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tie of the fiery water, that is of brandy, faying, 

 this I give thee to clean thy mouth, that it 

 may not utter any more bad words againft the 

 Spaniards our allies : and to ftrengthen my dif- 

 courfe I gave a great roll of tobacco, for his 

 warriors to fmoke out of the great Calumet of 

 peace. After my harangue was at an end, the 

 young people came one after another to fqueeze 

 me by the hand, as a mark of friendihip, which 

 is cuftomary among them. 



i wiflied, however, to perfuade this Cacique, 

 Avho was piqued at the Spaniards^ who receive 

 'Englifh veiTels at Venfacola^ becaufe they are at 

 ^eace : for he faid they came to inform them- 

 felves of the fituation arid ftrength of thefe 

 coafls. 



By way of appeafing the Indian, 1 told him, 

 that the governor daily waited for the ari-ival of 

 a great piragua *, which fhould bring him fome 

 of the fpeaking fubflance, wherein the great 

 chiefof the Spaniards fnould order him to dig up 

 the hatchet of v/ar, and to lift up his club 

 againlt the Englilli. 



This 



•* An European fhir. 



