTlrh-t?l<4*Jtill Indiln"^ '''' ^^^^ at Night. [See Chap. 6. StGt- 3.] They not coming^ .out a^ ufual, he was going home, but had not paffed far, « before he faw a Light like a Blaze,, at a little dillance be- fore him, and darting his Sp<^ at it, it difappc^red j then on the Bank of the River, he neard a loud Laughter, with a noife like a ratling in a Man'sThroat. The Indian railM ' ^ atjthc Demon whom he fuppos'd made th'e Noife, calling it ' .'■'~~- 7*f°^^*^^P'"^of fioSubftance&c. He continued to hear the . Noife (^3) Noife and fee ths Light 'till he came into the Wigwa^p, which he entreil, in his hunting Habit, wiihSiiow- (liot a a.-jd ail on i lb frighted, that, it was Ibnic time betbie he could fpeak 10 relate what had happened. That it may further appear ho*v much they were delu.'ed, c,^. jp or under the Influence of Satan, read two Stories which ■['''.,_, i;c.i.a\ were related aiul believed by the Indians. . ''l\»bkv.. The firll J of a Boy who was carried away by a largcBirl called a Quiloua, who buildcth her Nefl-on an high Rock ■^,'^^"/:'''.'^'? or Mountain. A Boy was Hunting with his Bow & Arrow a,'^i'rc:um'd r.t the Foot of a Rocky Mountain, when the Gull.uia came by .i G.'./A.v.r. diving thro' the Air, graTpM the Boy in her Talons ; and tho' he was eight or ten Years of Age, flie Ibar'd aloft, and laid liim in her Nelt," ia: JPrey for hei Young ; where the . Boy lay conflantly on his Fac'e, but would lojk fometimcs under his' Arms and faw two Youne; Ones with much ridi n[id Flefli fn the Neft, and the old Bird conftantiy bringing more. So- that the young Oi>cs not touching him, the old One clawM him up and let him where flic found him ; who returned, and related the odd Event to his Friend?. As I have, in a Canoe, pafs'd near the Mountain, the Indians have laid to nVe, ST/^crt is the Nejl of the great Bird that cat- ' v. riedjhc Boy away : And there feCm'd to be ^ great num- ber of Sticks put together in form of a Nell on the Top of the Mountain. At another time rhey faid ; 7'bere is the ■ BirJ, but be is now, as a Boy to a Giant, to what he was in \ former Days. The Bird which they pointed to, was a large Jpeckled Bird, like ati Fagle, tho' Ibmewhat larger. , The other Notion is. That a young Ipdian in hi.sHuDting ^^ ^^^ ., , wns belated and loft his Way, and on aTuddcn he v,;is in- v,.,s 'cnrcr- troduced to a largcVVigvvam full of dry'd Eels,wliich piov'd t inM by J to be a Beaver's Houlc, in whic.h he liv'd till thejSpring of ^ •'> - , theYear,whcn he was turned out of the Houfe, and fet up^ on a Beaver- Damm, and went Home, and related the Affile to his FrieniiSj.at large. ■« Vs'/KM (icm ilic Mouiuriin-Tivos, witli Iiidcous Ciy^ /\n(i clutcnn':^ VVinr;s tlic, H.ai^iy H.irpics ,fly : ^'liey Sr.arch'j -• ■ -And Vilicilicr GdJ-, or niVils obllcnc ilicy were, ( Ju r V QttiJiJr- .CXCi fr4 <:v pi'>V>?'s Vu CHAF. W M ) CHAP. VI. ■ A Description of freer d' Creatures coimr.only uken ^ by the hidians on.'Si. ]o\\n'^^^\\ci. npHE Bea-cer has a very thick (Irong Neck, his fore SicT T. J[ Tteih,\vhlch arc two in the L'pper,and two iii the {>rtl)c fl'.t- yj^^^^j . ^^.^ arc concave and (harp likL a Carpcntei'sGooge. Their fidcrTeeth arc like a Sheep's, tor they chew theCuvr 'X^hcrr^^grTtTC-flwty^hc-etaws 1^^ In^ger thnn in ^--^^ /other Creatures ; the N\tils on the Toes ot their hind 1-cet are flat like an Ape's, but ioinM together by ,a N.embranc "as «holV. of Water Fow!, their Tails broad and fjjt hke the broad End of a Paddle. Near their Tai's they have four ^ Bhtrles, two of which contain 0;1, the other Gum, the necks of thefe meet in one rommoxi Orifice i the latter ct fhcle contain the proper Callorum, and not. the Ttibcles,as fome hive fancied, for the Tellicies are riillind &: kperate from thelc, in the Males only ; but the Caftcrum and Oyl- Bottles arc common to Male and Female. With this Oyl and Gum they preen themfclves, fo that when they come out of the Water it runs off them, /s it doth off a Fowl. They hav^e four Teats, which are on their B.ealb, fo that ^ -_ thev l:ug up their Young, and Vickie them, as Women do" their Infants. They have generally t\^o and fomet.mes four in a Litter. 