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dian was in, who shot at us. In the morning we 

 went on shore and cut the same in pieces. The In- 

 dians perceiving us coming towards them ran away. 

 Going to his hut we pulled it down, broke his pots, 

 platters, and spoons, tore the deer skins and mats in 

 pieces, and took away a basket of acorns ; and af- 

 tewards proceeded down the river two leagues, or 

 thereabouts, and came to another place of Indians, 

 bought acorns and some corn of them, and went 

 .downward two leagues more. At last espying an 

 Indian pef ping- over a high bank, we held up a 

 gun at him, and calling to him skerry, presently 

 several Indians came in sight of us, and made great 

 signs of friendship, saying bonny, bonny. Then 

 running before us, they endeavored to persuade us 

 to come on shore ; but we answered them with stern 

 countenances, and called out skerry, taking up our 

 guns, and threatening to shoot at them, but they 

 still cried, bonny, bonny ; and when they saw they 

 could not prevail nor persuade us to come on shore, 

 two of them came off to us in a canoe, one paddling 

 with a great cane, the other with his hand. As 

 soon as they overtook us, they laid hold of our 

 boat, sweating and blowing, and told us, it was 

 bonny on shore, and at last persuaded us to go on 

 shore with them. As soon as we landed several 

 Indians, to the number of near forty lusty men, 

 came to us, all in a great sweat, and told us 

 bonny. We showed them the arrow head in the 

 boat-side, and a piece of the canoe we had cut in 

 pieces ; whereupon, the chief man amongst them 



