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ganimeo, an Indian on the coast of what was then called 

 Virginia, made " all signes of joy and welcome, striking on 

 his head, and his breast, and afterwards on ours, to shewe 

 that we were all one."* When they reached the north 

 end of the island of Roanoak, they were eatertained by 

 Granganimeo's wife, in a house that had five rooms ; their 

 feet were washed in warm water.t The practice of washing 

 the feet is also mentioned by Joutel, in his Account of de la 

 Salle's Expedition; and the Chevalier de Tonti says, "the 

 chiefs of the Nation came towards us ; we were conducted 

 through a double file of armed young men, to very neat 

 cabins ; the remainder of our entertainment was as grotesque 

 as it was wild ; women of a dark complexion, but very 

 well formed and half naked, washed our feet in wooden 

 troughs."! Different practices prevailed among other na- 

 tions. The Clamcoets near the Bay of St. Bernard some- 

 times saluted a stranger by rubbing his breast and arms 

 with their hands, sometimes by blowing in his ear ;§ 

 while the Cenis, who reside on their northern limit, had a 

 different usage. Twelve old men, with the right hand raised 

 to the head, ran up with loud cries and embraced the French.j| 

 In Carolina the practice of scratching the shoulder probably 

 prevailed. " At noon," says Lawson, " we stay'd and re- 

 fresh'd ourselves at a Cabin, where we met with one of their 



• Account of a " Voyage of Captains Amadas and Barlowe to part of 

 the countrey now called Virginia," (in Hackluyt's collection.) London, 

 1589, p. 729. 



f Idem, ibid, p. 731. 



:(: Relations de la Louisianne et du fleuve Mississipi. Amsterdam, 

 1720, being Vol. 5, of a " Recueil de Voyages," &c. 



§ Journal historique du dernier Voyage de M. de la Salle, par Joutel. 

 Paris, 1713, p. 74. 84. 



11 Idem, ibid. p. 220. 