1 have feen feven or five in the Matrix : . but the Indians think it a Itrange thing to find fo many in n Litter, and they aflcrt, that when it fo happens, the Dam kills all above four. They are the mofl laborious Creatures that I have met with. I have known them to buildDamms acrofs Rivers which were thirty or forty Perch wide, with ^Vood & Mud, fo as to flow many Aeries of Land : in the decpeit pare of a P«nd fo raifed, they build their Houfcs round in the Figure of an Indian Wigwam, eight or ten Feet in height, and fix or eight Feet diameter or) theFloor ; which is mude defcending to the Water, the Parrs near the Center about four, and near theCircumferencc between ten and twenty Inches above the Water : Thefe Floors arc co- -.——^-^ vercd with drippings of Wood likcShavings i on thcle they ' flcep with\iheir Tails in the Water, and if the FrelhJts rife 1 > • they V ^) thev I'.ave the av!vntitn!2;c rf rifii>'T £3 - (• • • 5 elt p.-irt. 'Ihcy feed cm ihe Leaves ani Br.:k ti'TreC': and Pcncl-Liii) -Roots. la ilic Ta!! cr the Year.tlicy Jiv in their Provifion for the approachirg \\ ir.te.r ; cutrfn:^ thv.n I'rccs great and final!, \\\h civz t.'.a in tl.cir 3.Ic'Jths thev drag their Brar ches near to their Hoqfc, and fin!: many CorJs of it. ['1 hey will cut down Treves cf a I'athom in Cifcuiniercncc. J 'ihcy have Dcors' tn rr, dov>a to the Wood un('er the Ice, and in c:s!e the TrUhirs ri.e-^ break .(^ownaiu! c.irr>- olf their i'lorc ot \\'r>,\', i!.. y oicc^ ftarvc. They h.ivc a Note for ccMweifm-:, CTliing £: warning each oiiicfjuhcn ;.t\'\'f !k{':l\u!iiic; ; li while they are at -Labour they keep ou: a Gu.iid, t.ho up-n'thc Hn": 1-;)^:qM\ of an J'ncmv.ti) llrik^s ih^- \\\c^ with it'i Tail, t.uc h|/m?.y be l)C-sitd half a Mile ; wlijli^o alarn'.ithe r.:b, thai-^hcy are all fi'citt,, quit their Labour, and r.fc tc '^;j feen no nore ior ilut.'f ir.ic. And*if_ti'.j Mrde or Fen-a!e die, the fur- yiving fecks a Mate, uiui trr.ducls !i;m c: her to, their llouiv', and cui-y on AfF.iiiS as ;bjV.. v.r/w. The Ii'/h'.v:K is a very fierce and nvif^liievou: Creatut,e : Srcr. IT. about the biguefs of a middling Dog, having fhort Legs, U: \\\z U'd- bro.id Ic. t, &: very nhiipCIdwa ^ and in n:y Opinion may L)B icck'oned a vSpecies ot Cat5, They will climbTrees, and wait for Mnofe and otiuT Creatu.cs\ho (ctA b^low, and when an Opportunity prcfcnts jump and ftnk;^ their Claws in thcni fo tait, that they will i)ing cn'thcm 'till they have gnaw'd the main Nerve of the Ntckaiundsr, iSctheCrea- ture dies. 1 have known mahy Moofe kiir..i* thus, I \yas once travellin.g a little way behind fcveral Indians, & hea d them Laughing very merrily : when I came to thern, thev flicwM me the Track of a Moofe, and how- :i IVdierinh^A ciimb'd a Tue, and where he had jump'd off upon the Mooie i and the Moofe had' given feveral large Lcap-jnnd h'ippening to come under a Branch of a Tree, h^d brrke the IV ivenh's hold and to'^e him o.T : and I y h'.s Tra: k in the'Snnw,,he. Went nif another, with fiioitftcp?, as / been lluu'd with the i^Iow. he had The In.:ians u ho impute forh Accidenrs to the cunni"s: of the Creature, v. crc wcriiier- fully plca'c 1 that the Moofe fnoulu J|hus out-\vi: the m'l- chicvous Wolvcrt/i ! ''~~~ ' '. ^— — (16) Thefc UM'cerins^ go into Wigwams which have been left for any Time, fcatter the Things abtoa(i,and nicft filthily pollute them with Ordure. 1 have heard the Iiidians fay, that they have halM their Guns from under their Heads, while they were alleep ; and left them fo defii'd! An Irv dian told me, that having left his Wigwam with fundry Things on the Scaffold, among which was a Birch-Flajk with Icveral Pounds of Powder in it : At their return they were much furpriz'd and grievM, for a light Snow had fal- len, and a iVohirin vifits their Wigwam, mounts the Scaf- fold, and---to plundering, heaves (iown Bag & B.iggnge ; the Powder happ'ned to fall into the Fire, which fili'd the . U^olverin's Eyes, and threw him and the Wigwam Tome Rods. At length they found the blind Creature rambling backward and forward, had the fatisfadion of kicking and beating him about, .which in great meafure made up their l^ofs : and" then they could coiitentcdly pick upnheii;Uten- . fils, and rig out ih&ir Wigwam ! Sftt. Tir. Our Hedge-Ho^ or Urchin is about the bignefs c^? a Hog Oi thtHedpt- of fix Months old, his Back and Sides and Tail are tuil of"^ Hog trtrriw. j^jrp Quills, fo that if anyCreaiure approach, they will con- tradk tbemfelves to a globular Form ; if a Creature attack them, thofe Quills are fo fhap and lole in their Skii?s that: the,y fix in the Mouth of theAidvcrfary and leave their owq ' Skin. They will ftrike with great force, with their Tails ; fo that whatever falls ufidcr tie lafh of them, are certainly 