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There are a great many other stories of this na- 

 ture, which are seemingly true, being told by per- 

 sons that affirm they were eye witnesses thereof ; 

 as, that they have seen one Eoncommock, a Chu- 

 wou Indian, and a great conjurer, take a reed 

 about two feet long in his mouth, and stand by a 

 creek side, where he called twice or thrice with 

 the reed in his mouth, and, at last, has opened his 

 arms and fled over the creek, which might be near 

 a quarter of a mile wide or more ; but I shall urge 

 no man's belief, but tell my own ; which is, that 

 I believe the two first accounts which were acted 

 at Mr. Southwell's plantation, as firmly as any 

 man can believe any thing of that which is told 

 him by honest men, and he has not seen ; not at 

 all doubting the credit of my authors. 



The cures I have seen performed by the Indians, 

 are too many to repeat here ; so I shall only men- 

 tion some few, and their method. They cure scald 

 heads infallibly, and never miss. Their chief reme- 

 dy, as I have seen them make use of, is, the oil of 

 acorns, but from which sort of oak I am not certain. 

 They cure burns beyond credit. I have seen a 

 man burnt in such a manner, when drunk, by fall- 

 ing into a fire, that I did not think he could recov- 

 er ; yet they cured him in ten days so that he went 

 about. I knew another blown up with powder, 

 that was cured to admiration. I never saw an In- 

 dian have an ulcer, or foul wound in my life ; 

 neither is there any such thing to be found amongst 

 them . They cure the pox by a berry that salivates 



