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peaceably with the Tuskeruros (who are one of the Civilized 

 Xations, amongst the English that live near the Sea) not- 

 withstanding these huLians very much desire to make Peace, 

 and woud submit to the former, yet their answer is, that 

 they cannot live without War, which they have ever been 

 accustomed to, and that if peace be made with them or any 

 other Xation they War withal, they must find out some oth- 

 ers to wage War against. But for them to live in peace is 

 to live out of their element, War, Conquest, and Murder, 

 being what they always delight in, and value themselves for. 

 Yet they have not molested the Tuskeruros, of late Years, 

 and it is supposed that they are now at War with the Indians 

 on the other side of the Mountains, and though they may 

 seem such a Barbarous People, yet they are very fond of the 

 Christians, and use them with all manner of civility when 

 they meet them in the Mountains where they constantly trade 

 with each other. 



When they take a Prisoner, and intend to keep him as a 

 Slave to Work in their Fields, they flea the Skin from the 

 setting on of his Toes to the middle of his Foot, cut of one 

 half of his Feet, wraping the Skin over the Wounds and 

 then healing them. By this cruel and Barbarous method 

 the Indian captive is hindred from making his escape, for 

 he can neither run fast or go any where but his feet or 

 Stumps are more easily traced and discovered, yet I have 

 seen some that made their escape from their Enemies though 

 they were disabled after this manner. 



The Indians ground their Wars chiefly on Enmity, not on 

 Interest, as the Europeans generally do, for the loss of the 

 meanest Person in the Nation, they will go to War and lay 

 all at Stake, and prosecute their design to the utmost, till 



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