'fili'd with their Prickles : But that they (hoot their Quills, as fome aflfert they do, is a great miftake as x.oiht At7iericjtJ^ and I believe as to the ylfrican Hedge-Hog or P:rcupir.e ahb ; as to the former I have taken tjiem at all SeafoDSof . the Year. See Chap. 5. Se6t. 2. SfcCf. ly. It is needlefs to defcribe the frefh- water T'orUife^ whofe Qt the -Jfr-Form is fo well known in all Parts : but their way of pro- pagating their Species is not fo univerfally known. I have cbferved that" fort whofe Shell is about fourteen or fixtcen Inches wide : in their Coition or Treading they may be • heard half a Mile, making a noife like a Woman wafhing — — 4jcr Lir.nen with a batting Staff — . They lay their Eggs in ~ the U.t \_ (^7) the Sind ; neir r.yn2 Jsep iVliW.irsr,!^)^: i . . ,: '.. . the fufface of the' Sin 1 Xnsy art; very curijjj ia :dv£:- ing them w/.h the S.ri 1, V) th.u ihcre/is not the Ici t va'.k- tu;-e of it aiTiongil tiu'in ; hk the le.!:!: rifi.i^; nr S\ i Ion tij leach svhercth-y lii : I have oiicii icarchM fjr them w -h , the\|n.liariS, by charltitrg a Siick into the Sirid, s'jjj: :::c BeecrKnt random,' aa.i brojght up fome put of an I>^ clingifigXo it : aa.i uncovering the Place have fojn.l near an hjnJrejN& fifcy in one X-jit. B:)th-.:h:ir Eggs & Flcfh are goo.i-EatiHg when boilM &c. , I have obierve.l a diff:^- rencc as to the length ot Time which they are hatching, whirh is between t^^ty Sc thirty Days, fome fooner than orhers : Whether this a^'cireiice ought to be imputed to the vvarious Qa^lity or Site ojMhe Sand in which they lay (.as to it's co-Id or licat S::) I ieavi^^to the Coniediirc of theVir-* tuofi. --- As loon as they werVhatch'd, they broke thro' ihe Sand ami betock themfelves tlxthe Water, as- far as I could diicover, without, anv further Care or Help of the 0;.i Ones. ^ ^ \ Of the Sjl:?rfi I fhall only note, that thej-Wne from the Sl Sea early in\the Springy to the frefh Rivers ---and^ith great '^^• pains afcend the Falls, till they ccme to the Heai^Kof the "'' Rivers j where the Water runs riffling over a coarfeOt^vel , n?ar fome Pond or deep flSil Water: there they workHok^ .to lodge in^ and in the Night relort to them, by two &'"two, the Male v*ith h-s Female ^ thus lying .together the Female ci?(5ls a SpTwn, l;l-;c a Pcaji ;he Ma'^e a Sperm' like Milk, which fiuk among the Gravel. 1 have ofteri* been fifhir.g • for them, w:iih -a Torch in'theXight, when thb Water hath- been fo fnaal that they have lien" with their &acks& Tails shave the Water : and i,f our Spear mifsM it's fkwlve,. the Tifh darted atjwould flutter & alarm the wliolc Shoa;^,.;^thj' it confnledof a vail Multitude), '^Jlhich imliiedi.i'ifcly repairs ' ed to the d.eep Water, and rcturn'dnbc in pfcntydor feve^T' ral Nights. When the Lca.f falls ihey^javs dpiicSpiv.-nir}^ > and return to the Sea. GIIAP:^ CT. V. il. l'>. ) ^ c ;: A p. vii. ■ i Of their Feafting, bZc, w \f\i HHN the Intiians determine for War, or are enter- SrcT^ h y Y i„c7 upon a pirncular Lxpediupn, they kill a num- R.^i.^bc- l)ieth v. ill go his Second : who, if he accepts, trrkes't'he Head in his .- Hand and fings, but If he refule to go, he tur:.s tne I etth ■ , .to another ; and thus from one to another 'till they have inlilled their Company. The Indians imagine that Dog's riefla makes them hold and courageous ! I have feen anHndian fpht aDo^ Head with a Hatcher, and take cut the Biainshot, and eat them raw, with the Blood running down his Jaws I Sect. II, When a Relation dies ; in a ftill E-vening, a Squaw will If 3 yoiir.g rdr/.v c^ctctmincs to iv,irry,l.'. i\^ '..ticLi ar.d '^'"*- the Jclut auviit l.;.v. m a G,.l : niui :i;c,you.',g I tiio'.v i^ocs ').,' ii-to tf.e \Vig\y:j|^! cW Hit is, ai:ii looks en Iv.; , anil T; he ■'"■ ■ 1 k'js htrr,. he toflw^ij iTip rr Slick ii.to her 1-ap, ^shich fr.c :• • Mkes, anii with a rj/! i,/a g.oot}\H^iiCcr. And it he hav i;r a Gun an,! Amniuaiti n, a CnnaK cpcar and liar he: ^ a MonoD.'ah t and cro-ked.- Knile, a hjcking-GLlls iiC Paint ; V A'Pipc, Tobacco and ILnot-Bov.l to toi^a' kind ot Di;ein, he is accounted a Gentleman of ' a V<-'''^fu! Tortunc. [By iheir fott of Dice tl;ey lole muchTinie, playirrj whole ■•D.iys,and Nghts trgcther : and fometini^s their whole E.'late : th)' this is accounted a great Vice by the OIvlMen-] Whatever the new-mniried-Man procuiesthe fvll Year be-' longs to h'S Wife's Parents. [ It the young Pair have a Child within^ Year and nine Months, they arc tho'i: to be . very forward, libidinous Perlbns.] ■ ■ . There is an old Story told among the Indians of a Fa- Sijr. TV. ^'ily, who had a Daughter -that was accounted a finifiicd A Di^^-cfTi'!! Belmty, and adorned with the precious Jewel of an Indian ^"'"-'j-'"-?