ii8 March 1749. 



well acquainted with him, tapped him on 

 the moulder, and faid : Why doft thou not 

 Jing with the others, c fantanta I Tantanta ! 

 Tantanta? On another occafion, as a fer- 

 mon was preached in the Swedijh church, 

 at Raccoon, an Indian came in, looked 

 about him ; and, after hearkening a while 

 to the preacher, he faid : Here is a great 

 deal of -prattle and nonfenfe, but neither 

 brandy nor cyder ; and went out again. 

 For it is to be obferved, that when an In- 

 dian makes a fpeech to his companions, in 

 order to encourage them to war, or to any- 

 thing elfe, they all drink immoderately on 

 thofe cccafions. 



At the time when the Swedes arrived, 

 they bought land at a very inconfiderable 

 price. For a piece of baize, or a pot full 

 of brandy, or the like, they could get a 

 piece of ground, which at prefent would be 

 worth more than four hundred pounds, 

 Penfyhania currency. When they fold a 

 piece of land, they commonly figned an 

 agreement ; and though they could neither 

 read nor write, yet they fcribbled their 

 marks, or fignatures, at the bottom of it. 

 The father of old Nik Gnjiafson bought a 

 piece of ground from the Indians in New 

 Jerfey. As foon as the agreement was drawn 

 pp, and the Indians mould fign it, one of 



them, 



