A JOURNAL 



OF A 



THOUSAND MILES TRAVEL AMONG THE INDIANS, 

 FROM SOUTH TO NORTH CAROLINA, 



ON December the 28tli, 1700, 1 began my voyage, 

 (for N"orth Carolina,) from Charlestown, being six 

 Englishmen in company, with three Indian men 

 and one woman, wife to our Indian guide, having 

 five miles from the town to the breach, we went 

 down in a large canoe, that we had provided for 

 our voyage thither, having the tide of ebb along 

 with us, which was so far spent by that time we 

 got down, that we had not water enough for our 

 craft to go over, although we drew but two feet, 

 or there-abouts. This breach is a passage through 

 a marsh lying to the northward of Sullivans island, 

 the pilots having a look-out thereon, lying very 

 commodious for mariners, (on that coast,) making 

 a good laud-mark in so level a country, this bar 

 being difficult to hit, where an observation hath 

 been wanting for a day or two ; north-east winds 

 bringing great fogs, mists and rains, which, to- 

 wards the cool months of October, November, and 

 until the latter end of March, often appear in these 

 parts. 



There are three pilots to attend and conduct 



