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commodious to lay under our Beds, or to sleep upon in the 

 Summer Season in the 13ay, and for our Slaves at Night. 

 There are other Mats made of Flags, which the Tusheruro 

 Indians make and sell to the Planters. The Baskets our 

 neighbouring Indiana make are all of a very fine sort of 

 Bullrushes, and sometimes of Silk-grass, which they work 

 with the figures of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and the like; in 

 these they carry several sorts of Fruits, Flowers, and many 

 other things of that nature, which they either sell or make 

 Presents of to the Christians. The Savage lyidians who live 

 a great way from the Christians, make both their Baskets or 

 Mats of split Reeds, which are exceedingly neat and hand- 

 some, being made only of the outward shining part of the 

 Cane; with these I have seen Mats, Baskets and Dressing 

 Boxes, very artificially done, they sell these to the Planters 

 when they come dowm amongst them to dispose of their Deer- 

 Skins, Furs, and other Commodities. 



The Indians t\\2it live near the Christians frequently Buy 

 or rather Barter Deer-Skins and other Commodities for 

 Rum, which they carry to the Indians that live Westivard 

 on this and the other side of the Mountains, who never knew 

 what it was 'till within these few Years : This Liquor they 

 carry in Rundlets for many hundred Miles, but some- 

 times they cannot forbear breaking their Cargo in their Jour- 

 nies, and sit down in the Woods and drink it all up; then 

 they begin to Hollow and Shout after such a manner, that 

 the most distracted Persons can scarce be compared to them. 

 When they happen to carry it safe (which they seldom do 

 without drinking some part of it, which they supply by filling 

 up the Vessel with Water) and come amongst the Indian 

 Towns; those that buy the Rum of them have so many Mouth- 

 fulls for a Deer-Skin, they never use or have any other kind 



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