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European, let liiin bo in ever so great Estcein and Friend- 

 ship with the King or great Men; he is not admitted to enter 

 the House at those times, or to have Knowledge of their 

 Secrets or what they are doing. 



They are generally very ignorant of the first Creation of 

 Man, or from whence they came, for some say they are de- 

 scended from an old Man who came thither in a Boat, which 

 they call a Canoe; but whether this was before or after the 

 Flood, they can give little or no satisfactory Account. Oth- 

 ers (with whom I have frequently conversed on that Head) 

 believe that they are made out of the fine white Mould or 

 Earth, and that the Blacks or Negroes are formed out of the 

 black Dirt and swampy Earth ; this was all that I could ever 

 learn from them on that subject. They all believe that the 

 AVorld is round ; and that there are two Spirits, the one Good 

 and the other Bad. The Good one they reckon to be the 

 Author and Maker of all Things, and say that it is he that 

 gives them the first Fruits of the Earth, and teaches them 

 to Hunt, Fish, and be wise enough to overcome the Beasts 

 of the Wilderness, and all other Creatures, that they may be 

 assistant unto Man. To which they add, that the Qiiera, 

 or Good Spirit has been very kind to the Europeans, in teach- 

 ing them how to make Guns and Aniunition, besides a 

 great many other Necessaries that are helpful to Man, all 

 which they say will be delivered to them when the Good 

 Spirit shall think fit: They also believe the Good Spirit 

 does not punish any one in this World or that to come, but 

 that he delights in doing good to Mankind, in giving them 

 plenty of the Fruits of the Earth, instructing them to make 

 many useful Things, and all the Advantages and Pleasures 

 they enjoy. But as for the Bad Spirit (who lives separate 

 from the Gx)od one) they say it is he that torments them 



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