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1734. u ing the Breed: For, as the Settle-" ment is but new, they are eagerly" desirous of encreasing their Stock.<e Their greatest Labour is the cutting“ down, and clearing away the Trees;" For the Country is all covered over" with Woods.

" The twenty-third of March, Mr." Oglethorp departed from Savanna, for‘ c England. All the People were so(C concerned at it, that they could not<c refrain their Tears, when they saw" him go, who was their Benefactor" and their Father ; Who had careful-" ly watched over them, as a good" Shepherd does over his Flock; And(e who ever had so tender a Care of" them, by Day and Night; And they" were the more afflicted, because the" Fatigues and Difficulties of so long a" Voyage left them very little Hopes of" feing him again.

Mr. Bolzius’i Character of the IndianNatives of Georgia.

" The Indians , who have a Camp(e near Savanna , are painted with Red,“ and make but odd Postures. The" most Part of them are marked with" blue Figures on their Necks, Facesand Bodies. They have Beads about" their Necks, and Rings, or coloured" Feathers, in their Ears. Their Lan-" guage contains not above °a Thousand" Primitive Words, and can best be“ written with Greek Letters, because“ of the long and short Vowels ; Andcr some of their Sounds cannot be ex-" prefs’d by any other Alphabet butthe Greek.

“ They fay, that all Nations descendfrom two Brothers; That one of them“ the Ancestors of the Indians was Red,‘ c and the other, the Ancestor of thetC Europeans, INhite. They knew no-<f thing of Drunkenness, ’till they learn-“ ed it of the ChrifHans. They give" each other several Names of Honour," according to Time or Circumstances," as a Title or Reward, whereby they" encourage young People to Valour,“ Industry and Fidelity.

" They have some Religion, and" believe a Supream Being, whom they" call Sotolvcate, (or He who ftteth a-" hove.) They believe, that from this" Supream Being comes every Thing," especially Wisdom. They use no

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Ceremonies, nor outward religiousExercises, except at a solemn Festivalheld once a Year. They worship noIdols; However they sing fomeSongs,about their Ancient Heroes. Theyare very ambitious, for which Rea-son they make War, ibut not to gainLand. They love to be praised, tho’they seem to turn it off, and transferit to others. They shew great Re-spect to old People, who must be sir stspoken to, before they allow any oneto speak to the young People. If anyone dishonours them, they are not tobe reconciled. They account them-selves to be rude and ignorant, butare desirous to be better instructed.Tho fe Indians who are called Creeks ,and are the best of them, talk oneLanguage. They are honest, service-able and disinterested. They neverforget a Kindness done them ; Andare ready to give any Thing that isdesired of them, tho’ they want itthemselves. The love and will ven-ture their Lives for one another. Theyabhor Adultery, and provide for thePoor, the Widows and the Orphans.They have no Words in their Lan-guage to denote Obscenities or Oaths." Their Kings do not reign with anabsolute Power, but give Council.The King proposes to the Old Men,and the Old to the Young, afterwhich the Proposal, if approved, is.put in Execution. They do not con-tradict one another with Vehemence,but endeavour to agree; And if thatcannot be, the Superiors are not an-gry. The King’s Office is to dividethe Time, and to fix the Seasons forHunting, Planting and Harvest. Itis his Business likewise to attend theSick, to give them Physick, and toprovide for Widows; And these arecalled Kings of Peace. When a Kingis not fit for his Office, they chuse a-nother, who is esteemed the wisest a-mong them ; But he is not distinguish-ed from others by his Garb ; And,besides these, they have War-Captains.They give the King the tenth of allthey have; But if a Present be madehim, he does not keep it; He distri-butes it among all, and keeps no-thing for himself; And, afterwards,they return him a Tenth. Widowsdo not cut their Hair, nor ty it up,but let it hang loose; And every Na-tion has a particular Way of cutting

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