-'^ Hducatibn^ So form'd, by Naturp and p )Iifh'd byAivthey l^^'^l^f'^] could riofc fih-ff^Tfer rfuiLible^CanJiiLLi- At length, while i\:':Ia t, i •♦hey refided on theHeai o( Penol::!:^ River^'urnicr theW hite- Dcirni \Hills called the TeJJcN, ih's fine Creature wasmiHing;. and •" ''' ''"* ITerP^aTefTrs^eauId have no Account of her. Af:er nvuJi'' Time iperit, Pains, and Tears fhow'ied in queil of her ; HiM' A \'i'-gin v.lic h.is b:cn ci icatcd, ro ir,.i!^-Mo!i.-)';(I.i!i*? n:-,.! j3ir(;!il)ir: .-, luce onoi {j'lfhrnents^ •o luce Sno.voliocs anj make Indi.in' vSjio'js, to llrinjj;V\",'::r.jV.:rn-Cj.:-,|. ;/; Birch ^:inocs, 'ar,d boil the Kettle, is eftetm'd •i> a L.:Jy oflfcicAcconi- ■->, B A . Minoo/ah is aaTiTdian D j g. \ ■\ \Hy ( 3Q) they I'nv hir, (iivcrting her felf with a "l)cautifjl Youth, \^tik; Hiir like hcr's liovv'd ilovMi below hisW'alta Suini- iiii:, \^ nHiing, &c. in the Water , hut the Youths v-H'inKil tp'H their Approach *. This hcautiJul rcrlbn,\\ho^) they inugm'il to be one of thole kind Spirits who 'injiabif ^he fTif / J ;; i they lookM upot» hi.in as their Son-kj-Law : lb that (according to Cuitonl) tliey called upon Iwni foi MoolV; Bear, or whai ever Creature they defircd, ahd if they diil but go to the Watcr-fuic anil fignity their dc/fnc, the Crea- ture wl\ich they would Iiave, came Swinituiiig to them ! 1 have heard a'r» Indian lay, that he Irvck I y the River at the Fonfc of the 'Jc. /,/;;;, ar.d in his Wigwam, leeiiig the top of it thro' the Ho!e Itft in the top of the Wigwam for .the pafllng of Smoke, he \\.'y> tempted to travel, to it : ac cm iingly he let out early or\ a Sunimer5.M(ni-ii*.t^ ai^l-fa houreii hard in'alV'jmiing tlie Hill all Day,, ar-d tlVtr ^ < p fcem'J ns diilant from the Place- where lie lodged atXight, as from the \^'igwa*m whence he began his Journey : anil^ con. lu ling that Spirits were there, never daie make a Ic- cond Attempt. ' I have been creJibly inform'd that icveral others ''h'avc fail'd in the lame Attempt : particularly, that three young Men towrM the T'edJott three Days and an half, and then began to be ftrangely difordered tk delirious, ind when their Imagination was clear, and they could recollect where they were, and had been , they found themfclvcs rcturn'd one ' Days- Journey : how they came down fo far, they can't guei's, unlels the Genii of the Place convey'd then? ! Thefe \yhite Hills at the Head of Pcnol/fcJt River^ are, by the Indians, laid to be much higher than tl^ole, call' j^^iocko- cbock. above Sato, , Where tiov,', in his di.incft form array'H/ In his true Shape he captivatt-s t[ic M.iid ; VVho ga7.cs on him, ^and uirh v.oiui'iing Eyes licholds the new majeHick Figirc rife, His flowing Features, and cclcftial Light, And all iIk god dilcovcr'd to her fignt. Etirop^'i Rapt'. But (3 'J But to raiurn to n.'» Iiuli.in T'cnil, ot \v!i;cIj you rmy :c- i lell a Uiil li I'.irc, bchnc nou go , aruLil' y .u il.ll'k; it :t.iy at H muc. 'i'Uc lugrtJicuts aic I'llh, I-!c!h, n- lu-iiuv Corn niul licMi)S boilM togctlri — , or Mally- ro.!i!cM lu.i 'c d\ poui..icil Corn : Whenever aiul ns oltcn as tic u n.e plenty , an Iiuli.in boils tour or five large Kettles lu.'l, an. 1 tenuis a .Vkirengerio each Wigwam- Door ; who txclain)--, Kulj McK [o.'rchab ! i. e. / cy.,ic tj cotrlnci y;itoa I'tJ : : '1 he M-in within i?emanv!s whether he niuU t.ikc, a Spopo, (^r a Kiiit'e in Ivs D;fh which he always carries with hini. 'I hey .".ppMi.t two or t!iree Vi;ur;|; Mtir to Mels it ovit, to c.uh Mi.i his Portion .-vcconing to the number of his Vw rnily at Hcm-.e ; whi>.h is iioj.c with the utnii^ll cxac'hicls-''. W hen tlicy hive I'.oi.c eatjno:, a v/^uns? l'e!low ibtn.ls with- o'.it ihc U..or,-afi.l v rjs nioui .1/tv; ?■'/////. -(?/(:, Come & tetcli ! Immciliatcly eac|i-i:qjaw goes to her Huibantl atul takci wli.li he h.u'Icft, w hich ft.e cariies Home anJ eats with her Childicn. rortieither mnriie.l \\ cmen nor any Vnutii under' twenty Vcars of Age arc ailowcil toi^c prcfent: but old Widow-Squaws af;d Captive Men m.ny let by the Door. The Indian Men continue in theWigv\am,rome re- lating their Warlike Exploits' , others fon^ething Comical ; othersgJLi'c a Narrative of their Hunting ■■, the Seniors give maxims of Prudence and grave Counfels t^ the YoungMen : iho' every ones Speech be agrcible to the run ot his own Fancv, )^et they eonfir.e themlelves to Rule, and but one fpeaksata Time. After every Man has told his Story, One rifes. up, Sings a I'eaft-v'long, and otliers fucceed alternatc- dy as the Company fee fit. • .