LAWSON'S HISTORY 7T 



ginia, who had traded there for many years, being 

 alone, and hearing that the Sinnagers (Indians 

 from Canada) were abroad in that country, he durst 

 not venture homewards till he saw us, having 

 heard that we were coming above twenty days 

 before. It is very odd that news should fly so 

 swiftly among these people. Mr. Stewart had 

 left Virginia ever since the October before, and 

 had lost a day of the week, of which we informed 

 him. He had brought seven horses along with 

 him, loaded with English goods for the Indians, 

 and having sold most of his cargo, told us if we 

 would stay two nights he would go along with us. 

 Company being very acceptable, we accepted the 

 proposal. 



The next day we were preparing for our voyage 

 and baked some bread to take along with us, our 

 landlord was king of 'the Kadapau Indians, and 

 always kept two or three trading girls in his cabin. 

 Offering one of these to some of our company, who 

 refused his kindness, his majesty flew into a vio- 

 lent passion, to be thus slighted, telling the Eng- 

 lishmen that they were good for nothing. Our old 

 gamester, particularly, hung his ears at the propo- 

 sal, having too lately been a loser by that sort of 

 merchandise. It was observable that we did not 

 see one partridge from the "Waterees to this place, 

 though my spaniel bitch, which I had with me 

 in this voyage, had put up a great many before. 



On Saturday morning we all set out for Sapona, 

 killing in these creeks, several ducks of a strange 



