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Tuskeruros, who told us that there was a compa- 

 ny of hunters not far off, and if we walked stoutly 

 we might reach them that night. But Will, and 

 he that owned the mare, being gone before, and 

 the old Indian tired, we rested that night in the 

 woods, making a good, light fire, wood being very 

 plentiful in these parts. 



Next day about ten o'clock, we struck out of 

 the way by the advice of our old Indian. We 

 had not gone past two miles ere we met with 

 about five hundred Tuskeruros in one hunting 

 quarter. They had made themselves streets of 

 houses built with pine bark, not with round tops, 

 as they commonly use, but ridge fashion, after 

 the manner of most other Indians. We got 

 nothing amongst them but corn, flesh being 

 not plentiful, by reason of the great number of 

 their people. For though they are expert hunt- 

 ers, yet they are too populous for one range, which 

 makes venison very scarce to what it is amongst 

 other Indians, that are fewer ; no savages living 

 so well for plenty as those near the sea. I saw 

 amongst these a hump-backed Indian, which was 

 the only crooked one I ever met withal. About 

 two o'clock we reached one of their towns, in 

 which there was no body left but an old woman 

 or two, the rest being gone to their hunting quar- 

 ters. We could find no provision at that place. 

 We had a Tuskeruro that came in company with 

 us from the lower quarter, who took us to his 

 cabin and gave us what it afforded which was 

 corn meat. 