- 'NqctfTty is theMother of Invention. If an Indicia hav; , loft his lire- Work, he can prelently take two Sticks, thi i..'i ♦ W!i,!t Lo;,l of.^il vv.o iM \i'u\ Ills 0)ok ,j)f;-p.irc, M.ii.U'/'-s PoratP), Clr.trr'j'ji^iuirH, Cavare'.; . 'Or v.'n .M oM- thiiim t;.^;"! Aiiccltccs find f.n;!: Vr.T V, aiu rit Sii/?>i i llo\v t^r Socka, to which tiicy'li fit one fii.l ot the hnttlcll Sti k "i then holjini^ the \\^U<.\\ WooJ fiim bctwttu th:ir Knees ; they fix the end ri the hnr ! Stick mule lie into the Socket, nn 1 whirl it r.TunJ in their Hand hke a Drill, anil it takes Fire in a few Mirutr^. If tlicy have loit or Ict't their Ivtttlc, .'tis butputtijtg the Viduals into a Il:rch-Dini,|eaVir.g a vacanc) in the nmMIr, (lihng it witli Water, InJ putting in hot Stciics altcrnattl}- : and -they will thus thro'iy boil the toughcil Neck of Beef. c H A P. vni / Stct. I. Of aContcn Of my three Tcr.rs O-'pthity with the Frcr.ch. \7\1 ^^^^^ about (ix Years of my doleful Captivity l.ul V V P'll^} rny fccoml Indian Mailer dyed, wh|r!"e ycj; a'v t ion strong and my fi ft In'ilian M Jltcf dii'putcd w hrlc Mavc I flinu LI the Indum.be j and ibme malicious Pcrfotis la.dvilevl'thcm to end tl:c tlicm'to icuQ.^'*'^''^' ^y P^^^'r-ga Period to my Life : hut honclH'athtr iT.c ro rhl- l i.c\fr return to the 1-fj^Hfi;^ Thi5 was the fi.ll fght I haJof Sa- V/af.r inniy CaptivitVj'^J the liiil ii»iie"ttiat IhaJ taikJijalLorDrcaJ. My Maftcr p-celcntly went nfliore, and after a few Days Srrr II all the Itiiliani \Jlon ; this in fome mealure revived nie. But he added, that, he did not fuppofe that 1 would ever incline to go to the Englifh, for the Frerlch way of Worfhip was much to be preferred alfo, that he . * • . ; , K fliould ' i If .:(■ 34 ) . ihould pafs t^at way in about ten Days, and if I did not like to li/ve with the Trench better than with the Indians, he would buy me.again. On the Day I'ollowing, Father SiiiiJn and i^iy Indian Malter went up the River fix & thirty Leagues, to/their Chief Village, and 1 weiit down the Ri- ver fix Leagues with two Frenchmen to my. new JVlaller : Who kindly rcpeivM me, and in a few Days Madnm made nic an Ozn.ifi^^igs Shirt and French Cap, aiid a Coat out of one of my, Mailer's old Coats ; then 1 threw away my greafy Blanket and Indian Flap, and look'd as Imart as . And I never more faw the old Fiyar, the Indian Village, or rny Indian Mailer, tjll ^bouc fourteen Years after 1 faw my Indian Mailer Sit ,^yr- Royal whither 1 was lent by the Government, with a Flag on Truce, for cxchajiging Prifoners : and again about twenty fourYears fince he came to St. Jubn's to George\ to fee me, where I made him very welcome. / My French Maflef held a great Trade with the Indians, , whicb fuited me very well, Ibeingthorow in theLanguages / oymcnt a- of the Tribes at .C^f^ .5^W«'s and »y/. John's. 1 had not. JFrM^V*^^ lived long with this Gentleman before he committed to mc the Keys of his Store &cc. and my whole Employment was , Trading and Huntings in which I adtcd faithfully for my Aialler, and never knowingly'wrong*d him to the Value of one Farthing. They fpake to me lb frequently ih Indian, that it w^s fome time before I was perfed: in the French Tongue. Monficur generally had his Goods from thcMan of War which came there an'nually from France.. In the Year 1696 two Men of War came to the Mouth of the River, which had taken the A^^ftc;- Porf, Capt. Paxton Commander, and brought him with tKem : They made the Indians fome Prefents, and. invited them to join in an Ex- pedition IQ Pemmaqmd^ which Invitation they accepted, anci foon after arrived there ; and Capt Chuhb\\\ delivered the iECT. IIT. )r my Em n The Reverend Dr.' Mtther fhys wittily (as lie laid every thing ) " This Qttii found Opportunity in a pretty Chuil'jb ntanner,. to kill *' the famous Ecigotmei Qc Jhtn^uid, a couple ot principal Indians, Uith ** one or fv.o other Indians, on a Lord's Day, the fixtccnth of Fe- •* hruary i6'y% If there ^verc any unfair I>eaiing in this Adion of ** Ckul)h„ there will be another Frbruary, not far orf,' wherein the A- V vcugtr of Blood will uke cheir Sausfa(itioti. //j/f. ^y N. E. £1 ^ 'i9- fort« Fort, without