XVI INTRODUCTION. 



pie, ever faithful to the English, and have proved 

 themselves brave and true on all occasions ; and 

 are a great help and strength to this colony. The 

 cheif of the savage nations have heretofore groan- 

 ed under the Spanish yoke, and having experienc- 

 ed their cruelty have become such mortal ene- 

 mies to that people, that they never give a Span- 

 iard quarter ; but generally, when they take any 

 prisoners, (if the English be not near to prevent 

 it) scalp them, that is, to take their hair and skin 

 of their heads, which they often flee away while 

 the wretch is alive. 



Notwithstanding the English have used all their 

 endeavors, yet they could never bring them to 

 leave this barbarity to the Spaniards, who as they 

 alledge, use to murder them and their relations, 

 and make slaves of them to build their forts and 

 towns. 



This place is more plentiful in money than most, 

 or indeed any of the plantations on the continent; 

 besides, they build a considerable number of ves- 

 sels of cedar, and other wood, with which they 

 trade to Cuirassau and the West Indies ; from one 

 they bring money, and from the other the produce 

 of their islands, which yields a necessary supply of 

 both to the colony. 



Their stocks of cattle are incredible, being from 

 one to two thousand head in one man's possession. 

 These feed in the Savannahs, and other grounds, 

 and need no fodder in the winter. Their mutton 

 and vcul is good, and their pork is not inferior to 



