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the Sapona king, with the consent of his counsel- 

 lors, delivered the Sinnagers up to the Toteros to 

 conduct them. home. 



Friday morning the old king having showed us 

 two of his horses that were as fat as if they had 

 belonged to the dutch troopers, left us and went 

 to look after his beaver traps, there being abun- 

 dance of those amphibious animals in this river 

 and the creeks adjoining. Taken with the pleas- 

 antness of the place, we walked along the river 

 side, where we found a very delightful island 

 made by the river and a branch ; there being sev- 

 eral such plots of ground environed with this sil- 

 ver stream, which are fit pastures for sheep, and 

 free from any offensive vermin. Xor can any 

 thing be desired by a contented mind as to a pleas- 

 ant situation, but what may here be found ; every 

 step presenting some new object, which still adds 

 invitation to the traveler in these parts. Our In- 

 dian king and his wife entertained us very respect- 

 fully. 



On Saturday the Indians brought in some swans 

 and geese, which we had our share of. One of 

 their doctors took me to his cabin and showed me 

 a great quantity of medical drugs, the product of 

 those parts ; relating their qualities as to the 

 emunctories they worked by, and what great mala- 

 dies he had healed by them. This evening came 

 to us the horses with the remainder of our compa- 

 ny, their Indian guide (who was a youth of this 