much crirpLite,tOi\IonrieurDi^'^;'^v/t!)eirC!iitfi as I heard the Gentleman fay whom I liveiiwith, wh'o was - there prcfent 4^. . Barlyjn ihc Spring I was renr,\vith t!ute .Frenchmen, to jhe Mouth of thcRivcr,for Provifion vvhif h c5me from Port-Koynl. We carried over Land, from th-j . River to a large Bay, where we vyere driven on an lihnd • ^ by a North-liafl Storm, and were kept theie Jcvcn Dj)'., without any Suilenance, for we cxpedtcd a >qiiick rali,' -i ;, and carried nothing with us i the Wind continuing boiue^ tous, fo that we could not return back, and the Ice prevent- ed our going forward : After fevcn Days the Ice bnoke up, ffnd we went forvvard, th >' we were fo weak that Vve could fcarcc hear eacii. bthcr fpj.tk 3 and the People at thcMouth ;^ b,. of the River were furprizcd to fee us fo feebler j and advih 6 ' V us to be cautious & nblteinious in ejj^ting. By this Time, I knew as much of Falling as they, and dieted onBroth, and recovered very well, as alfo one of the others did ; but the other two wouJd not be advifed : and I never faw anyPer- , fpns in greater Torn^nt than they were, till they obtain'd ' a Paffage-'-on which they recovered. A Friar who lived in thcFamily invited me toConf&lTion,.^''^^- ^^^; but I excufcd my felf as well as I could. One Evening he J^^.-'^l/iir"* 1 • i-A -1.. ..,° traiil;.cuon took nie into his Apartment, m the dark, and adviled mc \jnic I v..'v/^ to confefs to h].m what Sins 1 had committed : I told him, amojisthoir, that I could not remember a thoufandth part of ■ tliem (they were fo numerous:) Tiien he bid me remember and relate asMianyas I cpuld, ami he.would pardon them ^ fig- ,.. - nif) ing t!i:u he had a Bag to put them in. I told him that 1 did not btlievc that it was in the power of any but GOD to pardon Sin. Fk\aik.ed me, whether I had read the Bi- ble 5 I tcud hiin that 1 had when I was a little Boy, io ., <*■ loiMi; fince, ihu I had for.got moll of it. Then he told me, " " ^-^-^ that he diJ-not pirdon my Sins ; but when he knev/ them ■ ■ ' {;• (),]r lul ';i.->:c'l A';r:ior U\\, on the fovirtli or fifth of .■hi7,njl, Cl:;l)h v.ith an unai '■!;;, >')',c ■iL.iv.iul-) liiii Suncnlcr tlic IJrave Tore ot rcmri.hiithi inro th.-ir H.ui.l-,. Uiitliiiikiilg Mtn' I'.o 101 1 of Scr'i;)!cs m.Tko , Ar,(l lomc-;!rc bail, culy for Milcliicf's lake ; ♦* But t/'ii th-: [).(l arc {j'lilty by MilLiko he. } nepr.iytil GOD to pardon theni : wlicii, pjihaps I was at n'ly Sporii ana Plays. ---He wi(h\l me well, and hoped that 1 ihnaiJ be better adviled, and faid that he fliould calbfor me iii-a hitle Time : Thus he d;im:h'J and never cali'd me to Confeflioa more. ' ' ' ' ■ ;/: .iJcK.i;', xhc Gcntleniari whom I lived uith had a fine Field of b'L^'!:''jp^the ^^^'^^^^ which great riumbets ot Black Birds, vifited y ahd Hujnr of dellroy'd liiuch oF. But the French laid a Jeluit would black iiiris. come and banilli them i who came at length; and all things *\veie prepared, viz- a Bafon of, what they call, Holy-Wa- ter, i a Staff with a littld Brufli to 'fprinkle witha!, & the Jeluit's white Robe, which he put on. [ 1 ask'd feveral ' ' Prilbncrs, who had lately 'been takeu"* by Privateiers and brought hither, v.sr. Mr. IVaoclberry^ Cccks^ &: Morgan^ whether they would go andiee theCcremony ? MrJi'uiHl- herry ask'd me, whether l/defigned to go ?^ I told him that I die). He laid, that I \va^ then as bad aPapilt ast5ey,ind a d--n'd Fool. I told him that 1 believM as little of ir^a-s ♦ they did, but I inclined to fee the Ceremony, that I might rehearfe it to the Englifh.] They entred the Field and walk'd through the Wheat \\ ProcefR-jn, a young Lad go- ing before the Jefuit wi:h a Bafon of their Holy-Water ; then the Jefurt with his Brufl^, dipping it into the Bafon, and fprinkling the Field on each fide of him ; next him a little Bell tingling, and about thirty Men following in order, Singing, with the Jefuit, Ora pro X bis y attheEnd of the Field they. Whecl'd to the Left about, and return'd. Thus they went through the Field of Wheat, the Birds rifing be- * fore them and lighting behind them. -At their return I laid to a French Lad ; The Fryar hath done no Service, • -He had better take a Giin and Ihoot theBirds. TheLad . left mc^ while (1 tho't, to ask the Jefuit what to fay) arid /When he returned, he faid, the Sins of the People were fa grcatjthat theFryar could not prevail againft thofeCreatures. The fanfiejefuit as vainly attempted to banifh theMufchctoes at Sigene^o^ for the Sins of that People were fo great alfo, . . that he could not prevail againft them, ^but rather drew more : as the French inform'd me ! Some (57.)" y-^ Some Time after Col Il.iivtborfi attempted t;)e iakif;g.thp 'S. r^ \ Trench Fort up tliis Rivarri: we hear.l of^tLim l'>i:ic time beforejhcy caiiic up the i;iivcr, bv i!.e Gu:.?TM3anr Cover- ' '•' . nouT yieKon hid orJer'd at the iliVei'sMru;h. IVIofifieur V ' '■ :. theGctitleman whom I lived with was gr^nt :?