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ties, and considerable Advantages offered them. Of these 

 lost and unfortunate sort of People (as I may properly term 

 them) there are some living amongst the Savage Indians of 

 Carolina to this Day, with whom I have frequently con- 

 versed, and exhorted them to return to the Christians, from 

 the Indians, and their abominable Practices, and likewise 

 reminding them of what our Saviour Jesus Christ said, 

 That where two or three are gathered together in his Name, 

 he will grant their Request, which they would not accept, but 

 voluntary remained amongst them. I likewise urged many 

 other Keasons and Texts of Scripture, but all to no purpose, 

 neither could I have any satisfactory Answer from them for 

 their obstinate and dangerous way of living. 



The Indians being of several ]^ations, have as different 

 Customs amongst them, and he that is the greatest Warrior, 

 or the best Hunter, is sure to be the greatest favorite amongst 

 the Women. The prettiest Girls are always bestowed upon 

 the chief Men, and ugliest upon the lazy and useless Lubbers, 

 as to the Ceremony of Marriage they have none amongst 

 them, for the Girls at Twelve or Fourteen years of Age, or as 

 soon as ligature prompts them, freely bestow their favours on 

 some Youth about the same Age, and so continues them to 

 whom she likes best, changing her Mate as often as she 

 pleases; for few or none of them are constant to one, 'till 

 the greater number of Years has made her capable of man- 

 aging her Domestick Affairs ; and that she hath try'd the vig- 

 our of most of the ITation she belongs to ; for the multiplicity 

 of Gallants beforehand are no objection or stain to a Females 

 Eeputation, or hindrance to her advancement, for the more 

 she hath followed that course of Life, the more she is valued 

 and respected, and coveted by those of the first Eank amongst 



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