Penjyfb&flfa, Philadelphia. 109 



.Barfra7n {hewed me a letter faomEa/i Jer* 

 fey, in which he got the following account of the 

 difcovery of an Indian grave. In th^ April of the 

 year 1744, as fome people were digging a cellar,, 

 they came upon a great ftone, like a tomb-ftone, 

 which was atlaft got out with great difficulty; and 

 about four feet deeper under it, they met with a 

 large quantity of human bones and a cake of maize. 

 The latter was yet quite untouched, and feveral of 

 the people prefent tafted it out of curiofity. From 

 thefe circumftances it was concluded, that this 

 was a grave of a perfon of note among the favages. 

 For it is their cuftom to bury, along with the 

 deceafed, meat, and other things which he liked 

 beft. The ftone was eight feet long, four feet 

 broad, and even fojne inches more, where it was 

 broadeft, and fifteen inches thick at one end, 

 but only twelve inches at the other end. It con- 

 lifted of the fame coarfe kind of ftone that is to, 

 be got in this country. There were no letters 

 nor other chara&ers vifible on it. 



THE corn which the Indians chiefly cultivate 

 is the Maize, or Zea Mays, Linn. They have 

 little corn fields for that purpofe. But befides 

 this, they likewife plant a great quantity of 

 Squajhes, a fpecies of pumpions or melons, which 

 they have always cultivated, even in the remoteft 

 ages. The Europeans fettled in America got 

 the feeds of this plant, and at prefent their gar- 

 dens are full of it > the fruit has an agreeable tafte 

 when it is well prepared. They are commonly 

 boiled, then cruihed (as we are ufed to do with 

 turneps when we make apulfeof them) and fome 



pepper 