/F\'>::e j^and^' . MaJam Adviled w uli ire---- 5he then dc^ireA me to na'i! the- '■■■■■ : Paper on the Door of our li iule , coiitainin,:? as tc';o;v-5.: ' J mu-eat tic Cur.cral (^ the hv.^i\\l-i r: t r- h-'c''ei:tSj an. I he JeUres it. ' « v This' ilone, Maviam laid to me i *' Little Enilijh ; Wc have fliewnyou Kir.dnefs j ar.d *' now it lies in your Power to lerve or dilTerve us, as you " know where our Goods are hid in the \Vonl«, and thn '♦ ^^^WlffJwyJrrir is not at Home; I could have lent you to the " Fort and put you under Confinement, but myRelpeds *' to you, ahd aflurance of ) our Love to us ; has difpnfed *' me to confide in you, perfwaded that 3 ou wi!l not h'.;rt ".us nor our Affiirs. And now if you will not runaway " to the Enghfh who aie c6ming up the River, but ierve " our Interelt,! -I will acquaint Mjtincur of it ath'S return " from Francel which will be very pleafir.g to him : And " I now give my Word, that, you fhill have liberty to go *' to Bi^Ji, n on ithe firll Opportunity (if you defiie it) or ?' that any othqr Favour, in iny Power, fhall not be de-- " ny'd you". 1 • I replied ; " ^3Iariam ^ It is contrary to the Nature of '* the Enghfh to requite Evil for Good. 1 fhall endeavour " to ferve you and your InterciV I fhall not run to the *' Englifh i but if I am taken by them, fhall willinglv go '* with- them, and yet endeavour not to diffcrveyou either *' in your Perlfons or Goods". Il Tht Place wlicrc o.ir Houlc lloodj was caiied f/.J/?fr:/ relating to my Captivity, ami at length gave^ic tn iinilcrihuid that h>e v.as my little Brother, wlio was at Pay with fonie o'ther Chil iren, and upnn hearing the Gur'S and Keeing the Iijdians run, made their cfcape tothej Tort, anJ went t '.»-" \'v .:h tiie Caprairia!ul Pcop'c : and th/dc mv iiM.c Bi either who male h-.s EVcape ftom the Faim, when; el v/;;', t'.,!:':n, niu! our two l;ttle S:lkrs, were alive, and ihac.oui- .MctiiJi h;vi ,becn dcia ibmcYcars, &c. as a- 'I)nve. "rc'.-\tc;i., 'i'lVcn v.c Went ufi'.cie, and fa-.v ou/ Lldt^, T^rcrher &•:. ■ On the leco'vd '(-.f .!>;:u[l 16S9, I was taken, and , , thj :.':r V - ::'i c^i:" 7. :v 1698, arrived !\t. BJ}ofi : V'^ '.r.at I w .5 ,i>/;t.t tight Yew, ten Moi.ihs anJ ll'vcntcea. Da',s': IV1 «ll Wi'.ich 'I'ime, ihi.' l undc;rv.e(it cvt. c-niJDiiri- ••'tl^ics i vet I law iniicV/r:f t':.? Go'^iJ'iefo of GOD. • • ' May C 40) /May the mod powerful and beneficent Bus c, accept 01 this publick Tcftimony of it, and bltl's cny Experi- ences to excite others to confide in his AI'-fuffi:icncv,'hro the infinite Merits of JESUS CHRIST ! , % .t.s A P P E N D rx. V. ^. .'^. .Ki^ Jj: .j^ jj^xsj. .jo. !:^ .^. ^.x, .'.v;: yx;: :-t5: ^J;;::; xi A P P END IX , Conraining !\lirfifte3 . of the Eiiiplov-. fohiiiiixls, Ei;^ Coir. nunder of th.- GarrUenTMi 3/ ^ Gco}gcs lii^'jr. I ,.|--. X '.C!.:Fter nny^rjrn out of Captivity y./.-s zStb. iSgS^ lappi.ed ■,.^j..'Xjs -j.-^y j-gi'^ j.^ jj,^ Government fcr their Favour- — . Sooa tr Jwns en;p'rye,iby old Father Miulcl of- J/^'if/;, R.i'/r go his Iiiteipicter on 'i ra^iiug AcccUnt lo^Sf.,Jclfi\ '(■■'.:.-' lA. /ifi^' ^ I \vn5 cir.p'oyc'i bv ihc Government, Lieur. Qovcncur ^youGK'iwN Ccmn'-ifitit'r in Chief^ to go Inteipieter, jet )\: P.;.'-..yp'er .\loi,th, \vi:!i ^laJDr C:7r,ef}^ and old Capt ^^^^i//, v|,o /\ •-,■ ' r/t.-^ (tt.hCaptiv'es —-at, cur return toii? j:in 1 was difmifs'd. But \\:*.hi/3 fesv Da\5 tHe Governcur fen-t for -me to' InCetprct a Conference. Avitli B\!;i.;:a^e£u and other Indians then in Goall. Somo/inie after I was ^g^in put in Pay in rrdtrto gD Iivter4)reter \.\i\\ (^o\:^l:i.!ps and Capt..5.'.'(;i-,;rt.^in the Piovince^Galley to Cif.J ii.tVjtd'Exch'ar gc faid Ind'.gns for EnglifhCsptives. Dccci.Ur 169S, we i?€turn'd to J^;'^r;^ wi:h fevcTa] En^lifh Cupt'.ves, and l/was dif- mi^'d ihtt S'erV'ce, arid dcfired to attend it in the Spring/ I plead- ed to be kept in Pay that 1 might have w herewith to fupp^rt me, at , ^chool--- 1 went'.into the Cpuntr)- io'Kcjgley C^^ere iDoardin,g was /c-he.