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be so many Moons or Winters since such or such a thing hap- 

 pened. They likewise can guess tollerably well at the time 

 of the Day by the height of the 8un. Though they have no 

 different iS^ames for Sun or Moon, yet they understand the 

 latters Age, having no other Computation of Time but after 

 this manner. 



They have no Sahhath, or certain Days of Rest appointed 

 for Devotion amongst them, that I ever could observe, except 

 we will allow of their Feasts to be their festival Days, set 

 appart for that purpose. However those that are frequently 

 amongst the Christians, and speak the English Tongue, know 

 very well when it is Sunday, or the English Mans Gods Day, 

 as they term it. In these Parts they have likewise a particu- 

 lar and distinct l^ame for Christmas, which they call Winick- 

 heshuse, or the English-Man s Gods Moon. 



They name the Months according to what mostly is pro- 

 duced or taken in each of them, as one is called Herring- 

 month, which is March, another the Strawherry-month, 

 which is April, another the Mulberry -month, or May ; others 

 name them by Trees that bud or blossom at particular Sea- 

 sons of the Year, such as the Dogwood-tree, Tulip-tree, and 

 many others. Others again make out their Seasons from 

 the flight of Birds, such as Swans, and many other Fowl, 

 and some from the Gobling of Turhey Cochs, which is in 

 March, and April; for when they are out in their Hunting 

 matches they say they will returne Home when the Turkey 

 Cock begin to Gobble. 



The Indians are not Jealous like the Spaniards and other 

 European ISTations, neither do they know what Jealousy is, 

 because they never think their Wives unconstant unless they 

 are Eye witnesses thereof. They are generally bashful, 

 especially the young Maids, who when they come into a 



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