of North Carolina. 387 



Sisters, Uncles, Cousins, that mourn in earnest; the Wives 

 thinking their Duty discharged, and that they are become 

 free when their Husbands are Dead, all their Care being to 

 look out as fast as they can for another to supply his Place. 



Thus I have given the most exact Account of the Indians 

 of Carolina Conjuring over the Sick, stolen Goods, and the 

 Nature and Manner of burvins; their dead. I shall therefore 

 make a small Degression, to inform my Readers with the 

 manner of our Travelling up to the Charokee Mountains, 

 having already set forth the many and different Observa- 

 tions we made in this spacious Country, and then proceed to 

 the Indian Distempers; some of which I have been Eye- 

 witness to. 



The latter end of February, Anno. Dom. 1Y30, we set out 

 on our intended Journey, being in Xumber Ten White Men, 

 and Two Indians, who served for our Huntsmen and Inter- 

 preters. Having provided a sufficient quantity of Fire- 

 Ar7ns, Amunition, Horses, two Mariners Compasses, Rum, 

 Salt, Pepper, Indian Corn, and other ITecessaries, we began 

 our Journey; and after we had past the Christian Planta- 

 tions, our Accommodations were as follows : All the Day we 

 were diverted with variety of beautiful and strange Objects ; 

 in the Evening we encamped an Hour before Sunset, tyed our 

 Horses to Trees near us, which we made the Indians climb 

 up to procure a sufficient quantity of Moss for their Food, 

 and to make Beds for us to lie upon, which was generally 

 under the shade of some large Tree : Our next Business was 

 to send the Indians to Hunt ; our Care in the meantime was 

 to make a large Eire of the broken pieces of Timber which 

 we found in plenty lying dispersed up and down the Woods ; 



Ccc2 this 