^p) to p-actice what liiile I had attaift'd at School. M.ircb it<^ 'With the little of my Wages that I ccu!>i referve, I paid»formy Schooling ^ Board, and attended the Service upon Re-, que ft. i and was again put into. Pay, and went with Col. PZ;/..-pi and Alajnr Co'izcr/c in a large Bii-gantine upA't/.YZf:/: R;vfr, for Captives : and at our return to Boftoti^ the Province Galiey being arrived from Ki-JjTork. with m\j Lord Bri'LEMONT, and the Province Truck put on board, I was ordered op board the Galley ; we Cruifed the Eaitern Shore : And iri .V;ff;/;/;fr •1699, I was put out of Pay,tho' I pleaded' be continued uncier iPay Teeing I mud attend the Service in \the King.and be at confiJcrableE.Npence in theWinte,: for my Scl^oolii I' ■ / ' y ■ A/ P .P, E K, D / X. - •" ^- ' .. In( the Spring i/oo, I attended the Service & was put into Pay— -. fjt^. of yfM/«7^-- -Orders from the Government to build a Fort Jzi C^fco Bay, which was fiiiiflicd Oclober 6ih. and the Province-Trui;': Janded and I ordered to rcfide, as Interpreter, vviih a Captain i^c. i.i faid Garrifon. Not long after Govcrnour Dudley fcnt mc a Lieu- tenants Commiflion with Memorandum pn the back-- -iV^ywr/Zo- i'..--, hut as Interpreter at Three Pounds fir Month. Auguft lotb. 1703. The French and Indians befieged our Fort Hx Days, Major March Commander : Oh the i6fb. .Day of tlie lame, \^pt.. S utback arrived in the Province Galley, and the Night fol- ^ low^ing the Enemy withdrew. May i^tb. 1704. I received a few Lirics from His Excellency di- rcAing nvc to leave my Port and accompany Coj. CHrcb on an Ex- pedition rouhdl^the Bay of F/^/ with a Flag of Truce to Exchange Prifoners.. , A Copy of which Dcfirc op Order |s^ as follows, viz. 'otiy Augujl ij?. i'^09. 5/r, *' "*' ^Dcfirc you to Embarque on the Sloop Ilh^h and Kutl-,''XiO' mas IVaters, Mailer, a Flag of Truce for^i^R^/r7/,to whom you arc on board, you will give Orders toSailto Port-Kcyal •* 'a.ccordingly. '^ *' At your Arrival there' attend Mr. Supercafs the Goverh<^', dnd •*give him my Letter, withaJ acquainting him you haveNineFrench •* PrrG^ners on Board, which are all that are in my Hands wit^lout f^refeive, Receive his Dire^ion for the Landing of 'cm : And let C€ air, r Dc 1 « . when ji P P E N D J X. •* him know that 1 cxpecfl he 60 me a like Jgilice i;. kr:frj^ you " have all the Englifh Prifoncrs within his Power, which vou are.to " demand and inful on agreab.'y to his own pronvie JafiYcai byyrjr *' felt. Demand to have them, forthwith gathered together, tha: vi j '• may fee and fpcak with them, and have ihcm delivereil to v.j, " thnt you be not delayed. */ Obferve to him rny jufl Rcfentment of h"s breach Lp.-'i me, i.) • '' not lendinE; them early this Spring, according to h'.i '^\u'x ut" *' Honour the 'alt Year by your Telf i when I retuincd-iJim vpwan's • ** ot" Forty, and! had made Provifion for the br.ingu -j iiomeot iiii.e : ' " His ilcrcnticn of them, then, puts me to a repeated C.'i.irg'e. *' I expcdk he l'upp!y what may be further ruecefTary for the Sup- '• pnrc of the Prifoners in their Return, as 1 have done for his now, " a-.d at all times^pall. /' ' / " Let ndt your liay there be' more than fix Days, tf pofiible, anJ[ *'.hal1en back with a'.! imaginabie Expedition. I^ *' Be not by any means diverted from your demand and expefla- ** tion of feeing the Xngiifh Prifoners, and that you bring them with- " you ,i unlcJVon your fpeaking with them they are not vvilling to come, but n\ake their Eledion to be Tranfpofted elfewhere, ; as 1 (C "^ you have feen done by your Governour here. *l " i haVC'/Drjdered the Mafler to attend your Orders. H^ will fbe (( bewycii his Jnilruftiors, and I dcfir-e ypu w'ill fe'ethey beftridl- .y obfer.vd'-!, particularly in the Article . referring to Trade, and the Governn-;ent of hisCompany. I wifh y;ou a profperous Voy-agc. V , ' " An& am, Sir, ' /» ■ " Your Friend and Servant, ■ ■; ' ' ^ J, DVD LET. ' Make p-articular.Inq'jir.v' after Capt. Mshs^ and demand hii and Company's Releafe. "/r; G;^r. Jrh'n Gyles, C-;;-.r^c5«*J , ,J. ''*'^ ;; Pprt-Rcval.' . " / :^^^ Accordingly arrfv-i.-^g at ?crt-KcyaJ.,\ was again kindly entertain'd by Gt>verrioW J:vprrr.:/>, Sc 'brought oflfabove an Hundred Piifoners : foon after my" return our Forces/were difmifs'd,and I recy^iv'd no fur- ther cr.nrrJdVat;^ for niyService tha»»Pay asCaptain of myCcirpaiiy; \ -'%:UDLi r lo boiUi a Forr aod if they (iidik'ii it they nii^ht aquaiat him oi it : and th