9G OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



us safe among the English, giving him the charac- 

 ter of a very faithful Indian, which we afterwards 

 found true by experience. The Virginia men 

 asking our opinion of the country we were then 

 in. We told them it was a very pleasant one. 

 They were all of the same opinion, and affirm- 

 ed, that they had never seen twenty miles of 

 such extraordinary rich land lying all together like 

 that betwixt Hau river and the Achonechy town. 



Having taken our leaves of each other, we set 

 forward ; and the country through which we pass- 

 ed, was so delightful tlrat it gave us a great deal 

 of satisfaction. About 3 o'clock we reached the 

 town, and the Indians presently brought us good 

 fat bear, and venison, which was very acceptable 

 at that time. Their cabins were hung with a good 

 sort of tapestry, as fat bear, and barbacued or 

 dried venison ; no Indians having greater plenty of 

 provisions than these. The savages do indeed, still 

 possess the flower of Carolina, the English enjoying 

 only the fag end of that fine country. We had not 

 been in the town two hours when Enoe Will came 

 into the kingls cabin, which was our quarters. We 

 asked him if he would conduct us to the English, 

 and what .he would have for his pains ; he answer- 

 ed he would go along with us, and for what he 

 was to have he left that to our discretion. 



The next morning we set out with Enoe Will 

 towards Adshusheer, leaving the Virginia path, 

 and striking more to the eastward for Ronoak. 

 Several Indians were in our company belonging to 



