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never known to chew, or make it into Snuff, but will very 

 freely take a pinch of Snuif out of an Europeans Box. 



The Indians are Strangers to such delicacies as are in 

 vogue amongst yet they have plenty of several kinds of 

 Food, as Buffeloes, Venison, and Fawns in the Bags of the 

 Does Bellys, Bears, Beavers, Panthers, Pole-Cats, Wild- 

 Cats, Raccoons, Possums, Hares, Squirrels, roasted with 

 their Guts in, wild Bull's Beef, Mutton, and Porh, which 

 two latter they have from the Christians. The Deer, which 

 is so highly esteemed in European Countries, for the deli- 

 cacie of It's Flesh, is little valued amongst these Savages, 

 only for the plunder of his Skin. All manner of wild 

 Fowl that are eatable, viz. Swans, Geese, Brants, Ducks, 

 Turheys, Pigeons, and several other sorts of Fowl that are 

 to be met with in Carolina. 



Fishes of all sorts, both in the fresh and salt Waters, and 

 all manner of shell-fish, as Tortoises, Terehins, Oysters, 

 Clams ^ and the Sting-ray, or Scale, dryed and most other sort 

 of Fishes that are known in these parts, except the Conger, 

 Lamprey-Eel, and Sturgeon, our civilized Indians that live 

 near the Salt- Water will not touch, though those up the 

 Freshes eat them. And as for Snakes, they scarce either 

 kill or eat them, yet some of the Savages near the Mountains 

 are said to do both. All manner of Wild Fruits that are 

 palatable, some of which they dry and keep against the 

 Winter, such as HucMe Berries, and several other sorts 

 of Berries^ Wall-nuts, Chesnuts, Hazel-Nuts, Chinkapins, 

 Acorns, and many other Fruits, as Peaches which they dry 

 and make Quidonies and Cakes of, that are very pleasant, 

 grateful, and cooling, but a little Tartish. 



Rockahomine-Meal, which is made of their Maze, or 

 Indian-Corn parched or pounded, and made into several 



sorts 



