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with Fsre patto the Shivers of PincTree; and they would Paddle theirCanoes along the Shoar in Shoal-watcr; the Fißi seeing the Lght would come2S thiclc as they: cauld Swixn by each other, about the Head of the Canoes ;then with Sticks that were Pointed very Sharp at the Ends, they wouldstrike through them and lift them up into the Canoe But now they havelearn’d of the Engltst to Catch Ftst with Hook and Line, and sometimes theEngltst do Use Their Way in Dark Nights, only they Strike with an In-strument of Iron somewhat like Mole-Tines.

They have Priest s, which are generally thought to be Conjurer s\ forwben they have great want of Ras» , one of their Trusts will go intoa Private Cabin, and by his Invocations will cause abundance to fall Im-mediately, which they call Making of Rain:

They Offer the First-Iruits of all things ; the First Deer they Kill afterthey are in Season, they lay Privately on the Head of a Tree near thePlace where they KilTd ir, and they say, no Good-Luckwül befall them thatYear if they do not Offer the First of every thing,

They Bum the Bodies of the Dead ; and Sew up the Astes in Matts,which they Place near the Cabins of their Relations.

Some of them sey, That the God of the Engltst is a Good God , and givesthem Good things; but Their God is an AngryGod, and oftentimes Beats

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Almost every Town Differs in Langues, and yet not any of their Lan-guages Copious; as may be ßen by their frequent Expresiing their Meaningto each other by Signs.

Their Money is of Tuto Sorts z One whereof ir made of a White kind ofShell, which bring Divided into Small Parts, they put them on a Striqgafter the mannet of Beads j this they call Peacke : The other is of a EineShell order’d in the seme mannet, which they call Rotmda ; this Last is themeaner fort, about halst a Tard whereof is of equal Value with our NwePence. The Chief of the Indians do Wear some of this on the Deer Skinsabout their Bodies, laid on like Lace.

They have nothing to Trade with but Deer Skins , and seme Bever, whichthey Exchange with the Engltst for Guns, Gun-fowder , Shot and Brandy ;having nothing before but Bows and Arrows, wherewith they Kill’d theirDeer and other Wild Beasts.

They have no bther Account of Time bu* by the C banges • of the

Moors.

Their Winter is ufually in November, December and January.

They are very Revengestul ; for, if any one chance to be Slatn,~ fönteof the Relations of the Slain Persons will Kill the Murtherer or seme of hisFamily, though it be i br 3 Generations after, having No Justice doneamongstthem in this refpect but what Particular Persons do themfelves, ifthat may be Term’d Jufttce.

The Indians being a Rüde fort of People use no Curiofity in Prepäringtheir Physick ; yet are they not Ignorant of the- Nature and Ilses of their,

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